ANACORTES, WA – Directly inspired by the working boats of the Northwest, Nordic Tugs – and its popular NT-37 model – have become a sort of icon for the trawler lifestyle. There may be other brands and boats that are better known, or some that better exemplify “fast-trawler” capabilities. But there is just something about a tug that draws a crowd at the dock.

Two marine species made the Arizona State University’s annual “Top 10″ list of lifeforms discovered or identified during the past year.  The “ornate sleeper ray,” Electrolux addisoni, a new genus and species, is the largest known member of the electric ray family Narkidae.  A new species of the dangerous box jellyfish genus Malo, Malo kingi, [...]

 
Pacific Asian Enterprises reported that it has delivered the first of its current flagship model, the Nordhavn 86. Cari Ali was just delivered to an undisclosed owner in Dana Point, California and is currently undergoing a shakedown cruise.
The N86 is truly a massive boat (ship?).  At nearly 400,000 pounds of displacement, the N86 will carry [...]