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Learn more about the German-built Tucker Boat

Translation of a review by a leading European Boating Magazine:

A Jewel for People looking for the extraordinary

Masterbuilder Ruesch and his partner, boat-builder Mutzberg, share a love for beautifully finished wood and elegant boats. Their master piece, called Tucker Boat 17, has been launched and we were privileged to thoroughly check it out. The hull is out of 100 % hand laid fiberglass and laminated with isophtalic acid resin. It resembles the lapstrake fishing boat hulls used since over 100 years in the coastal waters of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. These type boats are well known for their stability and seaworthiness. They are of displacement type and easily driven by very small Diesel engines, on mere sips of fuel.

The Tucker Boat 17 runs 7 knots with an 11 hp engine. A 15 hp as well as one of the new 18 hp, 3 cylinder Volvo Diesels can also be installed. The engine is installed slightly aft of amidship and is covered by an insulated mahagony box with inlaid Teak and Holy on Top. The engine box is hinged in front and opens all the way. Access to engine, transmission and prop shaft are a mechanics dream. The engine instruments are installed at the rear of the engine box under a protective cover. The engine is fed by a 12 gallon tank. At six knots the engine consumes approx. half a gallon of Diesel fuel.

To drive the boat is pure pleasure, it reacts immediately to the rudder activated by a solid tiller. The SS rudder is supported by a stainless steel keelshoe which also protects the propeller. The entire inside as well as the deck is superbly finished in mahagony and teak, Simply excellent. It cannot be done any better. This is boatbuilding as an art form. The Tucker Boat is a jewel on the water, and with a displacement of less than 2000 lbs. it can also easily be trailered.

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