You Won't Believe HOW BIG This LITTLE Boat Is [Full Tour] Learning the Lines
I've always liked Ranger Tugs from afar, so when the opportunity came up to tour this Ranger Tugs R-25 I took it!
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Your tour was short and such a breath of fresh sea air. Some of these tours just go on and on and you really don't feel the enthusiasm that you portray. Thank you for your time!
Very cute. For some unknown reason, I have a soft spot in my heart for tug-style boats.
Me too! They are like a mini ship!❤
Nostalgic
Nordic Tugs were so cool - I was quite sad when I'd heard they'd gone out of business years ago..!!
they sure price them like a ship@@annbancroft2165
Nautistyles has a couple Ranger tugs on their channel. Interesting little boats. Very very neat and they have so much in a small space while being robust.
So , there is no lower deck for the engine room and stuff? All he showed was a upper acmes door for the engine?
Classic example of getting what you pay for. Ranger's innovative attention-to-detail is phenomenal.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Very nice little trawler.
My wife and I fell in love with ranger tugs about 5 years ago. You can get a grill where that outside cooler was, and the new ones are yamaha outboard powered to give you more storage.
The price would be nice to see!!!
Used...around $130 to $150k for a good one. Far from cheap.
I dreamed a lot about my dream fishing boat. And this is about as good as it gets in my mind. Small efficient in space and just overall over powered like a tank.
Ranger Tugs are the balls! I got to go through five different models at the Boston Boat Show, and as a boater, I just wanted one SO bad!
Nice. Anything that has the look of a Trawler Yacht / Tug gets my vote!
For $200k I might opt for a bigger boat.
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They lowered the price to 138,000 cad which is 103,000 used. A little more in line where it should be.
@@alanswanson5642 Still seems like a lot for a tiny little used boat.
@Mike Collon true
$130G Canadian is not way out of line as it's unique. But other used 25 footers sell for $20G to $25G, like Chris Craft Catalina
This is such a great lil' boat. She would make a ton a great memories for a small family. Super easy for one person to skipper for a least a 3 hour tour and with the electronics wouldn't get lost even if she got a bit tossed. But seriously, what a great lil boat, I wish I was in the market.
I would rename it the Minnow.
For the money, agree, this is the dream boat tor a smart family with a realistic price point. IMHO
I've followed these tugs for a few years now. I was disappointed when they dropped the diesel and went to a redesigned planing hull and outboards. But there are good used diesel examples like this one around for a lot less money than the new speedy ones. Not all of us want to fly around on the water. One can always buy any model of abundant 25+ ft planing cruisers and fund the Sultan of Brunei's golden faucet and sink fund. I side on the sound of a low chugging diesel, rain falling on the deck, heater blowing and a pot of coffee on the stove heading up the inside passage in November. These little tugs are great.
thanks for letting us know we were worried about you in something as fast as this tug boat
add hitting dead heads at full throttle. I'm on the wet west BC coast and there's a LOT of logs and other stuff just below the surface!!!
Very cool little boat. I’d love to have this for a weekender here by the bay.
They are built about 15 miles from where I live.They are amazing boats all around.
They are built more than 3000miles away from where i live
@@SchlaftaterNrzZz I'm not even sure where I live,, but I sure don't know where the boat is built by THESE two comments.
Washington state just outside of Seattle
@@louisliu5638 the net: like boxing in a darkened room; you have no idea what size the room is, or where you are, but you're right THERE.
We have some little tugs here in Darwin Australia. They're actual little tug boats but lot heavy and design obviously for towing and pushing cheers guys👍🇦🇺
You see a lot of these doing the Great Loop. Cool little boats.
Would confidently do a lap of Australia in that little beauty ! Pick your weather, slow and steady with a trolling rig looking for dinner out the back ! Bit of work here and there just to ease the load on my super ! The van I've lived in for 5 years is smaller and I can spend a grand on a week long fishing trip ! 2 birds , one stone ! 😎👍
Love this little boat. The design seems to be so refined. Own this and you have a REAL boat.
It is a very interesting little boat. I’ve never seen one quite like this before. It’s the N25 😂
For a 25 foot boat, it has it all. This is my kind of boat ! 👌
Probably the coolest boat you’ve ever shown!
You’re absolutely right as somebody lived a board for over 20 years there’s been many of storms and many of the nights that I’ve had to crawl to the front deck to Rienk are so not being able to get to that ball is a dangerous situation unless you’re on a nice flat Sunny Lake
Yeah, this is an absolutely awesome boat.
Now THAT would be a GR8 fishing rig!!!
I'm on the coast in British Columbia, and this boat would be perfect going up and down the coast. Mount a couple of electric downriggers, couple prawn n crab traps...life is good 👌 beautiful little boat, pretty cute name aswell..lol 🌲☀️🌲
One of my dream boats is the rc 21 ranger that boat is awesome and so much fun to cruise the back rivers
I was on a little Ranger tug in Anacortes Washington- absolutely fantastic little boat. wish I was in a position to purchase one... maybe some day. I would love to sell my two rentals and float away... 😎
Thats so cool. Doesn't even look like it's been used.
It's sooooo cute. Reminds me of my childhood boat in the bathtub.
Nova Scotia is the prettiest place. I went there from Maine in ‘68 in my Dad’s Renault Dauphine. The people are absolutely killer.
Great boat for doing the Loop !
Beautiful !
Very nice looking boat. I could live on her quiet comfortably.
Yes
Thanks for this informative video.
Lovely boat, I once owned a 25ft Fairline Fury, Flydeck controls and seating up top, aft seating section which converted to a double bed under full canopy, mid section seated 4 also converted to double bed. 9ft long Galley, private Front V cabin with infill made another large double. Also had a shower room with toilet, was an amazing space and I miss that boat very much. 25ft if designed well, can be a home from home !
nice boat the Fairline Fury ,see my comments about my Bayliner similar spec to video but cost me £7000 NOT £70000 LOL
@@martinparker9249 mine cost me 7k !! One owner kept on a freshwater lake it's entire life, had it transported to London when prices for that were reasonable. I like the Bayliners to, decent amount of interior space and headroom. Prices are dropping like a stone in the UK so may look for similar again.
Searcy sunderces 240 230 sunder same Kay out
This would be the DOPEST tender for a megayacht 😎
I have a 30 ft canal boat and appreciate how lovely your tug is ❤
Buy Searcy 300 sundacer
That’s awesome, I want one now!
Very nice little SHIP...😍 I have something similar in concept and size, a little Jeanneau Merry Fisher 805, but this is so cute!
Buy it
Buy fusheer 805. Goid biat
My last Boat was a Norwegian, 21 foot, built by Norpower. I must say this Boat you just walked around is a Beautiful Craft. The only thing I would say is that the draft of 2ft would not make it a good Sea Boat in poor weather. Mine was 18inches to 3ft 6 inches and had a keel sloping from fore to aft like an upside down fin. It was excellent in lumpy weather. Apart from that, I love that Boat you have shown us. Boats like that are my favourite.
Wring
The design is to make it trailerable.
Oh I love her, why isn't she in Australia, I'd buy her right now. What a gorgeous well loved and maintained little tug. I've wanted a trailerable tug since I saw one as a small child. Now I know who makes them, I'm certainly going to look for 1. Thanks for sharing, really enjoy ur channel and presentation. 😁🇦🇺🌈
You say that now, but wait till you see how much they cost.
@@chapter4travels Yes, what they ^ said. Checked them out and prices are in nosebleed territory.
I've seen Ranger 18's for sale in Australia but that's about it, Ive been waiting a long time for 23+ footer to come on the market but they never have.
@@bazbbeeb7226 there's gotta be some out there, they are either sitting in people's backyards rotting, or very much loved and not for sale, well good luck , I really hope u find the little tug of ur dreams🌈
@@MEdGrant there cheaper then my new 265 CC worldcat Catamaran actually think it's well priced
What a neat little tug
I love Ranger Tugs..... they are very cool...
Nice serious little boat
Great fishing boat love it.
Cool little boat it is.👍
Perfect for the Loop.
You should try to find a Lifeproof boat. Those are pretty cool too.
This is a very neat boat.
Worth it. Very cool
This is almost perfect for a 1 person home. Use electric motor instead of the combustion one, extend the cabin back to have more room inside (bigger toilet space) Put more solar harvesting on top, and maybe even some vertical wind harvesting array (we're at sea, so winds are common)
If I had a lot of money I would definitely have one of these, compact manoeuvrable sea worthy it’s a beautiful man toy
I wondered if you’d do the bow to stern walk through, and was not disappointed.
Very cool! Thanks!
That's an Awesome lil boat. Would be great on Table Rock Lake in Missouri.
Looks like a great boat for a weekend or maybe a week away. Nothing too fancy but just the stuff you need.
"Weekend or maybe a week" Spoiled brat much? Wifey and me could live on that thing full time.
@@orcaflotta7867 I agree with Mark. It may have to do with age. My first boat (back in the eighties) was about the size of this boat and I enjoyed my holidays afloat. However, every boat I have bought since then was slightly bigger than the previous one. Space and storage room is what you miss most when going on a summer long holiday aboard. Our current boat is 12 meter (40ft) and that seems a perfect size. But perhaps I am indeed spoiled ;-)
@@janentomenkafka No, you're not. I consider 36 - 40' the ideal size for couples and families. Real wind propelled sailing that is. The kind where you use sails. I've no clue about diesel stinkers. ;)
@@orcaflotta7867 I started with sailing. As I grew older I became... lazier and I switched to motoring. When sailing, you're always busy. I don't think there's much difference between a sailing and motor yacht of the same size. Both have become wider (and more spacious) over time. Sail safe and enjoy life.
@@janentomenkafka Oh, I think there's a huge difference between sailing and motoring: Sailing is fun, motoring is boring. And in heavy weather and high waves, saiboats are physically more stable and cut thru the waves while your stinker is bobbing on them like a champagne cork. :o And please, no wider boats. Longer is okay, but not wider. We prefer the slender scandinavian constructions over the big fat luxury cruisers.
There was one at my marina in Tennessee. It was really a cool little boat.
Nice tour
Looking at the keel form I bet she does allot of rolling at the anchor!
That thing would be awesome on Grand Lake here.
If I had the choice of living on this or some 50ft, $2m+ gin palace, I'd be resting my head in this little beaut!
Yes
Cool little boat
That could do some river cruising nicely
Cool little boat.
A word I rarely use is "cute" and this boat is as cute as hell. I love it.
Beautiful boat, it's far from being little and it's compact AF.... I could literally live in this
Yes yiiu
Way cool boat, be a great live aboard for a single.
Cool boat. Stats were difficult to read on the changing background. Thumbs up
That's nice I would love to have one of those
Great video!
Love that old school steering wheel
I would be astonished if that would get on the plane with a 110 horsepower motor
I live in a van part time and could see myself actually living in this thing. Not much smaller than what I live in when not in the van.
Till hurricane chased you , I love it to
good job thank you
Another 5 feet would make a world of difference. In the price too.😁 Beautiful boat.
What an amazing little boat, does anyone know of any video of one on the water? I would be very interested in seeing a boat test.
Hope you are OK and safe from the hurricane!
Jeez that hull would roll like a cork in marine waves.
Here's a door. Here's a step . Here's a chair . Absolutely riveting
That things huge. I could live in that.
That would be a really nice Joe boat to go run your field in the morning and check all of the producing oil and gas wells. The ones we used were 27 ft long and 8 ft wide and a deep v bottom. Main power plant was a 270 hp Detroit Diesel V-8 two stroke special marine engine. It had 2 tanks of 100 gallons each Top speed in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico was about 42 knots. It was a pretty shallow draft of about 24 inches fully loaded with fuel and tools. The entire boat was all welded aluminum of 1/4" plate aluminum.
Marine grade aluminum, hopefully!
Good f I r it
On the contrary. One person could indeed comfortably live on this boat. With a couple readily available accessories (microwave/convection oven and portable freezer). A perfect great lakes one person boat.
Sweet little boat.
Okay ! I’m sold !
I am attracted to the classic tug look too. But my Great Loop dreams dont include massive fuel bills. I'm not much of a sailer, but I'm a firm believer in using wind, solar, electric and a small diesel combination is the way to go. A motor sailer converted to electric would be the best of all worlds. Something with a shallow draft, swing keel, and top powered speed of 7-8knots. Maybe like the hybrid cars, the electric motor and ICE work together for short periods to overcome some mild rapids on rivers?
Fuel consumption goes up dramatically with speed. Our diesel engine (in a displacement hull) burns 1 gallon per hour at 7 knots but doubles that amount at 9 knots. Diesel isn't the main cost if you only open the throttle when you need to. Solar power will be very efficient when better batteries become available. Our boat is moored 9 months per year. If you could store that much solar energy, you'd have enough free electric power for the summer holidays ;-)
Yes
Nice! 😁
Love the cabin , shower on a 25fter. Awesome. However as am in uk does company do euro version , as in uk the legal width for trailing is 8'4". So 8'6" is to wide ? Cheers.
really cool little boat... bet it is cool for weekends and a few more days possible. wish i could afford it
Yes it us
Also, it can be used as a RV ! Easily towed, fully equipped for camping out with an air cooled genset. A mercury i/o would make shallow water cruising easier.
They do make the 25 powered in a 250 Yamaha outboard version.
Merry. Sport jet
Wrong jet drive less water
I think I'd feel like a Bobber on the ocean in that little thing. lol
Love this boat
You’ve got to go forward to deploy the anchor and that would be a dicey proposition in rough seas.
Nice 😊
멋진 보트네요 Very nice boat
i have Navionics on a 10" tablet + fishfinder with depth , HH vhf radio , horn , 12v led nav lights and interior lighting , 2 burner stove plus grill plus spare portable stove, Jabsco sea toilet, 240v fridge with small freezer comp, life jackts , speedometer , hrs, elec windlass plus anchor, led lighting , 2X 12v batteries ,2x solar panels ,etc etc
Good forvyipu gren awared
It sure is a cutie BUT you've GOT to go forward when you are anchoring or tying up to a dock. I don't think not providing easy access to the bow of the boat was very good thinking on the part of the boat designers. Maybe that is why it is for sale. Bertram motor yachts are examples of well designed small motor boats.
Have a hatch fitted on the foredeck.
Yup your backing into a dock and forget about trying to pick up a mooring by yourself
@@OrieCipollaro Exactly! Who knows what they were thinking when they designed the boat? You could drive the boat along side the mooring ball and pick it up but then how do you get up tp the bow to tie it down to a cleat?
When I was living in Hawaii, I operated a 33’ converted navy captain’s gig often alone. When I came into the slip, I had my stern line set and secured at a certain length. As I passed the cleat, I would catch the cleat with the line. I had already taken the power off and with the last bit of way, I would step off the boat with the bow line in hand and walk forward to secure the bowline. Never had a problem.
It's a windlass, no need to go on deck when anchoring
Planing hull😂 No need to go forward underway..it’s access to the anchor😂
Ive done generators and small ac units in the small rangers
wow!
It's amazing, I wish there was some sailboat version of it.
a little bit like seeing an SUV and saying one wished there was a sedan version.
@@freezerlunik Not really, there are sailboats of this type and size, just not ones that are as well finely thought out in terms of space.
@@konanLerehcob do you have any examples to point to? I don't see how a tugboat hull would perform with sails...
@@freezerlunik You're right, as looking for a few examples to provide I realised the ones I've seen were small sailboat converted as "trawlers", not the other way around. My bad. That said, to explain why I made this comment is because I had my view on a Fisher 25 (which I can't find in my area unfortunately) which is the closest to what I had in mind when I saw this video, wishing the space on sailboats were more thought out that way since they usually do not have as much enclosed space as trawlers. Sailboats such as the Evasion 22/Fisher 25 are kind of what I'm looking after, though they do not feature everything I'd want either. I stand corrected either way, thanks.
@@konanLerehcob thanks for explaining, I wasn't even aware the craft like Fisher 25 existed, found a 1977 listed for sale on Yachtworld and you're right, that sailboat is chunky :)) I'm a complete newbie to sailing and watercraft, and frankly after spending some hours on water in a few day cruiser sailboats then doing a leisure trip in a Bavaria 35, I'm pretty big on vessels with tall ceiling for standing comfortable, and big on enclosed wheelhouse like the Ranger 25 here. Sailing has its pluses but I'm probably too spoiled to ever pick a sailboat over a tug/trawler/cabin cruiser. I do think the Fisher 25 is very charming and seems like it tries to maximize space for creature comforts.
Just a little to small. Almost spit my coffee when you were showing the dinning table and mentioning the passenger chair would swing around for couples and their guests… you’d be lucky to get two people on this boat! By guests I assume you mean their cat!