1961 Custom Steel Tugboat

Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:

Vessel Description
Reference Number ECA 145
Make / Model Steel 90’ Oceangoing Tugboat

Steel 90’ Oceangoing Tugboat.

An opportunity exists to turn this 90ft retired workhorse tugboat, “Tenacious”, into your dream boat.

Powered by a Ruston & Hornsby 805HP 5 cyl 4 stroke diesel, cruising at around 8 knots and 80lts per hour.

- 2 x Ruston gensets - 30kva and 15kva
- GPS: Furuno
- PLOTTER: Combined
- SOUNDER: Furuno
- RADAR: Garmin
- AUTO PILOT: TMQ AP4
- RADIOS: Icom VHF

5 cabins with accommodation for 8 with a galley, 2 showers & 2 toilets. Refit to your own specifications and create a unique 27m cruising / live aboard vessel at a bargain price. Restored and re purposed tugboats are a sight to be seen with a commanding presence.

The vessel has previously been in Lloyds survey and also was in QLD Survey 2B.

Currently in private QLD registration and located in Airlie Beach.

The price has been realistically and heavily reduced to enable a new owner to do the work that is needed to get this grand vessel to her original standards and beyond.

Price AU $70,000 plus GST
Vessel Name Tenacious
Builder Adelaide Ship Construction
Launch Date 1961
LOA 27.43m - 90'
Beam 23' 6"
Draft 12'
Displacement 161,000 Kg
Flybridge Bridgedeck
Hull Material Steel
Deck Material Steel

Machinery
Engine Make Ruston
Engine Ruston & Hornsby 5-cylinder 4-stroke
Fuel Type Diesel
Horsepower 805
Drive System Shaft
Props One
Genset Model 2 x Ruston
KVA 30 + 15
Compressor 2
Other Machinery Donkin electrics, hydraulic steering

Accommodation
Cabins Five cabins - 3 x 2 single bunks, 2 x 1 single bunk
Total Berths 8
Shower 2
Toilet 2

Galley
Fridge Yes
Freezer Combined
Microwave NEC + Homemaker

Electrics
Lighting System 12v/24v/240v
Shore Power Yes
Inverter Yes
Batteries 2 x 12v

Electronics & Instrumentation
GPS Furuno
Plotter Combined
Sounder Furuno
Radar Garmin
Auto Pilot TMQ AP4
Radios Icom VHF

Entertainment
TV Cobalt

Safety Equipment
Bilge Pumps 2
Liferaft 16-pax
Fire Protection 7 x extinguishers, water pump
Flares / VSheet Yes
Other 2 x life rings, first aid kit

Deck Hardware / Fittings
Anchor Winch Thomas Reid electric
Remote Yes
Anchor 2 x stockless 200kg
Chain Yes
BBQ LPG
Cockpit Shwr / Deck Wash Yes

As details given above are as furnished by the owner of the vessel, Ensign takes no responsibility as to their accuracy. The vendor and purchaser agree that no warranty or guarantees of any type have been implied or given by the broker or its servants.