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Sculpin wrote:I'm not up to speed on the rules of registration but it sounds like it was registered before so there should be a number on paper somewhere. I would try pm'ing John from Ironwood boats. He may be familiar with the company etc.

BTW the boat is Brentwood Bay right now..

The paperwork throughout the years lists only an 8 digit number that doesn't conform to the Hull ID standards. None of the previous US or Canadian registrations have a 12 digit Hull ID number...

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I know there are few Canadian boat builders on this forum and have a few questions... We are running into some title snags on the purchase of my new used boat. It was built in 1994 by a company name Fast Water Marine in Richmond, BC. We cannot find a Hull ID number anywhere, and smartly, my title co...

That's the plan.. Kids are young, hopefully many years of traveling with them.

Cool... My two year twins are going stir crazy. My wife is a teacher and she has been off almost all week. I went in to work this morning and was there for 1.5 hours before I realized that they decided to "close" today... I was wondering why I was the only one there. Stupid me decided to m...

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Loan approval letter received, documentation service working on closing paperwork, Insurance lined up, delivery captain hired..

Just need to get logistics figured out (Ferries are not running to Victoria for the next few weeks)

Survey written report received, nothing that I wasn't aware of on the day of the survey. Engine oil analysis came back normal. Be interesting to see if the seller balks at the survey...

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Not much at all.. Those commercial tugs have HUGE props with BIG motors just churning away. A 50' Tug might have a 48"-60" prop at thousands of HP.

Cruising=just traveling about with the family. It was built as a pleasure craft on a commercial design by a company that was building commercial fishing boats. They were intending to get into the pleasure market. It maxes it out at 9-9.5 knots, cruises at 7.2 knots at 1700RPM burning under 1 gallon ...

I missed that the current cook top is alcohol. Not what I want in there. So either I replace it with a Wallas diesel cook top or go all out and replace it with a full diesel oven. Attached are the paint issues. The surveyor did not express any great concerns over this, other than it needs to be addr...

There is currently only a cooktop, so either we drop in a Wallas cooktop, or I prefer a full stove. First will be a BBQ off the railing.

No, V berth up front, aft cabin is a huge galley out of mahogany on the port side and starboard is a convertible setee. There is no generator. Boat has an alcohol stove currently installed, but the exhaust a fuel plumbing are still there for a diesel, which is what I will put back in. 100 gallons fu...

It was made in Richmond BC by Fast Water Marine in 1994, now out of business. The boat cost $150,000 in 1994. The surveyor thought it would cost well over $300k to reproduce! It is a full displacement Bruce Roberts design. It is way heavy built with 1/2" stringers. It weighs over 18,000lbs 24&q...

BTW I am looking for yards/companies that can help me remedy some of the issues. Must have haul out capabilities and be in the Puget Sound/Islands area

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:beer: I am sure this is going to be the start of a picture and long thread. Looking around here, I have found more information than the other places I have been looking. We just went through survey of our potential new boat. 30' Aluminum cruising tug boat. It is in very sound and solid shape. It wa...