Svitzer tug Ayton Cross, built by Terry O'Rourke in 2006/2007. Mostly scratch built, on a Mobile Marine Models GRP hull. She is powered by two car heater motors, with a Marx luder bow thruster. I have used an Action kit motor mixer, it work …

This kit model of the seagoing tug Happy Hunter was started in 1983 by a friend of mine. Finding it too difficult, he let it lie until 2006 when he asked my son and I to build it. After 219 hours work it is finished and sailing. it is power …

… is is BG Coulies built by Geoff Lewis. its a French Harbour tug that he built following an article in a well know magazine, advertising a set of plans, thanks to the office photocopier he saved himself several quid. Coullies is driven by 2 …

… s 3 water pumps run by 12 volt. The boat started out as the tug Betty-Bess in 1947, in 1950 a small fire pump was installed driven by a separate engine, in 1972 the extra 2 monitors where installed. it will now pump a 1000 gpm. Enclosed fin …

… or two as they still don't look what I want. This is why my tug is in to its 8th year and rebuild four or five and my other tender is on its second re fit without it seeing paint. But this will finish soon!

HI Tidtug, got any pictures of your crew?