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After 40 days and 40 nights of cold rain, North Carolina finally had a warm sunny day so I skipped out on work and headed to the coast for a little Tomfoolery. Due to a work conference call that ran longer than expected, I never actually got the boat out of the slip (rather disappointing given...

You reminded me that I need to get a windlass clutch wrench. I've been through the whole boat and did not come across it. Losing power or having it jam at the worst time is my major concern. The one time I really had to deploy an anchor in an emergency was in my 32 foot sailboat. I was getting...

I like to have a spare anchor on board, ready to deploy quickly in an emergency (been there, down that). Where would you stow an anchor and rode on a TomCat?

Anyone know the size of the water and waste caps? If I don't get spares, I'm sure to lose one overboard. If I do get spares, I'll never drop one. I know for sure the waste cap does not have a chain (which makes sense). Not sure about the water fill. Also, do you know the proper size adapter...

Follow up to my Navionics issue. Turns out it is easy to enter the boat's current location as the starting point. IN the FROM box, you just tap the arrow icon. Pays to read the manual but nearly as exciting as figuring it out underway, in fog, in shallow water with sea monsters all around.

Both sort of relate to falling off the boat... At great risk to my cellphone, I snapped this picture of what I believe to be the swim ladder bracket. It doesn't quite look like the Armstrong brackets I have seen online. Any idea if this is generic enough to be compatible with a range of...

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I have bow and stern lines in addition to the line running between the cleats. That line, called a Doc line after a small boat sailor who first told many of us about it, is also used as my spring line. Dropping the loop over a cleat holds the boat’s position in the slip. Pulling on one end of...

My port side window was stuck pretty good a few weeks ago but I eventually got it open with a lot of grunting and groaning. I added some lubricant on the track and all has been fine since then. The starboard side window used to open fine but is now stuck closed and no amount of pulling is...

On the outbound leg of the trip I was able to follow the Navionics rout. It gave me time to each waypoint and ETA for destination. It also told me if I was off track for the next waypoint. That worked (I think) because I was starting right at the origin point. On the way back, I tried first to...

Took Tomfoolery, the TomCat, out for its first Official Cruise yesterday. I’d poked around before but this trip involved going over the horizon and staying aboard for the night. First, of course, maintenance and repairs. As previously mentioned, I have two DC outlets next to the helm. One has a...

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I took the Badger across the lake a few years ago. Nice trip. When I went down to get my car, I saw that a Mazda Miata road rally had made the crossing part of their get together. Dozens of Miatas. Given their size, I’m guessing that trip set a record for number of cars carried by the ship!

Against all odds, I found the raw water washdown pump! The thru hull was, indeed closed and will likely remain that way until I sell the boat. I could not figure out how to winterize it but it seemed dry as a bone to me so I'm just not going to worry about it! Thanks for the help. (Someday...

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