<p>Opua - 10 October 2013
</p><p>R Tucker Thompson
</p><p>The Tucker is built to sail. She is a gaff rigged, square tops’l schooner. Gaff rigged means that her mainsail has four sides; square tops’l refers to the two square topsails. Schooner, in this case, means that of her two masts, the forward mast is shorter than the aft. She was designed according to the traditions of a North American Halibut schooner.
</p><p>Length overall26 metres/85 ft
Beam4.9 metres/16 ft
Length on Deck18.3 metres/60 feet
Draft2.6 metres/8 ft 6″
Displacement60 tonnes
Engine180 horsepower John Deere diesel
Total sail area179 sq metres/3000 sq ft
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Day charter capacity47 passengers
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