A new "Thataway"

jbdba01 · Joined: 18 Nov 2014 Posts: 172 State or Province: FL

Excellent!! FWIW - I have the 2016 Tundra SR5 and she tows fine on my GB 2670. If memory serves right I do 2200 rpms at 65. Would have to double check. Tow capacity is 10,300#.

Pls advise on your thoughts from going from cat back to mono. Right now I have a hard time seeing that happen for me.

Captains Cat · Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 12:00 pm Post subject:

Bob, congratulations on the new THATAWAY, we both miss your old TomCat, and the one before it too. Our cruising desires are different however, we stick a lot closer to home. Had considered selling our house and newer to us 22 but I think I've convinced Sally to stick it out here on our plot next to the water and keep the boat. She wanted to be closer to the kids, now 2 1/2 hours away but that's about right for me.

Stay healthy and happy, best to Marie and the pup too!

Charlie (and Sally)[/img]

TyBoo · Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: A new "Thataway"

Bob, I read through your post a few times and this is by far the best part:

thataway · Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 3:42 pm Post subject:

ssobol · Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 6:57 pm Post subject:

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thataway · Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 9:20 pm Post subject:

jbdba01 · Joined: 18 Nov 2014 Posts: 172 State or Province: FL

B&B Burks · Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 4:22 pm Post subject:

Congratulations on the new Thataway. We knew it was a happening when we
Saw you last month. Know you will really enjoy her. Just what the Dr. ordered.

thataway · Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 4:36 pm Post subject:

hardee · Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 5:54 pm Post subject:

Oh my goodness! What a great surprise. I have been off the site for about a week and (missed it every day) and look what happens. I am so glad for you both, Bob you get more room to spread out and more boat to work on and Marie gets a new Airhead. You are both going to enjoy it, and prayers for many more years on the water. You two are an inspiration. Hope to see you at Hontoon next year.

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

Jake · Joined: 31 Jan 2012 Posts: 171

ken35216 · Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 11:28 am Post subject:

thataway · Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 1:54 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the kind words, but the last few days has been brute force cleaning. First the C Dory 25, including Marie doing all of the upholstery. That was done, when I put the 22 up for sale. Almost immediately I had 2 offers, and so I started "deep cleaning" on the 22. Everything out of the boat, that would come out easily. Scrub down all of the walls under cabinets and overheads....Conclusion; the C Dory 25 has almost 2x the surface area inside.. I just finished the last "hose out and mop dry. Clean boat for new owner! We are putting down underlay pads underneath the bunk cushions on the 25 as we did on the 22. We used cheap closed cell foam back packing pads from Wal Mart.

I tried a different technique for "Grooving" the 3/4" thick starboard I am mounting the two fish finder transducers on. I used a "Fein Saw" 1" wide wood cutting blade (the Fein saw oscillates and will cut flush. I put a grove out 45* 3 horizontal cuts almost all of the way across the 10" piece, and 4 vertical cuts. The area between the 45* outward cuts was cut away. This gave me about a 1/2 Keyway, for the G Flex epoxy to fill on the back of the Starboard piece. I made sure that all of the "keyways" were filled with epoxy before I put the Starboard against the pre-coated hull. I put two screws in the plugs which were installed for the current transducer, which held the piece in place until the epoxy went off. The heads of these screws were counter sunk, so they were flush with the surface.

ken35216 · Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 3:34 pm Post subject:

thataway · Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:55 pm Post subject:

I have found that using either insulation pads or a material like "hypervvent" keeps any mold from growing under the V berth cushions. Also seems to decrease the condensation. We take the foam pads up the side walls of the hull. We will have them at least below the shelf in the 25--and probably all of the way to the ceiling. We did that with the 22 and our first 25. It seemed to help in AK--at least if there is condensation on the sides of the hull, it does not run onto the sleeping system.
I also put "Dri Dek" on the bottom of all lockers to keep any items off the hull. Again, these areas are totally clean, except for what falls down under the Dri Dek.

I am trying a cheaper brand in the 25--we will see how it works out. West Marine is $6.29 plus tax, for each 12 x 12 square. The other is less than $3 each. My guess is that the "other" will be much harder plastic--but the reviews say they can but cut with scissors, so cannot be too hard? I'll review them when they arrive, tomorrow...