Ice Breaking Tugs

[tugs53]

" Nutsupuk"...love that word

Sounds like something you'd hear up in 'Rupert' or 'Bella Bella'

[Footski]

Some great photo there guys.......If it stays this cold down here we are going to need one to break the ice on the swimming pools!!

[Model Tug Man]

Some great photo there guys.......If it stays this cold down here we are going to need one to break the ice on the swimming pools!!

You could build an ice breaking tug model. I think Ron Burchett offers a nice hull.

[Arie]

http://tugspotters.xsbb.nl/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=815315

Small ice breaking tugs in the Netherlands.

[Kieran H]

the arctic hooper now pushes car barges

[CaptainSeaspan]

so does the Arctic Taglu

[Kieran H]

so does the Arctic Taglu

there rather hard to tell apart.

[CaptainSeaspan]

Not lately the Hooper has a raised wheelhouse the taglu looks as always,the Taglu has AIS ,not that that means anything as to the look.............The Canmar tugger became the Atlantic Tugger thensome other name then sold or leased to Island tug now the Island Tugger bigger than the the Hooper/Taglu more HP,CP wheels,diff m/e package.....Paul

[Kieran H]

Not lately the Hooper has a raised wheelhouse the taglu looks as always,the Taglu has AIS ,not that that means anything as to the look.............The Canmar tugger became the Atlantic Tugger thensome other name then sold or leased to Island tug now the Island Tugger bigger than the the Hooper/Taglu more HP,CP wheels,diff m/e package.....Paul

how long did she push the car barge before getting a raised wheelhouse. read about her refit in western mariner.

[CaptainSeaspan]

OH man!!!! i dont know but it was some time before they added the upper house, they also made the m/e pipe longer the next time i catch them around i ll take a few pics and post just for you...................Paul

[tugs53]

Relax Paul   Here's one of the 'Hooper', with her new 'upper works'.

[Kieran H]

thats series of tugs are really looking.

[VANYA]

I built this ice breaking tug many years ago. It was posted here from a photo published on Flicker I think and not mentioned who it was from.

Build in new Zealand and is a hybridised Maersk Master with icebreaking bow, twin 5 bladed props and big engines. Was 1400mm x 280mm from Memory.
Sold it, but now wished I had not as it might be a cold winter here in New Zealand. very nice model to sail and looked good even just sitting there. Immensly powerful but good engines and controllers made her a pussy cat.

Might dig out some other photos of her.

Vanya