Tomol is a Catalina 385 sailboat built in 2013. She is 38 feet long with a beam of 13 feet and draws just under 7 feet. The boat is generally considered a cruising boat, but is outfitted as a racer-cruiser. The boat has the usual RV amenities such as refrigerator, stove, dry box, sleeping berths, flush toilet and shower, as well as a full bank of lithium batteries and 300 watt inverter/charger. Racing equipment includes full-length jib cars, spinnaker and whisker poles, multiple chartplotters, low-stretch dyneema lines, carbon fiber sails, an an asymetrical spinnaker. We pay a lot of attention to safety equipment since we do a number of offshore races. The spec sheet for the boat is here.
Wondering where the name Tomol came from? A tomol is plank-built paddle boat made by the Chumash and Tongva Native Americans tribes. They were used to travel up and down the coast and between the mainland and the Channel Islands. Building a good tomol was such an art that a craftmen’s guild existed for the boats, called the Brotherhood of the Tomol. Their ancestors are active through the Chumash Maritime Association. You can learn more about the Chumash Indians and tomol boats at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
