Thanks for the tip Edchris177. That fixed it, so hopefully it's a lot easier to follow the links now. By the way, it might seem laughable to say, bu...

Hi JohnES, I have the same rudders on my 18-2. I'm sure I'm not the expert some people on this site probably are, but I recently had what I think is...

mattson wrote: The trapeze wire broke, I went in the water and the boat headed up a bit and kept going. I was dragged by the tether for a few seconds ...

Well, thanks to all for bringing to my attention the risks/dangers of being dragged under water if you tie yourself to a boat that might be moving awa...

Guys, a little delayed with the response here, but I have to say, dang, based on the responses received this has to be the best post I put up here to ...

I’m re-starting this thread because I’m interested in rigging a chicken line/wire(s). Am going to start solo-sailing the P18.2 and am wary about poss...

JohnES wrote: I have found that setting and forgetting has always been the best policy... where are yours set now.... If you're going to start play...

JohnES wrote: Now that I am an 18-2 owner again, I have pulled out all my old notes... glad I didn't trash those old 3.5 Floppys... 😆 A good ge...

I'm not an H18 owner (am the fairly new owner of a P18.2), so I'm just following this discussion to get acquainted with general principles of how diam...

Dogboy wrote: Recommended earlier in the thread.... IMO, the best way to pressurize your hull is to take a piece of tubing and jam it into the drain...

After the discussion of how to conveniently pressurize the hulls without assistance, and without damaging the boat from over-pressurization, I just ha...

Yeah, previously I hadn't seen all the pics - it def looks like a sweet bargain in the pics.

Having just bought a boat last winter and now sailing it this summer, I'd say the above post by MN3 - obviously a senior member on this board - is rea...

This one might be helpful as well. I just happened to watch it last night.

I posted this link in another thread, but in case you haven't seen it you might enjoy the vid of this guy pushing his P19 solo to the max in high wind...

Edchris177 wrote: I cobbled together a very simple way to do it, using a balloon pump from the Dollar Store. It is hard to use lung power, then go aro...

This is an old thread, but I came across it while researching how to pressurize a hull to locate a leak. Thought I'd throw in this additional comment...

Thanks for the reply. Wow, single-handing in 32kts sounds serious - glad you made it back in one piece. Speaking of being reminded how hard the mast...

Ok thanks, I'll do that.

Thanks a lot for the reply, much appreciated. However, before I plug the holes, I'd still like to understand what was/is normally mounted there, if a...

randii wrote: A few more thoughts... - based on experience creating and repairing trailers over the years. If you roll into CA DMV with an untitled, u...

I went ahead and bought that NRS vest on sale for $85 at REI based on southstars2012's recommendation, after watching his video. Haven't sailed with ...

Okay guys, thanks to MN3, martyr and randii for the responses & suggestions. A couple of replies: klozhald said: "If you find a second printing of...

Delayed reply, I know, but I just wanted to thank MN3 and klozhald for the replies. So if I understand klozhald correctly, there apparently is no sec...

MN3 wrote: That is the entire purpose - the make it hard to find and "change" the numbers in any way this is a great location imho - not visable (or ...

samc99us, thanks a lot for this reply (sorry didn't have a chance to sign in for a few days). "etched into the beam sockets" - I assume that means un...

MN3: Keeping it brief, but I read everything in each of your posts and really appreciate all tips & info. Am recording this stuff and will work to p...