Made
In
america
With its longer waterline and higher volume, the
new American Tug 395 proves a satisfying successor
to a Washington State couple’s previous AT 34.
uane and Lynn Duncan were anchored out
in a quiet cove in the Broughton Islands last summer,
seemingly all by themselves, when suddenly there
was a knocking on their hull. They went on deck
to find a fellow cruiser in a kayak floating alongside
their deep green hull, and he asked if their boat was
the new American Tug 395. They were delighted
to be discovered, and explained that it was indeed
hull number 1 of the AT 395 series. Their story
to him was similar to the one they told me, as I
rode with them from Seattle’s Lake Union to La
Conner, Washington.
“We were really happy with Emerald Star, our AT
34, because it did everything we wanted to do,” the
Duncans told me, “and when the AT 41 came out,
we looked at it seriously. A number of our friends
were AT 34 owners who did step up to the AT 41.
We liked the idea of having a second stateroom, a
nice sized one for friends and family to cruise with
us. The AT 34 was a one-stateroom boat, so visitors
had to overnight in the main cabin on the convertible
dinette. But we finally decided the AT 41 was too
much boat for us. We told the American Tug folks
that if they ever did a two-stateroom design about 39
feet long, we’d be serious candidates.”
By John Wooldridge
Photos by Neil Rabinowitz D
