Not sure about West Systems, but the epoxy I use from US Composites recommends minimum 80 degrees for the slow hardener, 55 degrees for medium hardene...

leeboweffect wrote: Idiotic, it states that the 30 mph is upstream, thus in calm/flat water the boat would be doing 40 mph in dead air. So why not jus...

A sailboat relies on the difference between the density and the velocity of two flow medium (fluids) in order to generate motion. I.e., you have a re...

I will add that on my H17, I screwed a short PVC "post," about 4 inches long to one of the grommets near the front of the center tramp lacing. When s...

Hand the sheet to the crew like you did at the end of the video. That’s the easiest solution on a double handed boat. Otherwise, try to adjust your o...

Or how about going directly to the source.... sm

You're saying you're going to mount your spare tire onto the swing away tongue jack and use the spare tire in place of the original (small plastic) wh...

There’s a reason why Hobie put a rotating mast on the Hobie 14 fifty years ago and virtually every beach cat since has had a rotating mast - better pe...

There’s a reason why Hobie put a rotating mast on the Hobie 14 fifty years ago and virtually every beach cat since has had a rotating mast - better pe...

Sure, just keep the traveler centered and you’ll be fine. 😀 Seriously though, one bad rivet is probably nothing to be concerned about, especially...

If that's what it takes to balance the helm, I think I'd rather run the full sail plan with the mast raked back where it should be than use a smaller ...

I think the point (at least my point) is that you can't simply assume that since one boat is larger it must also be heavier. There are countless fact...

Raked forward to depower? Yea, that certainly runs contrary to the conventional wisdom of raking back to depower. Maybe he needs to do this to balanc...

samc99us wrote: You won’t find this on any production boat or semi production boat; Groupama C was a million dollar design and build. My point exactl...

I dunno, how do they achieve a weight of 400 Lbs on C class cats which are 25 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 40 feet tall? Solid engineering and the ma...

Curious how a one-piece tramp would install on a H18 since the tramp track is on the front of the crossbar, I would think the dolphin striker post get...

I didn't initially watch the video, but after taking a look, I think you could have easily reversed the rudders and gotten the bow to swing around ont...

Make a bridle to connect around each of the four corners of the crossbars and lift by the crossbars (not the hulls). sm

The outboard corners of the tramp need to be cut away slightly if you run the wings, otherwise the tramp will contact the mounting brackets on the cro...

It depends to some degree on the type of boat and to a large degree on the skill of the skipper/crew. A lot of it comes down to feel, which is develo...

Looks like it had a rather sizeable repair to the starbord hull in picture #5 and evidence of stress cracking in the gelcoat picture #7. Very difficu...

mikekrantz wrote: maybe I'm wrong, but at 420lbs I think you are going to struggle with the F16 That was my thought exactly. At 420 lbs, I would thin...

If you look at the first pic in the original post, it looks like at the bottom 1/3rd of the rudder, the base material is gouged away, completely gone....

I'm a big fan of the West Six10 epoxy. It is super easy to work with. However, I'm not so sure how well it would hold up for trailing edge repair on...

The general rule of thumb is to rake the mast aft for improved upwind performance, but that is very general, and my not apply to your specific boat. ...

Yes, you will need to at least partially remove the traveler track from the rear crossbar to re-install the traveler car. Then rivet the track back d...

Did you check the entire length of the seam where the deck is bonded to the hull? sm

My only experience is with the Hobie rotator bar setup, but I assume the NACRA system is similar, if not identical. In my experience dealing with co...

1/2 x 1/2 stock (or round bar) would only leave 1/16” wall thickness after tapping for the 3/8” dia bolt, so I think it would still be a problem. Or a...

Nuts are fine for the anchor bolts and crossbar bolts - no need to use an anchor bar. You couldn’t use the anchor bars under the front crossbars even...