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Thank you, all, for the advice. I'll let you know what transpires when I'm next on the boat. --Georgs

Ahoy, C-Brats! I have a Wallas 125DU on my TomCat 24. It was worked well for five years but now that cool weather has come to Lake Ontario, of course it won't start. It appears to be starting as normal but after a few minutes the red light starts to flash. No warmth at all in the ceramic...

Hey, Bob! On the hook at an anchorage near home this morning, Significant Other and I spent the best of breakfast talking about you and Marie and reliving fond memories of our visit a few years back. Little did we know that this was the day you were saying farewell to Thataway. Now, there's...

Yep, this is how it starts, the slow descent into senility: After six months on the hard, one forgets there are TWO battery switches that need to be turned on for both engines to start. :oops:

Thanks to all for your suggestions, and to Bob for the best idea of them all. Heading down to the boat now. The fuses and ignition clip were checked right away. As the tilt doesn't work, we'll start with the main power source and circuit. --Georgs

Just before we launched our TomCat 24 the other day for another season, I discovered the port Yamaha 100 would not start. No ignition buzz, no engine instruments, no tilt power, no nothing. Clearly, an electrical failure somewhere as the batteries are freshly charged. Tomorrow, we start a...

Yes, Cygnet, of course! That's the shot all right. Now that you've had many miles of experience with the F350 and the F450, Brent, is the latter worth the additional expense? --Georgs

No, I'm not. The truck was a two-tone beigey-creamy Ford with a camper on back, in addition to the TomCat in tow. The Freebyrd shot I have, thanks. --Georgs

Caution: Memory Failing! Several years ago, I saw a photo in the albums of a Ford truck with a camper towing a TomCat 24. Can anyone say which album I saw it in? I want to send the photo to Santa. --Georgs

Hey, Bob! Your comment has me curious. You were cruised happily with as many as 10 thru-hulls but now you don't want a single thru-hull on your TomCat. Why the different thinking for the TomCat?

All hands-- As some of you may know, I host TrawlerCrawler.net (as well as Trawlers & Trawlering) and its sister email forums. At TrawlerCrawler.net, I'd like to develop a comprehensive directory of power cruising blogs. Here's a chance to wave the C-Dory flag. If you have a personal boat site...

I should have noted that we have twin Yamaha 100s on our TomCat 24. Our fuel burn numbers are actuals of fuel poured into the tank. --Georgs

Ahoy! I'm curious what the experience of C-Dory monohull and multihull owners in the 24-25-foot range are. We recently cruised 540 miles, with some distance run at 22-24 mph and lots of slow sightseeing. Average speed was 12 mph. Our fuel burn was 6.1 gallons per hour or 1.97 miles per U.S...

You're right, we did have two bumpy days and one surfing day, but otherwise we were in shorts and T-shirts the entire time except for the last day, September 25. By the by, Patrick, are you saying you did the entire triangle in one week? Cosmic C must have been smoking! --Georgs

Thanks for the kind comments, Jim. I just wished I paid closer attention to the C-Brats posts earlier in the season. It would have been great to meet up with you here in Ontario. --Georgs

As it turned out, we decided not to cover as much territory as we expected, going only halfway to Montreal, and coming home three days early because of a forecast for gale conditions on Lake Ontario. Nevertheless, 540 miles later, we really enjoyed our two weeks on the mighty St. Lawrence...

Thanks for the tip, Dick and Sharon, but we visited A-Bay last year and didn't find much there to our liking except for being able to purchase local River Rat cheddar cheese and Adrirondack sausage. On the U.S. ide of the river, we enjoyed Clayton far more than A-Bay. Of course, Boldt Castle...

Anyone else on Canada's big river this week? We're in Crysler Park Marina near Morrisburg, Ontario, getting ready to take in the fall fair at Upper Canada Village. http://www.cryslerparkmarina.com/ http://www.uppercanadavillage.com/ We're about halfway between Kingston and Montreal, undecided...

I better have another computer crash and lose all email again real soon, or you guys will bankrupt me. --Georgs

C-Brats are a hoot! --Georgs