Questions For Tommy and Jim
  • For Tommy: About the 3000lbs of ballast put in every tug
    • What is the ballast made of?
    • What shape are the pigs?
    • How were the pigs distributed?
    • Were they stabilized (i.e. kept from moving about)?
    • How was the false bilge laid over the keel?
  • For Tommy: Window location varies from boat to boat
    • How was window placement done?
    • Why did the first two tugs have 5 opening pilothouse windows and the rest only 2?
    • Why were the side pilothouse windows changed from opening to fixed?
  • For Tommy: Did you deliver any of the tugs with stainless Danforth anchors?
  • For Jim: Several owners have added roll chocks. Were they ever considered during construction?
  • For Tommy: About the seven big salon window frames
    • Are they custom and where were they made?
    • Were window locations marked on mold somehow?
    • Why did the most forward salon windows move aft between '85 and '86?
  • For Tommy: Why did the name change from Hai O to Ocean Eagle Yachts.
  • For Tommy: How many workers did you have and what trades
  • For Tommy: Was any of the stainless work (for the mast, bitt, windows) done in-house?
  • For Tommy: What is the permanent fix for the cracks in the fiberglass above the SS rub rail. Ed McChain
  • For Jim: Were the tugs designed for a specific prop and pitch? Trev Croteau
  • For Jim: was the tug designed for a left or right handed prop? Trev Croteau
  • for Jim: is there a designed favored side of the tug? Trev Ceoteau
  • For Tommy: Why do they have they big hole cut outs 3" in the forward bulwark? Joe Glinski
  • For Tommy: what were the various woods used inside the tug?
  • For Jim: What were your considerations when determining the port vs starboard location for the stairs to the pilot house?
  • For Jim: Looking back, would you have done anything different with the design of the boat?
  • For Jim: When designing the boat, did you have any specific cruising area in mind?
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