1983 Cooper Marine 40′ Tugboat Trawler, Located in Northern, MI

Construction: This vessel was custom built by Cooper Marine in Selkirk Ontario Canada in 1983.  Full displacement hull is all steel.  The keel consists of an 8″ I beam, hull is 3/16″ plate, cabin house is 1/8″ plate. There are six longitudinal stringers and frames are set on 3′ centers along the entire length.  The hull was lengthened to 40′ LOA in 1999 by adding a 4′ fantain to the stern.  This added greatly to the functionality of the rear deck along with increasing the fuel efficiency.  A lazarrette was also incorporated into the design and is accessed through a Freeman hatch in the rear deck.  The gunwales along the entire hull were also professionally repainted using Devoe urethane paint.  2 coats of Devoe 302 zinc primer, 2 coats of Devoe Bar rust 233, and finally, two part Devoe urethane paint.  All deck surfaces are painted on non-skid and the bottom is painted with West Marine CPP anti-fouling paint. 

Accommodations: The vessel is entered through either side of the pilothouse.  On the port side on the pilothouse is a stairway that leads down to the main cabin.  It features a full height head room throughout on two large size beds.  Forward on the main cabin is a very large chain locker.  Towards the aft and starboard is the head featuring a manual toilet and sink.  Aft of the pilothouse and two steps down is the galley that also has a sink, microwave, fridge, and portable butane stove.  Moving aft is a dinette table that can slide out of the way for entering.  It has a fold out couch for extra sleeping.  A door leads to the aft deck from this area. 

Electronics: Single 30 amp shore power hookup.  1800-watt Heart inverter with six golf cart size batteries.  2 VHF radios, Iterphase Probe forward looking depth finder, Raytheon GPS and radar, digital tachometer, AM/FM CD player radio. 

Equipment: 9′ Apex inflatable with 9.5 HP Johnson outboard.  Custom stainless davit lifts it to upper deck storage rack.  One Universal modified plow anchor, one 25# Danforth anchor, 250′ main anchor rode.  Anchor roller and windlass of bow.  Bocking lines, 4 15″ fenders, life ring, and life sling MOB retrieval, 10 adult and 2 children life jackets all equipped with waterproof lights and whistles, custom made steering wheel, compass, map lights, search light, three horns. 

Mechanical: Single Perkins 6-354 diesel, 135 HP, running through Velvet drive transmission with 2.91:1 reduction, keel cooling runs the full length of the boat in the protection of the I beam keel, dry stack exhaust with silencer runs up through pilothouse roof.  Engine is located midship and is reached through a door in the forward cabin.  Shaft is 2″ stainless steel, 3 blade 30″ propeller is completely protected by keel.  Two fuel tanks are located on either side of the engine with a total of 170 gals.  Fuel is run thru Algae X filler, Racor and CAV fuel filters. Stern Thruster. Portable generator. 

New bottom job just completed winter 2023.

Winter Storage & Spring Launch Included!