Here we have a good-looking couple at rest after they spent a night together in Great Cove last week. But, not to worry: this is not a piece on the boring sex lives of Tugboats. It’s about the interesting limited collection of Lord Nelson Victory Tugs, such as these. They were built as recreational yachts, not as working vessels.
Only 86 LNVTs were built. All were produced between 1983 and 1997 for Seattle-based Lord Nelson Yachts, Inc. Virtually all these yachts were 37-footers, as are the ones shown here.
The vessel on the left in the two-boat image above is Salty Paws out of Boothbay, Maine; she’s the 66th LNVT built. On the right is Tugnacious out of Burlington, Vermont; she’s the 7th one built. All of the other images here are of Tugnacious.
It’s always a pleasure to see one of these ruggedly graceful boats; to see a matched pair is a thrill. (Brooklin, Maine) See also Tugnacious alone in the first Comment space.