Recent content by Hamrow

This still sounds like a bogus rumor that Ranger was building anything bigger than 31. Winter Island could have either made a big typo, or they're pulling someone's leg. If RT was building a 41, surely it would show up on the official Ranger Tug website...:ermm:

The OP's presentation might already be finalized being only 2 days out... but I'd suggest covering the topic of easing transfer back and forth between US and Canadian waters. There's some interesting options these days like acquiring a NEXUS membership and using the ROAM app by Customs & Border...

Its personal preference but the Eartecs were a bit too bulky for our taste and we also didn't want to spend a fortune on other options. For a while we did try basic bluetooth headsets to smartphone where we simply called each other during docking. This works okay as long as you have cellular...

as hjorgan points out; common interface can be an important feature. for example our GPSs, AP, and chart plotters are all Garmin and we too have all the features of following tracks, zig zag etc., we love it. The other thing if you have common equipment (at least in our case) is that when you do...

Melissar, We followed a similar path; kids went their ways, empty nest, downsized by selling the larger house we didnt need, and bought a trawler. Lots of folks love GBs so i'm sure its a good option. However, there are in fact so many options this day in age for something in the trawler...

Mark, there's a guy on here "Flyer50" that just went through this trade study on a new Helmsman 38E, seems like you could get more specific advice over in his thread and maybe in general under the Helmsman/Camano builder thread. His thread was called "Helmsman 38E for May 2018 Delivery"

Liz, I’d say do it! A day on the water always beats a day on land. You could certainly do it but single handing is more manageable more towards the 36’ range. If you want to have some fun and check out many different kinds of trawlers, check out passagemaker.com and find a trawlerfest you can...

Greetings Eddie, We too shopped and studied, in fact for about 2-1/2 yrs before we landed in a 41’ trawler. It’s just the wife & I most of the time but I’ll say we do love the space and feel like this 40-ft range is kind of a sweet spot. Be aware that generally in boat brokerage the seller has...

Looks like you'll get opinions both ways so I'll throw one in. I'd definitely go 4-stroke because i'd never want the extra noise, smoke (even if it is just at startup), and oil mix hassle of a 2-stroke. i have a 4-stroke 15hp on about the same size RIB and as others have said, 20hp is likely...

Just looking at the chart plotter, Garmin 5000-series. but if you've played with AIS, we've all seen places like big marinas or shipping channels where things can get filled with targets. I grabbed an example thats a bit severe from Singapore to make the point. So of course there can be...

Slow Lane, I see you clearly in a marina near New Squantum south of Boston, i guess it works! (I looked at Vesselfinder.com) As for leaving On, it doesnt bother us too much though I understand the argument. Good example is entering a marina unknown to you with a narrow slot in a high breakwater...

Been visiting a few marinas in the PNW including BC Canada and often find when you pull up; instead of cleats they just have wooden horizontal 4 x 4 or maybe horizontal metal bars. In most of these places we've found it sort of works to double the lines back to your own cleat but can be a little...

Dan; just curious, why do you have a 75-ft slip...?

I think what caught some folks off guard has to do with the way the forum displays current thread titles. at least in my browser setup; if the title exceeds a certain length as it did in this case, it will truncate the title over on the right side summary window. Therefore in this case at a...

We're not experts but just had ours done in the PNW, which might be similar to the NE. My understanding is for one thing, its easier to go back with the same type of paint you had on there before (hard vs. ablative), probably due to how much sanding or prep work is required. We went with hard...