Theodore Too

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Theodore Too

Theodore Too is a large-scale imitation tugboat based on the fictional tugboat Theodore from the television show Theodore Tugboat.

1 History
2 Specifications
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Theodore Too was commissioned by Cochran Entertainment, Inc., the now-defunct production company. Andrew Cochran, the creator of Theodore Tugboat, had told his son bedtime stories about the boats in the big harbour and how they interacted with everyone. This later became the basis for the TV series. Theodore became so popular, the company constructed a life-size model of him for marketing and promoting water safety. The boat is unusual as it is a full-size replica of a scale model. The original model which was used to film the series and inspired Theodore Too can be seen at Halifax's Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. The boat made a tour of cities on the American East Coast in its first year and participated in tall ship events. After Cochran Entertainment went out of business, the boat was purchased by a Halifax tour boat company, Murphys on the Water. The vessel provides tours of Halifax Harbour in the summer, operating from the Cable Wharf in downtown Halifax.[1] Picture 1 [2] Picture 2

[edit] Specifications

The boat was designed by Lengeek Vessel Engineering, of Nova Scotia, Canada and built by Snyder's Shipyard in Dayspring, Nova Scotia.^[1]

Weight: 105 tons
Length: 65 feet
Beam: 22 feet
Draft: 7 feet 3 inches

It has a 'face' on the funnel, with large realistic hydraulic eyes which are no longer operational. The boat displays a number of prop details such as winches and towing bits inspired from real tugs but operates as a tour boat, not a real tug boat.