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Owner Jackson Marine Corp.
Built By Halter Marine
Registration Port of Corpus Christi, Texas
Year 1975
Dimensions Length-149 ft. Beam-40 ft. Draft-19 ft.
Power Two Alco 16-251 diesels developing 7400 Horsepower.
Capacities Fuel 244,300 gallons Potable water 15,000 gallons
The point of all of these statistics is to emphasize the incredible size
of the Mister Darby. And like her full size sister, the Dumas kit of the
Jackson Marine Mister Darby is not just your average tug boat kit. The
Dumas Mister Darby, kit #1217, features a huge hand laid up fiberglass
hull capable of handling about any powering method you might care to
experiment with. The superstructure is constructed out of heavy duty
die-cut plywood. Plus, we have included dozens of castings and other
detail items to add those finishing touches. Running hardware kit #2340 is
the twin screw hardware package that includes the gear reduction, drive
line hardware, right and left hand cast bronze struts, and the huge
counter rotating 3-5/8 in. investment cast 4 blade bronze propellers. We
used Dumas #2005 12V electric motors and a small car batter to power the
Darby. The car battery helps supply the Darby with the 60 plus pounds she
needs to get down the waterline. When the Darby is completed in this
configuration she is capable of pulling a rowboat with 2 men around a
lake. Big boat, big payload, big power. Everything about the Mister Darby
is big.
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