Tom Cat Power

thataway · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject:

I believe that the first 255 Tom Cats were delivered with either a 30" or 36" (?) bracket (setback)--These were replaced in most boats with the current 24" bracket. The Armstrong brackets on the Tom Cat 255 taper up--and are not full extension of the water line--There are also some brackets which are truly a hull extension (the same contour of the bottom of the boat all of the way back.

Discovery · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:17 am Post subject:

Our first TomCat was a TC24 named Cygnet. It had two Johnson DF140's. They were actually repackaged Suzuki 140's, sold by BRP under the Johnson name. We had no problems with the motors due to weight. Speed was faster than you wanted to go, and the economy was in the 2 to 3 MPG range.

We just didn't like the TC 24' The windows, especially the windshield and the head placement under the helm, convinced us to to to the TC255.

Brent

Forty Two · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:11 am Post subject:

The TomCat literature we saw when we bought ours stated that the boat was designed for Honda 90s - and we are powered with these. These Hondas weigh somewhere around 360 lbs each. Our boat with a medium load will top out at 28 knots. Most of the time, this is faster than conditions will allow us to comfortably go, and the milage starts to drop off at full throttle.

There is a TC 24 charter boat (bright yellow hull, named Banana Bob) who we see occassionally - with a great big custom fish box on the swim step, 4 salmon fishermen, and twin Yamaha 115s. He seems to go plenty fast.