Thomas:
Thank you for the nice comments about our Tom Cat. We have thoroughly enjoyed owning the boat plus mixing it up with other C Dory owners over the past 9 years, and so it took us some time about deciding to sell.
But since initially buying the TC, our grandchildren have grown both in size and number, and fortunately for us, like to go boating. Our friends have also gotten older, and less inclined to use the small head in the TC. This kind of thing led us to decide we needed something slightly larger.
We have purchased a 32 ft. Aspen C100 to replace the 25.5 ft TC. After being displacement hull owners (Nordhavn 46) for years, we wanted to stay with the faster speeds catamarans provide.
The Aspen is single engine diesel powered, and the hulls are of different sizes. It has some well thought out engineering to make it work with just one engine. It is trailerable like the TC but requires Wide Load signage. Speeds are about 3 - 4 knots slower than the TC, but fuel burn is also 1/3 less. Interior finish is nicer than the TC, and the head is quite a bit larger than in the TC.
Perhaps will make some post on the CDory site about how our experience with the Aspen compares to the TC.
Thanks again for the comment.
Kevin W.