Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas
and Happy 2015!!!

From everyone at Gateway Yachts & Nordic Yachts Northwest,
we want to wish you & yours all the best this Holiday Season!

During this busy time of year, we hope you can step away
to create some special memories with those dear to you!


Thank you for your continued support, we appreciate you!

More Progress on C111 - Hull Comes Out of the Mold...

Gateway V, our first Aspen C111, is really taking shape.  Not only is this a completely new and modern design, but it's also the first boat in the Gateway program that will be sold under the new Gateway program - details and pricing to be released soon, along with an entirely new Gateway Yachts website.

Here's Aspen Founder, Larry Graf, alongside his newest creation as it comes out of the mold:



Gateway V Coming out of the Mold inside the Nordic Tug Lamination Facility.

Look at all the structure inside this boat!  Rigid and will last forever: 

There's no wood whatsoever in the structure of this boat!  The bulkheads are 100% Coosa, which is a super dense, fiber infused, closed-cell foam board.  It's not crushable, and will hold and support bolts and other fasteners.

Total cost of just the Coosa?  $6,000 for the Coosa, marine plywood could have been used for only $1,200!  And that's what separates a quality piece that will literally last a century plus, from something that's designed to look good initially but then fails to hold up over time.

Retro Nordic Tug Ad!

Many improvements have been and are being made to the Nordic Tug lineup since these days...  Come to the Seattle Boat Show, January 23 - February 1, and we'll release details of a major model change that's in the works.

Gateway V / 38' Aspen C111 Now in Production!

38' Aspen C111 with Flybridge - Gateway V

Here comes a tremendous new boat model that will reside inside of a newly retooled Gateway Yachts Program.  Details of the new Gateway Program will be made public soon, we are launching a brand new Gateway Yachts website that will highlight the new program features.

The new Aspen C111 is an amazing engineering feat.  Super stable, extreme efficiency, quality build, and inherently safe too.  Double hull construction, it's fiberglass work is built by the experts at Nordic Tugs.  You can follow the build progress here as well as on the Gateway Yachts Facebook site.

Here are some photos taken inside of the Nordic Tugs lamination facility, note the scale of the boat, it has a beam of nearly 14'.  Also note the number of bulkheads going into the structure, they are 100% Koosa (high density fiber impregnated product that is impervious to water), and will make a hull that will outlive us all, a useful life more than century!

C111/Gateway V hull with koosa bulkheads tacked in place.

Patos Island Playground via Nordic Tug and Drone!

Amazing views of Patos Island by 2013 Nordic Tug 34 and drone (beautiful in full screen, click lower right corner of video).  Thank you Kevin and Laura for sharing!

January Newsletter

The combined Gateway Yachts/ Nordic Yachts Northwest Newsletter is located at the link below. In it you'll find useful information about upcoming boat shows, owner cruises & rendezvous, as well as Operational Notes emanating from the Gateway fleet of Aspens and Nordic Tugs.

Make sure to visit us at the upcoming Seattle Boat Show January 24 - February 2 where we'll have two brand new Aspens, as well as the largest Nordic Tug ever displayed indoors!

Please click here to download our January Newsletter.