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I have never been an advocate of the "Suitcase" battery/charger/inverter all in one units. Generally you can get a better unit for less money. But I do see the feature of being able to take this from the boat to the RV to the car for different intended uses. What I don't see in your diagram...

I used the 80 amp battery charger on the Victron Multiplus 12 2000/80/50 as the shore battery charger. I prefered to use a user setable DC to DC charger: Sterling: max 30 amp DC to DC charger. The newer "Saturn" from Sterling comes with 6 preset profiles and one user setable profile. On...

Nice looking boat; Well equipped.

Check for occusion of the vents. Is one side better than the other? Some have a slight kink and than can be straightened. The 22's generally are not too bad for that isse, I have found the older 25's a bit particular, with only one filler, those with two and you take the cap off the second...

You need to list the selling price.

"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OMB No: 1625-0027 U.S. Coast Guard Expires: 04/30/2023 BUILDER’S CERTIFICATION AND FIRST TRANSFER OF TITLE". This forum in USA is the Master Builder's certificate. I have documented boats I have built, and always filled out one of these forums. If you were...

I have ended up adding extra switch pannels to every C dory I have owned. I am even adding 5 more to my Caracal Cat currently. If there is a way for factory to put a larger panel in--go for it. I also often put that extra panel so I can access it from bunk from the 22 and 25; would be hard...

Excellent post by John of "Cat o mine" and thanks to "YesBye" for a photo of current cleats position. I call the cleat on the foredeck the "bow cleat", the one on the side, the "amidships", although it is not really amid ships, and the furthest aft, the "stern cleat". I put the fold down...

I am a bit confused--doesn't the Tom Cat have a cleat just outside of the helm and navigator's side windows? I have used a folding down device for fenders and put an extra side cleat at the very aft of the cabin on the inside of the gunnel in the cocpit. I have put several jam cleats on the...

You need edging for the clear vinyl. If you use the clear vinyl and material such as the ShelterRite, you have a strong system, and all glued. No zippers necessary, Use Common Sense fasteners or snaps for connections, with overlap.

I would want some air circulation beneath the solar panels.

We towed out TomCat 255 with a 3/4 ton Ford 7.3L Diesel Excursion. The excursion had too much rear sag, so we used a weight distribution hitch--which many trucks require if over a certain weight on the "bumper" hitch. Rear air bags also can help. E/H brakes are best, and essential to be...

Are you running bow down too far at the higher speeds? To get the best ride at top speed, I bring the boat up on a plane, leave the throttle set, and bring tabs to neutral, then work the trim of the motor to find top speed, without bad side effects (like porpoising). The more you trim tabs...

Oldgrowth: "Bob {Thataway} gave you some bad information about the Marinaut. The Marinaut and C-Dory 22 are similar. The transom or stern of the Marinaut is not perfectly flat like the 22. It is more like the C-Dory 23 Venture. Look at the line drawings in the post above here. Click on the...

I use plain old brown paper for templates for canvas work. Cheap and easy to modify. For fiberglass or carpentry, I use "Tic" boards. Usually cardboard, and tape tongue bades or split pices off gallon paint stirring sticks. You can cut carboard templets if necessary, Or draw lines on wood...