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I am up in Burlington VT with my TomCat, waiting to close the deal on a new to me Nordic Tug 37. I've listed the TomCat for sale but that's no reason to not get out there and enjoy it in the meantime! Took my son out for his first ride in Tomfoolery yesterday. Glass smooth lake, puffy white...

Never a dull moment in my boating life... I just went to contract on a Nordic Tug 37. If that all works out (and there's no reason it shouldn't), my 2017 TomCat will soon be listed here. Giving everyone the heads up since they are rare finds. I'll have pictures, prices and all that jazz once...

I would like to take my TomCat down the Champlain Canal this summer and possibly up part of the Erie but I will be singlehanding. Any suggestions on how to safely lock through with little drama? Gian ball fenders are certainly on my list and it might help quite a bit to get that dang helm...

Tomfoolery is finally where it's supposed to be at Burlington Harbor Marina on Lake Champlain. There was a little excitement on the way north as one of the trailer brakes locked up. Fortunately, I had the wisdom to hire a pro to tow it up there and he just pulled off and rebuilt the brakes...

Does the TomCat have transom bolts for trailer tie downs or do you have to strap across the cockpit? Hopefully all of these questions that I should know the answers to will soon stop when the boat is at my backyard dock instead of two hours away! Scheduled to have it hauled up to Vermont at...

I know I should know this but... What is the practical minimum draft of a TomCat at which you can still use the engines? I’m looking at Lake Champlain waterfront property with seasonal fluctuations that might get just a bit too shallow in the late autumn. With a long enough dock I should be...

Look at me using all those plumberly words like "bleeding" :) I ripped out all of my winterization bypass work that I spent a month installing a few months ago because I had a pesky leak once I filled the main water tank and turned on the pressure. I spent the better part of a day trying to fix...

Bugs are out and so am I. Time to put the screens in. This should be the easiest of all tasks. I see the butterfly clips, I assume those go on the top. I press in the screen and find there's a t least a quarter inch overlap of the frame and the window track preventing me from getting the frame...

I can't lasso a cleat with a dockline to save my life. Put a power cord or hose in my hands and I'll snag every cleat in sight. I think I'll just stow my lines and use hoses to tie up the boat. In other news... I finally got the windows open. Took mallet, a pry bar, a chunk of wood, a...

Early stages but I may be acquiring some lakefront property in a perfect TomCat area. Wondered if anyone keeps their boat on a lift. Anything special to keep in mind?

It actually works as a boat! Yup, you can take it out of the slip and cruise around. That was a new experience for me after so many trips to set it up, repair my repairs and figure out how everything works. I even sat at anchor awhile and just enjoyed the day. Of course that doesn't mean that...

I now have the ability to work remotely full time. My company also has very flexible hours so I have the potential of working early or late. This has the potential to send me off cruising full time (or as much as I want anyway) a couple years earlier than expected as I could get in a solid...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I’m back on the boat and in the middle of my first official cruise! Staying at the spectacular River Dunes marina near Oriental NC. I’ll post pictures when I return. The last bit of winterization I had to do was the washdown in the cockpit. Didn’t realize it had its own pump. Now I realize I...