Recent content by tomkallman

UGH... what the Captain MEANT to say is “I need a JUNIOR Crane... “ (40” arm) Not the “little crane”. Defender has the 30” arm little-guy. Sorry about that. STILL LOOKING...

Jeez... how did I miss that!? Thank you Larry!

Hi... St. Croix (Davit.com) has no idea when they will have additional cranes in stock. I’m looking for a 40” “Little Crane” (removable crane), and wondered if anyone has one that is no longer needed. Defender Marine also can’t help/has none in stock. Thanks in advance!

Hi... I’m buying a brand new trawler from a broker on the east coast. The boat is being built in Seattle. The Seattle manufacturer wants the final 10% payment once the boat finishes its sea trial out west. The contract between the broker and I reads that the boat will be delivered to me in...

Wow! thank you all for the input - especially the comparative video. I've been boating for less hours than most of you have years, but we've gone out a few times in groups and while I'm not a big beer (or soft drink for that matter) drinker, I would like to keep enough on board to offer...

You all have topics about everything ... but I couldn't find anything about coolers or ice chests. Anyone have experience with or opinions on a great cooler for two-three day trips ?

WOW... Thank you all for the responses! I took lots of notes and had a great time in Newport. In the end, I did indeed sign for NT40-05 and educated myself with both the Garmin and Raymarine electronics packages. (The last significant "option" I had to select). I won't dare ask you all...

Hi... Taking delivery of a new NT40 in January and wondered if you all would share some of your experience as to some either "must have" or "cool stuff I've you'll want to have" on board with you now that you own a boat. You know how when you take your kids off to college and have to buy bed...

There will be an American Tug 395 at the show so if you are wandering around... Hi Bruce... I'm relatively new to the game - this will be my third Newport and this year I'm coming up to sign a contract for a Nordic Tug 40 (the somewhat stretched out version of the 39 (as you probably...

Thanks. That seems to do the trick.

In the past I was happy to roam around TF reading threads that caught my attention… Having recently purchased a Nordic tug, I'm trying now to get smart on a few topics and in doing so I've tried to search specific topics among the various threads. The problem I'm having is that it seems like you...

Did you settle on a boat, sell the house, etc etc? June is upon us. :)

The seminars seem good, but I didn't read of too many boats on display except the Nordic Tug lineup from Ben Wilde.