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After cancelling two offshore trips this year, I finally got a chance to run the boat in the ocean this weekend. We did about 90 miles on Friday, and about 50 miles on Saturday. Water conditions were our typical "north-south-easter" which is generally lumpy. Swell was 5 feet at 11 seconds...

Quite an eventful weekend in the big water this weekend. I landed a new state record lingcod that weighed 65 pounds. I didn't know that until after I butchered it so I will not get the record. The current record is 61 lbs set in the San Juans in 1986. We also got a 26 pound Sablefish. We also...

Fishbox 65lb Ling

Sunfish prop strike

25 lb Sable

New state record! I filleted it first, won\'t get the title.

65 lb Octoling gut pile

I wanted to mention my boat does have Permatrims on the engines but I did not include them in the LOA. In the trimmed up position, they wouldn't make a difference anyway. Rob

Funny, I happen to have 1 engine up and one engine down right now. Down 31'6" Up 32'10"

Thanks for the recommendations all. I had a conversation with an Interlux rep this morning. He recommended UltraKote, which is a hard paint and better for trailering. It's also listed as a single season paint so would need to be coated every year. Then it sounds like I'd get to deal with hard...

Long term. I will just take it out of the water to trailer to the fishing grounds and take home for occasional maintenance.

I'm going to get a slip for my TomCat in the next 6 months or so but will still be trailering the boat on occasion. Does anyone have any recommendations? I'll be DIY'ing this project after I figure out how to jack up a catamaran... Rob

Without a doubt....Sablefish.

Sablelinghali

Yes sir. My fuel burn figures I posted in the charts above reflect fuel burn totals for both engines based on the factory installed 2009 era Yamaha digital gauges.

I wanted to lower my planing speed as much as possible. I operate almost entirely in the ocean in the PNW and conditions aren't always favorable for using the TomCat's legs. I knew at the end of last year, I was either going for new stern lifting props, or Permatrims, or both. After several...

Permatrim before and after

Update on my decision. I actually ordered the Bosch 2.5 gallon heater and received it. I decided it wasn't worth installing for my use case for the few pounds it would save. What I did do though was change up some of the plumbing on the original water heater I reinstalled. I added an intake...

Bob, Did you put the Bosch in the same place as the old water heater? I found some space just forward of the Starboard fuel tank next to the shower sump that might work. It's going to be a challenge getting it in there, but out of the way. Rob

Thanks for that. I was considering putting it outboard of the Wallace stove, drilling holes through the outside of the boat and mounting it internally obviously, but holes penetrating the house wall. I'm concerned the material there isn't structurally sufficient to support about 25 lbs...