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Excellent guidelines. Let the members share their knowledge and we’ll all move forward to making this forum a better place.
 
I agree. Someone like Bruce knows it when he sees it. If you see it shut it down. If someone disagrees they can start their own forum.
 
I agree with Jeff that the Forum should be a place to play nice and respect the opinions of others.

I've only seen one "diatribe" here (something about a Hull issue, all CAPS), so don't really understand why Jeff started this thread.

However, this is the only place owners have to voice the issues they may have with Fluid Motion products.
I do hope Jeff is not suggesting that reasoned complaints no longer be voiced here.

Jeff Radwill
Margaux - 2019 R27 LE
 
NICE in Latin, this word means "ignorant"! Nice it turns out, began as a negative term derived from the Latin nescius, meaning "unaware, ignorant." This sense of "ignorant " was carried over into English when the word was first borrowed (via French) in the early 1300s. And for almost a century, nice was used to characterize a "stupid, ignorant, or foolish" person. Well we have come a long way!
Just Bob's bar room tid-bits!
 
As a newbie Tugnut, (3 1/2 years), I am hesitant to weigh in. However, I am one who had a problem with a supplied component on an engine that had not been addressed by the previous owners of our R25 Classic. When it became a problem for us, I was in the middle of a long and expensive breakdown. After finding key information on this site, and with advice from other owners, I contacted the engine manufacturer, outlined my problem and unsuccessful repair attempts. Two weeks later, the repair was completed, the factory supplied the very expensive components at no cost to me, and sent me a very substantial parts certificate that more than paid for my labor bill. None of this would have happened without the information and the assistance I received from the members of this forum. All that on a 2009 model, we being the third owners. this is my 65th year of power boating, and I know quite a bit less than nothing about what is good and what can go wrong with a boat.
This site is a large part of our satisfying Ranger experience. Thank you to the other members. I spent today getting our Tug ready to store, and will count on visit to this site to keep me going until we get her out in May.
Fred and Marianne
Port Huron, MI.
 
You are sure right. 2020 is tough year for any nut, Tug or Otherwise. I lost 1980/84 Horizon 39 (22,400 pounds displacement Cutter) due to three long hours in Hurricane Sally's Eyewall. She was still afloat but hers was a pyrrhic victory. I can still enjoy joy of sailing aboard an EYC fleet J-22 or my son's Cape Dory 28 on Lake Erie.

As a result, for the first time in more than 58 years of boating, this old sailor man downsized to a power boat - the smallest of Ranger tugs, a past-model R-21 Classic. By choice of design, I'm obviously retiring from off-shore passage making! My challenge is how "camp aboard" enjoyably for extended cruises (river, lakes, intercoastal). - Living aboard for weeks at a time was no problem in former vessel. I see it much like converting from an RV to backpacking, am I wrong?

Although the smaller Ranger tugs seem to be "corks on the water", I chose the tug because they seem to be seaworthy and can at least handle heavier seas on the bow or surfing downwind when one is in open water. Anway... New to your forum and I hope to gain an education. - Marktwain4ever (Mark L Middleton)
 
Thank you Jeff🙂
You pretty much summed it up!
Enough problems in the world already.
 
Here I am all old and new. Waiting for the $$$ to jump from Pedal Kayak to a Tug. Reading and Learning. As an old camper I've already decided this inverter business is for the birds? I prefer to run the generator like our RV. Also I saw one with a stack? I would sure like to order one with an overhead stack to warm cab in winter. And get away from sea water; prefer some kind of radiator and antifreeze piped to heaters and towel racks. Maybe crazy till they prove it to be true. And Grin. High and dry in Kansas
 
What more can be said? Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Amen. Jeff, Andrew, and all of the Tugnuts community are fantastic. I’ve learned so much on this forum from Ranger/ Cutwater staff and other owners like Brian Brown. I hope everyone continues to share their experiences, good, bad, or ugly. That is what will make our boating experiences better and safer. However, if participants can’t be civil, polite, or professional, then you will not be missed. I’m typing this from Langley, WA, right now. Had a great run for Port Townsend to Langley this afternoon after the fog lifted. Gorgeous day. Truly euphoric. This is what it is all about. Thanks again to all the value added posts.
 
Well said Jeff..!
I am not new to boating but am a new Ranger Tug owner having just recently received delivery of a new R-31 CB from Winter Island Yacht Yard in Salem Massachusetts. In addition to boating, I have other hobbies I am passionate about such as martial arts, drumming, and racing slot-cars (yes, slot-cars). For many of these and my other hobbies I have elected to refrain from the forums as they have become too political, nasty, and downright negative. The incivility that people manifest is often incredulous. Thank you for your efforts in keeping this forum focused on the goal of being fun, informative, and social in the best of ways. Keep up the good work!

Rich Manzino
Ranger Tug R-31 CB "Jackpot II"
 
Agree completely, we just received our new C28 on July 23 and I have learned a lot from the posts on Tugnut. Love the boat
 
Very well stated. It’s hard to believe that the best lessons about living a good life and sharing the world with others were taught to us in kindergarten! I often migrate away from conversations and forums that become negative or soapboxy (I think I made up that word), therefore I am extremely happy to see your post.
 
Jeff - Tugnuts is basically the best and sorta only technical resource because (1) Ivan and Tim are an active part of it and (2) cannot even guestimate the manyears of experience among the owners and boaters PLUS you/we get benefit of OPTIONS - or the proverbial more than one way to skin the cat.
One suggestion: some of us have been in boats a long time and across a lot of different boats .... you 'might' want to ADD a topic or area or maybe even a different forum for suggestions for making it better. WE love RT, and we maintain it ... I do everything except the engine work, but I have also noticed some things like bedding and stuff that if we had a place to post suggestions like that so your designers and engineers would have ONE place to look at ideas, it might help you make a really great boat ..."greater" (I think that is one of those words like "betterer"). As said, we love our RT and if we get another boat, it will be an RT ... but maybe we can give you some ideas .... everyone can complain but who is willing to contribute? (note: when I was in the Navy, I was always told a complaining sailor is a happy sailor and I was always ecstatic :lol: We love what you do. We are proud of our boat.
 
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