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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
You should see the 85' boats in the lift............but their weight is only 37 tons.........aluminum hulls.
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Thing One's 65' icebreaker managed to shed its rudder in the Kennebec river one winter. The CG towed her back to Camden with a 44' MLB and when the contractor had fabbed a new rudder, they hung her in the slings at Wayfarer Marine, replaced the rudder and installed a new wheel. At the time, USCGC Tackle weighed a paltry 72 tons.