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Our tomcat has twins and I use a suicide knob. It helps in tight quarters when messing with the twins messes with my reflexes. It has been one of my better small item purchases. That being said, I've found that the twins on the tomcat can do most everything that I need IF I have it worked out...

Having lived in the Midwest and the Southeast, I much prefer the lightening here. At least it's still relatively cool.

I agree that having to register to view boat details is off putting. Yet there are good dealers out there who sell boats on commission. I've bought boats from both Les at EQ and Marc at Wefings and have been very satisfied. if you do your homework and c-brats give you good info, the right...

16 cruisers tend to be stern heavy. On our 16 the batteries were moved forward under the co-pilots seat. We also kept our spare gas can forward. Still, even with a permatrim, the boat tended to dig in under heavy acceleration. Overall though the 16 is a fun and easy to use boat. We loved...

Sunbeam, you are so right. When I removed the hatch and found that the upper side (the TC24 has a sloped nose) had dry wood I was tempted to just let it alone. Stupid thought. I took out about the same amount of wood as I found on the wet downhill side. I just finished filling with epoxy (is...

Got the hatch off and removed about 2" of wet wood all around the hatch opening. Will fill with thickened epoxy in a couple of days. As a hint, on the TC24 when using a rubber hammer and chisel to break the seal, I used a shim under the chisel so that I could get a good strike on the head of...

Well this thread got me to start a hatch repair on our TC24. I found a leak last winter and have been putting off the fix until now. I started by removing all of the chalking on the interior side. Using a utility knife and needle nose pliers this took about 2 hours with quite a mess. The core...

Nice save Roger. I too have been thinking about a kill switch in the cockpit. Also a good idea to tell folks to take a couple of strokes away from the boat if the fall in. It's not what most folks would do. The choice for most people who fall from the boat would be to head back ASAP. Not a good...

It was a great day in B'ham. The sun was out and the water was good. So we went out to Chuckanut Bay to anchor, read, have a beverage. When we pulled into the bay, we saw a 19 angler anchored. No name but it had all the classic lines of a c-dory.

That is amazing!! What stories to tell the kids and grand kids.

I know the concern. When I first got the tomcat I was terrified of using the twins. I wanted to go back to the way I used a single. So last winter I went out several times and just practiced on an empty pier. After a while it started to make sense. It still is a bit of a panic but I can now...

Saw Kestrel in front of Bitterend boatworks today. Maybe time for a tuneup?

Wow, that was really nice. It's not time yet...but when it comes...

ooops, that was a TC24 in the pic....got no excuse now.

Aurelia, I'm tempted with that flybridge, but I think I'm saved by the fact that the older tomcats have a much different cabin top configuration. It would be more difficult to install a flybridge....but not impossible. I forgot to add golf to my list of hobbies. I played yesterday with two...

Well I'm mid 60s and enjoying it. But I know that the time is short. At least I think so.. In the meantime I'm thinking of a motorcycle or another VW. Too many things to do and maybe not enough time. I'd also like some down riggers for the tomcat.

This was a weekend to get some things done. First, I decided to work on the fly fishing stuff. I started out by cleaning my inflatable drift boat and adding some 303. I then checked my rods and reels. Then the other assorted necessities for chasing trout. After that I figured I would inflate...

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Even without the dinghy use having a transom door would be a nice addition. I'm still pretty young (60s), but I have a number of older friends that find it very difficult to get into the cockpit of the tomcat. These folks have hip and knee problems that limit their mobility. A transom door...