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After nine years of enjoyable cruising all around Florida and down the St Johns River, old age and medical issues forced the sale of our reliable TomCat. The boat has always been kept on our lift in Punta Gorda, SW Florida, when not in use. We had no use for a trailer. We listed with...

Our TomCat is used for cruising and we normally anchor out. Finding accessable storage for cruising over several weeks has been a challenge. In our album are pictures of some of our ideas. We made overhead storage racks with hardwood ends and wooden dowels. They are light and provide plenty...

We have owned our new TomCat a little less than a year and have cruised only a dozen nights and about 60 hours on the engines. Last week we began our first serious cruise from our west coast Florida home to the St Johns river. The round trip distance is about 1000 miles. We departed Punta...

Spent the day with my dealer trying different propellors on the Evinrude 150 E-Tec on my yet to be delivered TC255. The boat was light with only three people, 60 gallons of fuel, and full add ons such as air conditioning, inverter and golf cart batteries. Waters were with a light chop and only...

Our still being commissioned TomCat has a second steering station in the cockpit. There are no engine controls. The question is whether the additional expense to add engine controls for this steering station is worth it for the time spent actually steering from the cockpit. Those of you that...

Our yet to be delivered TomCat 255 has an Armstrong outboard bracket across the stern which increases the overall length to about 28 feet. The federal equipment requirements change for boats over 26 feet. Do outboard brackets count in boat length for federal requirements? Does the Coast...

Out TC255 is to be available in a couple of weeks and we will be buying a VHF radio and antenna for the first time in 20 years. Looking for recommedations for a radio and an 8 ft antenna.

As a new owner with an on order TomCat with Evinrude 150 E-Tec engines, my dealer is uncertain as to the proper propellers for this boat which will weigh in at about 7500 lbs. Any C-Brats with this configuration can help me with this question