Lord Nelson Victory Tug (LNVT)

HIN: 370380286 more photos
Hull Laid: February 1986
Yard: Ocean Eagle Yachts, Taiwan

Craig at the 2011 Seattle Rendezvous

About the Owners (current and former)

Craig Kurath: Craig and Julie (deceased) owned a Tampa Bay longliner that was converted to a trawler, and decided it was time to stop roughing it and knew there was only one model of boat that would do. It was just a matter of which one!
Dick and Ann Behan: Owned a West Sail 32 for years and years before making the "geriatric jump" to an LNVT.
Joel Grayson: a lawyer.
Ed Baker: a structural engineer.
Cruising Yachts: Loren and Lani Hart, Owners of Lord Nelson Yachts, had this hull built for themselves.

Layout

• "L" shaped salon settee
• Galley to port
• Pilot house has single engine-room floor-hatch to port
• Engine access through stateroom steps
• Stateroom has swingout stool with vanity to starboard

Mechanical and Engine Detail

• Cummins 4BT3.9M turbocharged diesel engine, 4000 hours (1/08)
• Velvet Drive 2.57:1 Transmission
• Vetus 95 Bow Thruster
• Shurflo potable water pump
• Model 5000 Webasto forced air heater and ductwork
• New windshield wiper units
• New window weather stripping channels and rebedding
• New raw water pump and impeller
• New engine heat exchanger
• New engine oil drain pump
• New hoses and antifreeze for the Cummins 4BT3.9 engine
• Whale Henderson Mk V manual bilge pump

Electrical

• Two Dyno 4-D house batteries, one Dyno 4-D starting and anchor windlass battery
• Hehr 150 amp. high-output alternator
• Balmar Max Charge MC-612 regulator, with Digital Duo Charge for downstream charging of starting battery
• Xantrex Link 10 battery condition indicator
• Xantrex Freedom Marine 15 Charger/Inverter and remote control

Galley

• Three burner Magichef propane stove with oven
• Hot and cold pressure water
• 10-gallon Torrid MV-10 stainless steel water heater
• Seafreeze Model SF900A refrigeration unit

Electronics

• Simrad NSS7Touchscreen multifunction display chart plotter and Broadband 3G Radar
• Compaq computer/Garmin GPS/Open CPN navigation system (digital chart coverage from Puget Sound to Alaska)
• Simrad AP25 autopilot, with hydraulic linear drive unit
• Standard Horizon digital VHF/AIS radio

Deck

• Hull relamination (2004)
• Custom-built dinghy mast and boom.
• 8.5' West Marine inflatable dinghy by Zodiac with 2hp Honda outboard
• 65 lb. Forfjord anchor and stainless swivel, 400’ of 3/8” anchor chain
• New anchor windlass footswitch; refurbish windlass motor
• Teak storage boxes on upper deck (factory option)
• 1.25" stainless rails on stern and upper deck (factory option)

2008/2009 Improvements as reported at Tug Talk Bremerton

• Removed the water tank's aluminum inspection port parts and replaced them with lexan parts.
• Repaired the bilge pumps and added a new one to catch the rain water coming from the aft.
• Used a tapered bottle brush and cleaned all the door louvers.
• Replaced the kitchen sink spigot.

**2010/2013 Updates:
*Thetford EZ Fit electric Toilet
*New Vetus 95 Bow Thruster
*New 25 gallon holding tank, discharge pump, vent filter and relocated overboard discharge valve
*New washdown pump and relocated through hull valve

Original Purchase Information³

Related Documents

• FSBO Listing August 2008
• Yacht World Listing 2004