martyr wrote: Anyhoo, seems one would definitely have more leverage if the line is over the upper hull, just makes sense. Yes, you have more leverage,...

🙂 Evolution is expected after so many iterations!Edited by Andinista on Jun 24, 2021 - 06:45 PM.

There’s something else to that equation: the righting moment is not affected if the line goes over or under the hull, as long as you are standing on t...

I give a second use to the righting line, which also justifies to loop it around the front beam: when the boat is on the trailer i tie that line to a ...

If the line accidentally pulls the dolphin striker from the tip, yes it can bend it and if you don’t realize it might produce a disaster. I loop it ar...

I have a small windsurf seat harness for my daughters which they use since maybe that age. I wouldn’t use a full body harness, it seems too much for a...

I found this in google, seems like a good solution. But the adhesive tape is easier and I guess much cheaper, if it can stand at least a year of use...

I don't understand the need for having the jib sheet going to a second block back to the original anchor point. Me neither, I think it might be even w...

ragebot wrote: Great point about the diamond wires. I think on the 18.2 you don’t need to rotate the mast 90 deg on its axis when horizontal, as on th...

My problem is I have never been able to raise the mast on my 18-2 without help and it takes more time than I am happy with. Strapping trap wires to ...

I think you should add at least 1 pair or trap wires. The 5.0 is quite sensitive to fore/aft weight distribution and has a tendency to sink the bows o...

About handling the boat on the beach, are you launching it from the trailer without a car? That sounds way more complicated than with beachwheels. If ...

Coming from an A cat you might not like the Getaway, you can have plenty of people on board, like to make a party, but the price to pay is a slower an...

If it leaks you may never get it up. A buoy will not fix that with a float only the tip of the mast will sink and the float will keep it from sinking ...

I used something like a buoy in the past, the problem is that, compared with other options, the buoy will float farther from the mast tip if attached ...

Thanks Patrick, i will. Still haven’t done much, I will report whatever I do

klozhald wrote: I thought most people understood the reason for tides. Grade 10 Physics explains the law of universal gravitation, ie anything with ma...

If I understood correctly, there are two backstays, the windward works and the leeward is eased? And they have to be set at each tack, real quick?

Lars, what is the point of having 4 bridles for the jib clew? The tension of the mast should not be taken by the lower bridles, so I don’t think it’s ...

hannes-neo wrote: Ahh ok. I'd thought the bridle foil helps keeping the hulls straight. My consideration was the following: the load pulls that heavy ...

I guess you can say I am slowly making it heavier I do that too 🙂

Thoughts? It sounds like you’ve got a solution and now you are figuring out what was the problem 🙂 I can definitely empathize with that... Just con...

Yes, having a spi doesn’t mean that you are forced to rig it and sail it, very true. Still about the choice of a Getaway, if I was in a similar situat...

Bottom line is that family conditions your boat choices.. In my case I didn’t add a spi to my N5.5 because I though it was too much to handle for my d...

A Getaway with spi sounds a bit odd to me, it’s a family boat, safe, very simple to rig and sail. Adding a spi defies all these benefits to make it fa...

damn autocorrect.. basically a pigtail on top of the head. As I said, it was a bit of a pain to unhook, but after a while, I was able to unhook on fir...

By the way, sailing jib only as a contingency plan for a sudden wind increase might not be a bad idea. I often take the main down to land when wind is...

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MN3 wrote: Now what is arguable is whether you really need to apply the same downhaul force in both cases. On strong wind it's about bending the mast,...

Now what is arguable is whether you really need to apply the same downhaul force in both cases. On strong wind it's about bending the mast, not about ...