Thomas,

I echo Tom’s comments about getting the docking instruction.  Alternatively, if you have the experience, try it yourself in slack wind/tide conditions, attempting both bow and stern in.  Sticking to one will make line organization much easier.

I do not know about the strip on the 37, but on the 34 it is approximately 8.5 inches.  When ordering the lettering pay close attention to letter size and in some cases, font or lowercase.  Recently, I ordered 6 inch letters for “LELAND TUG” which worked out to a 60 inch length.  5 feet of bow name on a 34 foot boat is a bit excessive.  Now I am having to re-do it at 4 inch letters which works out to a more eye appealing size.

I can’t help much with the mattress, but on a previous boat I cut a template and sent it to a company that produced a proper sized Tempurpedic memory foam mattress.  That turned out to be a good investment.

If you are looking for sheets and/or mattress pads I recommend Colby Creations.  www.colbycreations.com http://www.colbycreations.com/  Virginia Colby makes (alters new) all of the sheets and should have the exact mattress dimensions for the standard Nordic mattress sizes.

Good luck!

Preston Claytor
Leland Tug
Leland, MI

Thanks for the suggestions.

I hope to get some hands on instruction when I pick up the boat at Wilde and there’s a rendezvous that weekend so I might be able to talk some old salts into a couple of practice runs. When I first got into sailing, I had no idea what I was doing so I spent hours practicing on Lake Michigan with approaches to floats. Figured it well out well enough to end up teaching people how to dock sailboats under power and sail. Switched to powerboats and became the pinball wizard, bouncing all over the place. Sure do miss that big rudder! My slip mate is pretty good with his big boat and he has a real interest(!) in me being good as well, so I might take a couple runs with him aboard.

The stripe on our 2005 37 is just over 7 inches, with a couple of thin
black edges top and bottom. The 2009 may be different.

I would never, ever put the name on the bow or on the stripe, but
everyone has different tastes. 8-)

Gene Fuller
Yorkshire Rose
NT 37-136

On 7/6/2021 9:22 PM, Thomas Parrent via Sentoa wrote:

Gene, I understand the classic (and required) placement of the name on the transom. I wonder about the dinghy always blocking the name. Of course, I don’t suppose there’s any real need for people to know who I am, especially until I get the docking skills perfected :D

Thomas,

The hull inset should be the same on all NT37 and NT39 models.  Nordic
built a second hull mold in 2002 or 2003 as I recall but keep the same
inset.  I don't know if the old mold was modified or a new one was built
for NT40.  For the mattress, I would suggest you make a paper pattern after
you take delivery of the boat.  That is what Nordic Tugs did for many
years. David Allen at NT may have the information on the mattress sizes as
well.  When backing in or out of your slip shifting in and out of reverse
will eliminate prop walk.

Bob Shamek
Former NT guy

On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 7:09 AM Thomas Parrent via Sentoa <
sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:

You can always get vinyl lettering and install boat name and port on the bottom of the dinghy. That is what I did with Pilitak due to our Sea Wise davit. 🙂
However, maybe you do want to be "less identifiable"????
Tom Easterbrook
Formerly Pilitak NT 37-068
Nanaimo, BC

From: Thomas Parrent via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org
Sent: July 7, 2021 7:09 AM
To: South East Nordic Tugs Owners' Association (SENTOA) sentoa@lists.sentoa.org
Cc: Thomas Parrent tparrent88@gmail.com
Subject: [Sentoa] Re: Boat lettering and mattresses

Gene, I understand the classic (and required) placement of the name on the transom. I wonder about the dinghy always blocking the name. Of course, I don’t suppose there’s any real need for people to know who I am, especially until I get the docking skills perfected :D

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