Flboy77,
What kind of ‘stuff’ do you plan to store up there?
Most TC255’s have radar and a rooftop AC, which doesn’t leave much room left over. I’ve seen Yakima and Thule racks on other C-Dorys.
We value those safety rails for grab rails and would never, ever sacrifice them for Thule storage bins. Our never used Saturn 12 ft inflatable dinghy won’t get use anytime soon to heave on the roof, at 53 pounds it’s too heavy.
We find the TC255 has plenty of storage inside for adventures up to 1,200 miles or six weeks. Are you using the forward berth access hatches for the crash compartments in the forward portion of each sponson? Ours are blocked off from the bilge and bone dry and hold a lot of rarely used stuff.
On longer cruises we use two 35 qt thin wall Engel dry boxes with drilled eye bolts to hold them up and out of the cockpit. Mainly, that just decreases the ‘density’ of inside compartment storage.
A clear bag the size of a paper bag for each of us holds all our clothes (except rain gear and a jacket) for six weeks with a laundromat run every 4-6 days. High tech, light wgt travel wear from Ex Officio, Travel Smith, etc can be washed in the marina shower and dried in the boat.
Granted, we have nine years practice with all this on this boat, plus the 12 preceding trailer boats over the past 40 years we’ve run trailer boats together.
I’ m surprised you don’t have plenty of storage room inside a TC255 for adventures of 1,200 miles or six weeks.
We’ll be at Pink Shell Resort and Marina again Jan 25 (after the Looper Rendezvous) until the Hontoon Hoot Rendezvous in March. Hope you and any others in the area then can meet up with us for docktails or lunch!
John and Eileen
