Cruising Elvin Ray

Elvin Ray - our Ranger Tugs R-23

We fell in love with boating over 20 years ago. We especially like coastal boating on the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), spending our vacations and several weekends a year doing day trips along the North Carolina and South Carolina coast.  As we reached the limits of day trips, we wanted to grow to cruising entire weekends or even weeks at a time, including navigating the Great Loop someday.  This would require a different boat.

We first saw Ranger Tugs on a DIY show called ShipShapeTV - love at first sight for both of us. After several years of dreaming, we ordered our Ranger Tug in June 2020 and took delivery 5 months later from Edgewater Yacht Sales (moderntugs.com). We named her Elvin Ray.  This channel documents our adventures, and gives prospective R-23 owners insight into the details of this unique boat.

Subscribe to our channel to follow our adventures. Frequent updates on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.