A special welcome to new owners Mariah and Beau Hicks who just purchased 37VT05. Beau is no stranger to tugs as he works professionally on a tugboat in Fort Lauderdale. They currently are living in Richmond, VA with plans to move their new tug from Waterloo, NY to Urbanna, VA in late June/early July.
Mariah tells us:
"The past couple of years my husband, Beau, and I were living on a 41 Island Trader down in the Keys, specifically Marathon, FL. We fell in love with the live aboard lifestyle! Unfortunately, Hurricane Irma changed some things for us and our boat was not salvageable. We temporarily moved to VA while we searched for our next home. After living below the waterline we had decided our next boat would be a trawler. Beau found a Lord Nelson on YachtWorld in November and we knew it was the boat for us. Everything about her was perfect for what we were envisioning for our next home to cruise on. This past weekend we just closed on hull 5 Carla B. in Waterloo, NY. We are so excited to be joining the LNVT community!! We have been following it now since November - reading the blog, the forums, the newsletters. I was so enamored with the tugs that I actually painted Thistle 37VT47 in my last watercolor commission.
While Carla B is a great name, we would like something that reflects us. We will be renaming her to Miss. Willoughby. Willoughby Spit (in Norfolk, VA) is where Beau grew up & where we met for the first time. My jeep was broken down on the side of the road and he was the one I flagged down to help me. We started dating and got married a few years later in Willoughby Spit, so that town has a special place in our hearts. The ultimate goal is to take the tug to the Florida Keys. "
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