Your tour was short and such a breath of fresh sea air. Some of these tours just go on and on and you really don't feel the enthusiasm that you portray. Thank you for your time!

Very cute. For some unknown reason, I have a soft spot in my heart for tug-style boats.

@annbancroft2165

Жыл бұрын

Me too! They are like a mini ship!❤

@johntrueconservative2547

Жыл бұрын

Nostalgic

@johnyoungs7453

Жыл бұрын

Nordic Tugs were so cool - I was quite sad when I'd heard they'd gone out of business years ago..!!

@norml.hugh-mann

Ай бұрын

they sure price them like a ship@@annbancroft2165

Nautistyles has a couple Ranger tugs on their channel. Interesting little boats. Very very neat and they have so much in a small space while being robust.

@denkeylee

Жыл бұрын

So , there is no lower deck for the engine room and stuff? All he showed was a upper acmes door for the engine?

Classic example of getting what you pay for. Ranger's innovative attention-to-detail is phenomenal.

Thanks for posting and sharing. Very nice little trawler.

I've followed these tugs for a few years now. I was disappointed when they dropped the diesel and went to a redesigned planing hull and outboards. But there are good used diesel examples like this one around for a lot less money than the new speedy ones. Not all of us want to fly around on the water. One can always buy any model of abundant 25+ ft planing cruisers and fund the Sultan of Brunei's golden faucet and sink fund. I side on the sound of a low chugging diesel, rain falling on the deck, heater blowing and a pot of coffee on the stove heading up the inside passage in November. These little tugs are great.

@toxicsmurf

Жыл бұрын

thanks for letting us know we were worried about you in something as fast as this tug boat

@user-ov4mk9ox8y

Ай бұрын

add hitting dead heads at full throttle. I'm on the wet west BC coast and there's a LOT of logs and other stuff just below the surface!!!

My wife and I fell in love with ranger tugs about 5 years ago. You can get a grill where that outside cooler was, and the new ones are yamaha outboard powered to give you more storage.

For $200k I might opt for a bigger boat.

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Yes yiu can yamha scarab 315 325 jet yaghts

@alanswanson5642

Жыл бұрын

They lowered the price to 138,000 cad which is 103,000 used. A little more in line where it should be.

@Ijusthopeitsquick

Жыл бұрын

@@alanswanson5642 Still seems like a lot for a tiny little used boat.

@mechanic4744

Жыл бұрын

​@Mike Collon true

@jamesstuart3346

Жыл бұрын

$130G Canadian is not way out of line as it's unique. But other used 25 footers sell for $20G to $25G, like Chris Craft Catalina

Yeah, this is an absolutely awesome boat.

I dreamed a lot about my dream fishing boat. And this is about as good as it gets in my mind. Small efficient in space and just overall over powered like a tank.

The price would be nice to see!!!

@garrydye2394

Ай бұрын

Used...around $130 to $150k for a good one. Far from cheap.

They are built about 15 miles from where I live.They are amazing boats all around.

@SchlaftaterNrzZz

Жыл бұрын

They are built more than 3000miles away from where i live

@louisliu5638

Жыл бұрын

@@SchlaftaterNrzZz I'm not even sure where I live,, but I sure don't know where the boat is built by THESE two comments.

@aevans1979

11 ай бұрын

Washington state just outside of Seattle

@user-ov4mk9ox8y

Ай бұрын

@@louisliu5638 the net: like boxing in a darkened room; you have no idea what size the room is, or where you are, but you're right THERE.

Nice. Anything that has the look of a Trawler Yacht / Tug gets my vote!

For a 25 foot boat, it has it all. This is my kind of boat ! 👌

This is such a great lil' boat. She would make a ton a great memories for a small family. Super easy for one person to skipper for a least a 3 hour tour and with the electronics wouldn't get lost even if she got a bit tossed. But seriously, what a great lil boat, I wish I was in the market.

@just-a-fella3212

Жыл бұрын

I would rename it the Minnow.

@ckom9

Жыл бұрын

For the money, agree, this is the dream boat tor a smart family with a realistic price point. IMHO

You see a lot of these doing the Great Loop. Cool little boats.

Would confidently do a lap of Australia in that little beauty ! Pick your weather, slow and steady with a trolling rig looking for dinner out the back ! Bit of work here and there just to ease the load on my super ! The van I've lived in for 5 years is smaller and I can spend a grand on a week long fishing trip ! 2 birds , one stone ! 😎👍

Ranger Tugs are the balls! I got to go through five different models at the Boston Boat Show, and as a boater, I just wanted one SO bad!

You’re absolutely right as somebody lived a board for over 20 years there’s been many of storms and many of the nights that I’ve had to crawl to the front deck to Rienk are so not being able to get to that ball is a dangerous situation unless you’re on a nice flat Sunny Lake

Now THAT would be a GR8 fishing rig!!!

Probably the coolest boat you’ve ever shown!

Very cool little boat. I’d love to have this for a weekender here by the bay.

We have some little tugs here in Darwin Australia. They're actual little tug boats but lot heavy and design obviously for towing and pushing cheers guys👍🇦🇺

It is a very interesting little boat. I’ve never seen one quite like this before. It’s the N25 😂

I was on a little Ranger tug in Anacortes Washington- absolutely fantastic little boat. wish I was in a position to purchase one... maybe some day. I would love to sell my two rentals and float away... 😎

I'm on the coast in British Columbia, and this boat would be perfect going up and down the coast. Mount a couple of electric downriggers, couple prawn n crab traps...life is good 👌 beautiful little boat, pretty cute name aswell..lol 🌲☀️🌲

Love this little boat. The design seems to be so refined. Own this and you have a REAL boat.

Thats so cool. Doesn't even look like it's been used.

Thanks for this informative video.

That’s awesome, I want one now!

Great boat for doing the Loop !

One of my dream boats is the rc 21 ranger that boat is awesome and so much fun to cruise the back rivers

Nova Scotia is the prettiest place. I went there from Maine in ‘68 in my Dad’s Renault Dauphine. The people are absolutely killer.

Lovely boat, I once owned a 25ft Fairline Fury, Flydeck controls and seating up top, aft seating section which converted to a double bed under full canopy, mid section seated 4 also converted to double bed. 9ft long Galley, private Front V cabin with infill made another large double. Also had a shower room with toilet, was an amazing space and I miss that boat very much. 25ft if designed well, can be a home from home !

@martinparker9249

Жыл бұрын

nice boat the Fairline Fury ,see my comments about my Bayliner similar spec to video but cost me £7000 NOT £70000 LOL

@HuSiaCat

Жыл бұрын

@@martinparker9249 mine cost me 7k !! One owner kept on a freshwater lake it's entire life, had it transported to London when prices for that were reasonable. I like the Bayliners to, decent amount of interior space and headroom. Prices are dropping like a stone in the UK so may look for similar again.

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Searcy sunderces 240 230 sunder same Kay out

I love Ranger Tugs..... they are very cool...

Very nice looking boat. I could live on her quiet comfortably.

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Yes

My last Boat was a Norwegian, 21 foot, built by Norpower. I must say this Boat you just walked around is a Beautiful Craft. The only thing I would say is that the draft of 2ft would not make it a good Sea Boat in poor weather. Mine was 18inches to 3ft 6 inches and had a keel sloping from fore to aft like an upside down fin. It was excellent in lumpy weather. Apart from that, I love that Boat you have shown us. Boats like that are my favourite.

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Wring

@wolfman231

Жыл бұрын

The design is to make it trailerable.

Beautiful !

It's sooooo cute. Reminds me of my childhood boat in the bathtub.

I wondered if you’d do the bow to stern walk through, and was not disappointed.

This would be the DOPEST tender for a megayacht 😎

Oh I love her, why isn't she in Australia, I'd buy her right now. What a gorgeous well loved and maintained little tug. I've wanted a trailerable tug since I saw one as a small child. Now I know who makes them, I'm certainly going to look for 1. Thanks for sharing, really enjoy ur channel and presentation. 😁🇦🇺🌈

@chapter4travels

Жыл бұрын

You say that now, but wait till you see how much they cost.

@MEdGrant

Жыл бұрын

@@chapter4travels Yes, what they ^ said. Checked them out and prices are in nosebleed territory.

@bazbbeeb7226

Жыл бұрын

I've seen Ranger 18's for sale in Australia but that's about it, Ive been waiting a long time for 23+ footer to come on the market but they never have.

@seawench555

Жыл бұрын

@@bazbbeeb7226 there's gotta be some out there, they are either sitting in people's backyards rotting, or very much loved and not for sale, well good luck , I really hope u find the little tug of ur dreams🌈

@TheDencowboy

Жыл бұрын

@@MEdGrant there cheaper then my new 265 CC worldcat Catamaran actually think it's well priced

Perfect for the Loop.

You should try to find a Lifeproof boat. Those are pretty cool too.

What a neat little tug

Very cool! Thanks!

This is a very neat boat.

What an amazing little boat, does anyone know of any video of one on the water? I would be very interested in seeing a boat test.

Looking at the keel form I bet she does allot of rolling at the anchor!

I have a 30 ft canal boat and appreciate how lovely your tug is ❤

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Buy Searcy 300 sundacer

If I had the choice of living on this or some 50ft, $2m+ gin palace, I'd be resting my head in this little beaut!

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Yes

I would be astonished if that would get on the plane with a 110 horsepower motor

멋진 보트네요 Very nice boat

Way cool boat, be a great live aboard for a single.

Cool little boat

Great fishing boat love it.

Nice tour

Very nice little SHIP...😍 I have something similar in concept and size, a little Jeanneau Merry Fisher 805, but this is so cute!

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Buy it

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Buy fusheer 805. Goid biat

Worth it. Very cool

It sure is a cutie BUT you've GOT to go forward when you are anchoring or tying up to a dock. I don't think not providing easy access to the bow of the boat was very good thinking on the part of the boat designers. Maybe that is why it is for sale. Bertram motor yachts are examples of well designed small motor boats.

@briananthony4044

Жыл бұрын

Have a hatch fitted on the foredeck.

@OrieCipollaro

Жыл бұрын

Yup your backing into a dock and forget about trying to pick up a mooring by yourself

@emilybh6255

Жыл бұрын

@@OrieCipollaro Exactly! Who knows what they were thinking when they designed the boat? You could drive the boat along side the mooring ball and pick it up but then how do you get up tp the bow to tie it down to a cleat?

@hjemison

Жыл бұрын

When I was living in Hawaii, I operated a 33’ converted navy captain’s gig often alone. When I came into the slip, I had my stern line set and secured at a certain length. As I passed the cleat, I would catch the cleat with the line. I had already taken the power off and with the last bit of way, I would step off the boat with the bow line in hand and walk forward to secure the bowline. Never had a problem.

@joedennehy386

Жыл бұрын

It's a windlass, no need to go on deck when anchoring

That could do some river cruising nicely

On the contrary. One person could indeed comfortably live on this boat. With a couple readily available accessories (microwave/convection oven and portable freezer). A perfect great lakes one person boat.

That thing would be awesome on Grand Lake here.

Cool boat. Stats were difficult to read on the changing background. Thumbs up

That's an Awesome lil boat. Would be great on Table Rock Lake in Missouri.

Nice serious little boat

Cool little boat it is.👍

Looks like a great boat for a weekend or maybe a week away. Nothing too fancy but just the stuff you need.

@orcaflotta7867

Жыл бұрын

"Weekend or maybe a week" Spoiled brat much? Wifey and me could live on that thing full time.

@janentomenkafka

Жыл бұрын

@@orcaflotta7867 I agree with Mark. It may have to do with age. My first boat (back in the eighties) was about the size of this boat and I enjoyed my holidays afloat. However, every boat I have bought since then was slightly bigger than the previous one. Space and storage room is what you miss most when going on a summer long holiday aboard. Our current boat is 12 meter (40ft) and that seems a perfect size. But perhaps I am indeed spoiled ;-)

@orcaflotta7867

Жыл бұрын

@@janentomenkafka No, you're not. I consider 36 - 40' the ideal size for couples and families. Real wind propelled sailing that is. The kind where you use sails. I've no clue about diesel stinkers. ;)

@janentomenkafka

Жыл бұрын

@@orcaflotta7867 I started with sailing. As I grew older I became... lazier and I switched to motoring. When sailing, you're always busy. I don't think there's much difference between a sailing and motor yacht of the same size. Both have become wider (and more spacious) over time. Sail safe and enjoy life.

@orcaflotta7867

Жыл бұрын

@@janentomenkafka Oh, I think there's a huge difference between sailing and motoring: Sailing is fun, motoring is boring. And in heavy weather and high waves, saiboats are physically more stable and cut thru the waves while your stinker is bobbing on them like a champagne cork. :o And please, no wider boats. Longer is okay, but not wider. We prefer the slender scandinavian constructions over the big fat luxury cruisers.

Beautiful boat, it's far from being little and it's compact AF.... I could literally live in this

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Yes yiiu

Also, it can be used as a RV ! Easily towed, fully equipped for camping out with an air cooled genset. A mercury i/o would make shallow water cruising easier.

@alanploetz7100

Жыл бұрын

They do make the 25 powered in a 250 Yamaha outboard version.

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Merry. Sport jet

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Wrong jet drive less water

I live in a van part time and could see myself actually living in this thing. Not much smaller than what I live in when not in the van.

@matthewsorensen2147

Жыл бұрын

Till hurricane chased you , I love it to

@jackweston7530

Жыл бұрын

good job thank you

That's nice I would love to have one of those

This is almost perfect for a 1 person home. Use electric motor instead of the combustion one, extend the cabin back to have more room inside (bigger toilet space) Put more solar harvesting on top, and maybe even some vertical wind harvesting array (we're at sea, so winds are common)

@neilbates4111

7 ай бұрын

If I had a lot of money I would definitely have one of these, compact manoeuvrable sea worthy it’s a beautiful man toy

There was one at my marina in Tennessee. It was really a cool little boat.

Cool little boat.

Great video!

wow!

thanks again...

That would be a really nice Joe boat to go run your field in the morning and check all of the producing oil and gas wells. The ones we used were 27 ft long and 8 ft wide and a deep v bottom. Main power plant was a 270 hp Detroit Diesel V-8 two stroke special marine engine. It had 2 tanks of 100 gallons each Top speed in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico was about 42 knots. It was a pretty shallow draft of about 24 inches fully loaded with fuel and tools. The entire boat was all welded aluminum of 1/4" plate aluminum.

@thedwightguy

Жыл бұрын

Marine grade aluminum, hopefully!

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Good f I r it

Love the cabin , shower on a 25fter. Awesome. However as am in uk does company do euro version , as in uk the legal width for trailing is 8'4". So 8'6" is to wide ? Cheers.

A word I rarely use is "cute" and this boat is as cute as hell. I love it.

Okay ! I’m sold !

Jeez that hull would roll like a cork in marine waves.

Love this boat

i have Navionics on a 10" tablet + fishfinder with depth , HH vhf radio , horn , 12v led nav lights and interior lighting , 2 burner stove plus grill plus spare portable stove, Jabsco sea toilet, 240v fridge with small freezer comp, life jackts , speedometer , hrs, elec windlass plus anchor, led lighting , 2X 12v batteries ,2x solar panels ,etc etc

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Good forvyipu gren awared

Love that old school steering wheel

The shower hose can go thru the port so you can rinse off on the back deck. So you are not filling the tanks.... lots of other cool features you missed. Almost bought one ...

I am attracted to the classic tug look too. But my Great Loop dreams dont include massive fuel bills. I'm not much of a sailer, but I'm a firm believer in using wind, solar, electric and a small diesel combination is the way to go. A motor sailer converted to electric would be the best of all worlds. Something with a shallow draft, swing keel, and top powered speed of 7-8knots. Maybe like the hybrid cars, the electric motor and ICE work together for short periods to overcome some mild rapids on rivers?

@janentomenkafka

Жыл бұрын

Fuel consumption goes up dramatically with speed. Our diesel engine (in a displacement hull) burns 1 gallon per hour at 7 knots but doubles that amount at 9 knots. Diesel isn't the main cost if you only open the throttle when you need to. Solar power will be very efficient when better batteries become available. Our boat is moored 9 months per year. If you could store that much solar energy, you'd have enough free electric power for the summer holidays ;-)

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Hope you are OK and safe from the hurricane!

That things huge. I could live in that.

Nice! 😁

Sweet little boat.

You’ve got to go forward to deploy the anchor and that would be a dicey proposition in rough seas.

really cool little boat... bet it is cool for weekends and a few more days possible. wish i could afford it

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Yes it us

I see a Pacific North Wet cruise/fishing boat. And a Yanmar engine no less! I have 2 tractors with Yanmar's. Never any trouble of any sort.

I owned a 2013 R27 Ranger Tug with the D3 Volvo diesel , It was a great boat ! I wish I still had it , but traded it on the new outboard Ranger Tug R27 , which was a mistake .

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Wring

@sharonbraselton3135

Жыл бұрын

Wrong dissel outbardd disel jetputbard

Ive done generators and small ac units in the small rangers

Another 5 feet would make a world of difference. In the price too.😁 Beautiful boat.

Nearly bought one of these, good for calmer waters, but don't get caught in a following sea that is running faster than you , could possibly roll you sideways, or over. Caravan for rivers

Peter Stripol just bought one.