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Mike, I guess you know that, originally, C-Dory made a 22 footer with benches Port and Starboard. One model had a sunken galley sink/stove UNDER the sofa cushion. Also, someone on this site has lowered the galley on their 22 footer and placed a cushion over that. So, it is possible to do...

Mike, The generator is in a box, set below the aft transom so most of what noise there is is reflected behind the boat. It is not very loud in the cockpit. Hondas are very quiet without any baffling, but even quieter with that big door deflecting the exhaust and I have 1/2 inch felt pads as...

Mike, If you didn't mind the cabin door opening only about 90 degrees and not the total the 180 degrees, you could put an A/C unit out in the cockpit, under the aft Port back cabin window and build a raised top surface on the inside cabinet to allow a cold air duct function into the cabin...

Sorry about getting cut short. My connection is subject to wind and storms here at work and I do have to stop and work now and then... Anyway, I was thinking about getting an Apple computer and maybe an iPad,, but I am subscribed to continuing education programs out of Boston that are only...

Warren, I agree about the 4g iPhone. My middle son is all Apple so for him to say anything negative about an Apple device is rare and significant. It seems to be a love/hate thing over the iPhone with me. I love the device and the apps and the simple interface, but the lack of service at the...

Warren, I have the Permatrims on the Hondas so can get up on the swim platform without any ladder, so I do not usually have the ladder in place. If we are doing a lot of going on and off the boat, I put the ladder upside down in the brackets with a safety lanyard and a shock cord to hold it in...

I have the iPhone and used to have Verizon. Yes, in big metro areas, the AT&T coverage is faster, BUT it stops at the outskirts of most towns and skips almost all of Kansas. My youngest son, now in Great American Canoe Race" across Texas and Loisianna has an iPhone with the Navionics, but...

Mike, You know, in the beginning, I liked the numbers of the Yamaha units, but the size, weight and shape did not fit into any scenairos I could build myself. Portable A/C units are specially designed to have low amperage draw starting compressors. This reduces the size of the genset you...

I offered my experience on this odd occurrence , 10 amp charger fuse blowing when a 12 amp spotlight is turned on over dead battery, because I have been fighting electrical problems for quite a while on the house and Port engine circuits. The start of the problems new seems to have been that...

I tried other, thinner padding, but prefer the bulk of the fleece blankets to make a more gentle rolling radius. Also, the fleece seems to shed sand and dust with just a shake, but the towels we were using held the sand and dirt unless you washed them. I use separate noodles for each window so...

I have tried different things, but the best, most predictable has been to buy some of those floating "noodles' and cut them to match the width of each window. Then get some fleece blankets, not regular blankets, and roll the windows up in them using the "noodle" as an internal cushion. If you...

Mike, That's interesting about your sink cabinet having no middle support. I should be keeping up on these things by checking out everybody's albums, I guess. I am going to either beef up the horizontal top frame member and cut out the middle vertical bar, or make the middle bar removable with...

Re: Access to aft bilge Mike, I think Warren cut out round hatch holes in the back of the each fish box to aid in seeing all that equipment/pumps back there. I keep saying I will do that each time I am working in the area, but stop the train of thought once the project at hand is done. I am...

Mike, I just caught up on some of the beginning questions here re: batteries. I have the baitwell in the aft seat area so my engine batteries are right inside the cockpit doors and set outboard. The main 12V switch panel is Starboard, just amidship to that engine's battery and the Port hatch...

Way back, long ago, on one of the early TomCats, someone posted pics of an insulated exhaust system for a genset located in the live well area and it looked very expensive and took up a lot of room. Mike, I had several worries about putting a gas genset in a small metal box and consulted...

The fuses on the TomCat's charger are 5 amp for the two starting batteries and 10 amp for the house batteries. Also, there are the fuses wired directly to the battery cables just off the terminals for bilge pumps and some other devices. In my case, the red 10 amp fuses have partially "blowed"...

If the gauges are cutting out on the start, you most likely have some battery or connection problems like Dr. Bob says. I had a 12V outlet put in each of my battery circuits so I can plug in one of those battery dial readout things and that has helped me to understand how a battery can seem to...

As Dr. Bob says, it's too complicated to run fuel from the main tanks. The benefit of having a generator running on the swim step is that the natural flow will vent the area well. Even the Honda extended run tank has to be set at just the correct height to run. I have the extended run tank, but...

Maybe the booth extensions were on another site. One had a slot with a 'breadboard' type board that slid out and a leg was plugged in the extended end. Another had two boards hinged for each seat with piano hinge which were opened to form an "L" with one leg on the floor and the rest...

Coming up the dive ladder, the top of the aluminum box is just below knee level. One can step over it, but usually, if at sea, we just sit on the box and swivel our legs into the cockpit, then stand up. That reduces the risk of falling. If the genset is on, a life jacket or towel will have to...