2006 American Tug 34 Pilothouse Trawler
$324,900
Boat in Charlevoix, MI 49720 US
Built in 2006
34 Pilothouse Trawler
1 Engine (Cummins)
34 feet
Diesel
Fiberglass/Reinforced
Are You Ready To Live Your Dreams? KNOT KAOS Is Ready To Take You!
Let Your Journey Begin.
The Great Loop? The Bahamas? Or Just Cruising The Coast?
This Great Tug is Ready To Go!
Knot Kaos is the Finest 34' American Tug on the Great Lakes Today.
Wonderful CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT!!
- Beautiful "Cabernet" Red Hull With a Great Shine
- 380 hp Cummins Comon Rail w/3500 hours
- 6 kw Northern Lights Generator in a Sound Shield
- The Most Detailed Maintenance Log I have Ever Seen
- Lovely New Upholstery (2025)
- New AB Console Dinghy w/ 20hp Mercury Motor (2024)
- Tomco Electric Dinghy Davits
- New Stern Thruster (2025)
- (2) New 175w Solar Panels and 2 Victron MPPT Controllers (2022)
- New Bimini and zip in sun screens on 3 sides (2022)
- New MasterFlush Electric Head (2022)
- Meticulously Maintained!!
- And So Much More
- Absoulutly Turn Key!! Live your Dreams!!
- Click Below: "Other Details", "Propulsion", and "Specifications" to See All KNOT KAOS Has to Offer
- Please Click on "Contact Information" Below, For Leo Thibault's Direct Cell Phone Number.
- KNOT KAOS is currently in Inside Heated Storage and is Due to be Launched 6/1/2026
Welcome aboard KNOT KAOS the best equipped and Best maintained 34 American Tug in the Great Lakes. KNOT KAOS is in Fantastic condition and ready to take you to all your dream destinations.
Starting forward and down you enter the Master Suite. Here you will find a center-line queen with a pillow top mattress, and mattress cover. Beautiful teak storage lockers, shelves, and drawers. The Master Head is en-suite of the stateroom and it features the largest stall shower on any boat in this size range. Beautiful vanity with accent lighting, a large sink, and a New Electric Toilet.
Continue aft and up to the Pilothouse and you will find all the electronics needed to take you safely to your destinations. This 2006 features (2) pilothouse doors for safety and convenience and Sun shade covers for the pilothouse windows.
Aft and down a few easy steps you will find the Salon/Galley. The absolutely spotless galley is to starboard and features everything needed to make the chef happy. The convertible dinette is to port with a beautiful table for dining. The dinette table drops and the cushion slides out to make into a bed.
Enjoy the view of all your destinations through the large windows with near 360 degrees of visibility.
I love the galley in this Tug. A Chefs dream. Spotless, ample counter top space, A beautiful 360 degree view. Prepare an elegant meal or just a quick snack with ease and you will be kept company by the Captain at the helm, guests in the salon, or friends on the aft deck!
The absolutely spotless galley is on the starboard side of the salon and Features.
- L-shaped galley with Granicoat countertops
- Force 10 three burner electric glass cooktop with oven
- NovaKool DC refrigerator and freezer (7.3 cubic feet) with Stainless Lobster optimization
- Sharp Carousel microwave oven
- Fresh water filtration system
- Double sinks
- Pressure water systems with new pump 2022
- Raritan 12 gallon electric hot water heater with engine recirculation (2022)
This Great Tug is ready to go! KNOT KAOS is ready to push off today to all of your dream destinations.
Great Loop? Bahamas? What are you waiting for!! Call today!!!
- Furuno model 1710 radar with Radome
- Raymarine C120 color GPS chart plotter and depth sounder
- Navionics electronic charts covering US east coast, Great Lakes, Bahamas, Births Columbia and Alaska
- Raymarine Seatalk USB NMEA input/output for easy connection to buyer-supplied navigation computer
- EmTrak class B+ SOTDMA AIS transceiver (2019)
- Raymarine ST6001 Autopilot and handheld E15022 Remote Control
- Raymarine ST60 multifunction depth and speed display
- Raymarine ST60 rudder angle indicator
- Raymarine Maxview large screen depth sounder display
- Raymarine RAY54 VHF radio with MMSI and DSC ACR GlobalFix GPIRB
- Siren Marine MTC (monitor, track and communicate) alarm system with GPS geo-fence (2020)
- Intellian I2 satellite dish with Direct TV receiver
- Terrestrial TV antenna
- Dockside cable TV connection
- 32” Visio HDTV New in 2024
- Sony AM/FM/CD stereo receiver Stereo speakers
- Weather station with barograph
- Navigation lights LED
- Ritchie 4" LED lighted compass
- Weems & Plath clock and barometer
- 12V AFI air horn
It just does not get any better than this!! Ready to GO!!!
- Two 175 Watt Sunpower rigid solar panels mounted on roof, each with dedicated Victron SmartSolar MMPT controller with breaker disconnects for each (August 2022)
- 6kW Northern lights generator (M673L2-6KW) with 1800 hours in sound shield
- Upgraded Northern Lights generator control panel showing water temperature, oil pressure, voltage and hours
- Three 4D Lifeline AGM house batteries
- 4D Lifeline AGM starting battery (main engine)
- Group 24 AGM starting battery (generator)
- 2 X Group 31 Lifeline AGM batteries , one each for Bow and Stern Thrusters
- Magnum MS2012 2000W inverter/100A automatic battery charger with pilothouse remote control panel
- TruCharge 40A automatic battery charger for Genset and truster batteries SCR automatic battery combiner
- Galvanic isolators
- (2) Twin 30A/125V shore power SmartPlug inlets (2020)
- Three 30A 50ft SmartPlug shore power cords (2020)
- Two 30A 125 shore power cords/extensions
- 50A - twin 25A Y shore power adapter
- All halogen and incandescent cabin lighting replaced with LEDs
- 12V DC/110V AC electrical systems
KNOT KAOS Features a Stunning "Cabernet Red" Hull. Beautiful Shine!
Painted with Awlgrip LP Cabernet Red with Awlgrip clear coat final coat.
- New 2024 AB AL10 Aluminum RIB, 10'6", Weaver Helm Station
- 2024 Mercury 10hp EFI four stroke, electric start, power tilt outboard with Group 24 battery in box
- Rocna 44lb anchor (2014)
- Fortress FX-23 anchor
- Lofrans Tigres electric windlass with 275ft 5/16" galvanized chain rode (chain new 2022).
- Power drop and retrieve with foredeck foot controls,
- New helm Iris II chain counter in 2024
- Anchor washdown
- Custom grooved anchor roller
- New Bimini with zip in sun screens on 3 sides - 2022 Sunbrella full cockpit cover
- Phifertex exterior snap-on windshield and window covers (2021 and 2022)
- Diamond SeaGlaze doors and windows throughout
- Windshield wipers and washers (2022)
- New upgraded control in 2024 Windshield defrosters
- Bomar opening forward hatch with screen and Sunbrella cover
- Transom door
- Cockpit fresh water hot and cold shower
- Six fenders and six black yachtbraid lines
- Fiberglass decks with molded-in nonskid
- Swim platform
- New extended 4 rung Swim ladder in 2024
- Life jackets for seven persons
- Factory-installed Tanner 12V stainless steel davit system
- Custom Dyneema lifting harness
- Fortress FX7 small boat anchor with 10ft, 3/16" stainless chain and 100ft 7/16" polypropylene rode
- New bottom paint Tridad Pro two coats – 2024
Plenty of Room To get to both sides of the Engine Room. Extremly Clean
- Cummins QSB5.9M Tier II, 380HP in-line, 6-cylinder, turbocharged, aftercooled, four stroke diesel
- engine with high pressure common rail fuel system. 3500 hours - quiet and no smoke!
- New OEM alternator May 2022
- Custom DeAngelo Inconel water-injected exhaust elbow for main engine (2017)
- Cummins SmartCraft digital engine data displays
- Morse mechanical shift and throttle controls
- Conquest bronze propellor 26"x25" (2019) re pitched in 2024
- Twin DiscMG5061 2.43:1 gear Cupronickel gear cooler
- Sleipner SidePower bow and stern thrusters with joystick control and remote control
- Teleflex SeaStar hydraulic wheel steering
- Updated MarineAir two zone (master stateroom and salon/galley) reverse cycle heat and air conditioning with digital thermostat controls and Micro Air soft starts of each HVAC (total 30,000 BTU) 2022
- King 120V electric 'baseboard' heaters in stateroom and salon
- Engine coolant/forced air heat for pilothouse and stateroom
- PSS dripless shaft seal (2022)
- Upgraded Tides Marine rudder lip seal (2022)
- Walker AirSep
- Dual Racor fuel filter/water separators with vacuum gauge and quick shift valve
- Racor fuel filter/water separator for generator
- Reverso oil change system (main engine, transmission and generator)
- Fresh water cooling systems (main engine and generator)
- New SMX raw water pump for mail engine 2022 with spare
- Fresh water Masterflush electric head (2022) with holding tank, macerator, Y-valve, overboard discharge and deck pumpout fitting
- Shaft Shark shaft line cutter
- Raw water sea strainers
- Three automatic manual bilge pumps (tank room pump new 2022)
- High water alarm Fireboy automatic fire suppression system
- Halotron portable fine extinguishers (2)
- Thermal and acoustic insulation
- Aftercooler serviced (July 2023)
- New after cooler air side hoses (2023)
- Deep, well-organized and accurately cataloged spare parts inventory
Spares include:
- Multiple Racor filters for main and generator
- Multiple on-engine fuel filters for main and generator
- Multiple lube oil filters for main and generator
- Spare new alternator for main engine
- Several spare hoses for main engine components
- Spare belts for main engine and generator
- Spare main and generator impellers
- Multiple strainer baskets for main engine, generator and AC/Heat pump and misc gaskets
- Spare zincs for main engine, rudder shaft, propeller shaft
Generator spares:
- thermostat, heat exchanger gasket, exhaust elbow gasket and Misc gaskets
Are You Ready To Live Your Dreams? KNOT KAOS Is Ready To Take You!
Let Your Journey Begin.
The Great Loop? The Bahamas? Or Just Cruising The Coast?
This Great Tug is Ready To Go!
Knot Kaos is the Finest 34' American Tug on the Great Lakes Today.
Wonderful CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT!!
- Beautiful "Cabernet" Red Hull With a Great Shine
- 380 hp Cummins Comon Rail w/3500 hours
- 6 kw Northern Lights Generator in a Sound Shield
- The Most Detailed Maintenance Log I have Ever Seen
- Lovely New Upholstery (2025)
- New AB Console Dinghy w/ 20hp Mercury Motor (2024)
- Tomco Electric Dinghy Davits
- New Stern Thruster (2025)
- (2) New 175w Solar Panels and 2 Victron MPPT Controllers (2022)
- New Bimini and zip in sun screens on 3 sides (2022)
- New MasterFlush Electric Head (2022)
- Meticulously Maintained!!
- And So Much More
- Absoulutly Turn Key!! Live your Dreams!!
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Price History
| Date | Event | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4/26/26 | Initial price | $324,900 |
2006 American Tug 34 Pilothouse Trawler Video Tours
Overview from around the web 2006 American Tug 34 Pilothouse Trawler
Customers rave about the 2006 American Tug 34 Pilothouse Trawler for its exceptional design and performance
Many appreciate its sturdy construction, which provides confidence when navigating rough waters. The trawler's efficient fuel economy is frequently highlighted, allowing for longer journeys without the constant worry of refueling. The spacious interior is often described as comfortable and inviting, with well-thought-out living spaces that maximize both functionality and comfort. Owners particularly love the pilothouse design, which offers excellent visibility and protection from the elements while piloting. The American Tug 34 is also praised for its versatility, making it suitable for both leisurely cruising and extended trips. Many customers commend the easy handling and maneuverability, which is advantageous for both seasoned boaters and those new to the trawling experience. In addition, the storage capacity and clever use of space receive positive mentions, allowing for convenient stowing of gear and supplies. Overall, the 2006 American Tug 34 Pilothouse Trawler is highly regarded for its blend of comfort, durability, and functionality, making it a popular choice among avid boaters.
The Biggest Pros and Cons
The 2006 American Tug 34 Pilothouse Trawler is a well-regarded vessel known for its solid construction and comfortable living spaces. Here’s an overview of the pros and cons associated with this model:
Pros
Versatile Design: The pilothouse design offers excellent visibility and protection from the elements, making it ideal for extended cruising in various weather conditions.
Sturdy Build Quality: American Tug is known for its robust construction, making this trawler durable and capable of handling rough waters.
Spacious Interior: With a well-thought-out layout, the 34-foot model maximizes space, providing a comfortable living area, galley, and sleeping accommodations.
Fuel Efficiency: Powered by a typically efficient diesel engine, the American Tug 34 offers good fuel economy, making it an economical choice for long-distance cruising.
Customizable Options: This model often comes with a variety of options and upgrades, allowing owners to tailor the vessel to their specific needs and preferences.
Strong Resale Value: Well-maintained American Tugs tend to hold their value well in the market due to the brand's reputation and quality.
Easy Handling: The boat is designed for easy handling, making it suitable for both experienced and novice boaters.
Cons
Size Limitations: While 34 feet is ideal for many, it might feel cramped for larger families or those seeking more expansive living quarters.
Price Point: The initial investment may be higher compared to other trawlers in the same size class, reflecting its quality and features.
Limited Speed: As a trawler, it’s not built for speed; those looking for a fast cruising experience may find this model lacking.
Maintenance Costs: While durable, maintenance for a diesel engine and auxiliary systems can be higher compared to outboard or simpler systems.
Older Technology: Being a 2006 model, some features and electronics may not reflect the latest advancements available in newer vessels.
Less Maneuverability: The boat’s design, while stable, may not be as nimble in tight spaces or during docking compared to smaller vessels.
Made For
The 2006 American Tug 34 Pilothouse Trawler is designed for avid cruisers and those seeking a blend of comfort, functionality, and seaworthiness. This vessel is ideal for: 1. Adventurous Couples and Small Families: With its cozy accommodations, the American Tug 34 provides the perfect setting for weekend getaways or longer voyages, allowing you to create unforgettable memories on the water. 2. Great Loop Enthusiasts: Its compact size and versatility make it an optimal choice for those looking to navigate the Great Loop, offering both stability and maneuverability on diverse waterways. 3. Retirees and Liveaboards: The spacious pilothouse and well-thought-out layout ensure comfortable living while providing the functionality needed for extended stays aboard. 4. Fishing and Cruising Aficionados: Equipped with robust features, this trawler is perfect for those who enjoy fishing excursions or exploring coastal waters in search of new destinations. 5. Sailors Transitioning to Power: The reliability and ease of handling of the American Tug 34 make it an excellent option for sailors looking to embrace the world of power boating without sacrificing comfort or style. In essence, this trawler offers a welcoming experience for anyone passionate about waterways, combining the strengths of a sturdy workboat with the comforts of a home.
Finance your dream boat!
Finance your dream boat!
Be the first to know when similar boats hit the market
Get notified when new boats become available
Meet the Broker
Address
Boat Location
Contact Edwards Yacht Sales about 2006 American Tug 34 Pilothouse Trawler
510 Brookside Drive, Clearwater, FL, 33764
Login with Google
