March 3, 2013
Our stalwart steel push boat ‘Uncle Merv’ in the process of a wheelhouse refit in the spring of 2012.
The stuff of children’s stories and illustrations, tugboats hold a certain charisma, and at Coulsons we always name them. “Everyone on the lakes loved Merv Fowler, our right-hand man for over twenty years,” says Donna. “So, it seems right that, even though he has retired, the tugboat ‘Uncle Merv’ still chugs across the waters.