Is the Reynolds truly a boomless rig, it appears that there is but 1 cringle at the clew. but I see a multiple hole clew plate for the jib. A little m...

I have never seen anyone able to reef a Prindle main during a storm while sailing. If it is blowing hard enough tp consider reefing, head for shore. ...

If you put dissimilar metal together you will have a big problem, and when I was talking about a spacer it should also be delrin, plastic or something...

One way to try and make it work better would be to put a type of spacer between the tension screw and the spring to increase the tension on the cam. S...

There is a template from Hobie to help you get the proper positions. Some of the differences are slightly less than a hole away. When that happens I u...

Look closely down the center line of the transom and there may be a hull ID#. It will run top to bottom normally in line with the rudder pin so it wil...

The General Lee is fine, owners dropped mast prior to storm, has a full cover on it and 2, 100 pound concrete weights buried a few feet in the sand se...

If you want to modernize, you could grind off the portion that hits the stop, add a mast rotation control. Similar to a H-18 P-18. Not really hard to ...

klozhald wrote: They sound like the foam core fiberglass sandwich battens that came with the sail originally. It is going to be hard to find the right...

Check MURRAYS CAT BATTEN FOAM I think they used to be call black magic battens. www.murrays.com

Quarath wrote: being heavier/crisper are they racing sails?White sails are normally made from a heavier cloth, 5-6 oz. Colored sails are made from les...

What year are both boats, and what price is each boat. These would be big factors in a decision.

The 18 has an 8" beam the 18/2 has an 8.6" beam The 18 has assemetrical hulls and the 18/2 semetrical shaped hulls. Both are great boats.

I have 2 BRAND NEW RUDDERS if you are interested

We use to sail From St. Thomas VI to St. Croix VI quite often to race against the fleet over there and they would do the same and sail to St. Thomas a...

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If you do not need Hobie OEM sails then there are numerous places. There is a North Sail Loft in Ft Lauderdale Florida (Super Sailmakers) that is havi...

You never mentioned why you were demasted, shroud failure, anchor bar, missing ring?golfdad75 wrote: Glad you were prepared with the phone and got hom...

Does this mean there was a happy ending?golfdad75 wrote: Happy Ending

It has a few functions: To depower the boat, and to help keep the boat from healing to much. To help with sailing direction, closer to centerline c...

Dacron probably 5oz

If you are looking for help, it truly helps, if you let people know where you are located.dicedcpa wrote: Hello all, This is my first post on this si...

Normal for the Mainsheet is 7/16 if using a seperate line for the traveler 5/16 for that approx 10' section. The 2 are just spliced or tied together

I had the same problem with a H-16 last month while helping a friend replace some hulls. I just went to a little larger bolt, drilled the larger holes...

You can cut them from a 2X6 or 2X8. You can loosen the rudder pivot bolt and slide a thin piece of carboard in the casting and trace for a pattern. Cu...

I had mentioned earlier in this thread that I use rudder trailering blocks while trailering Prindles. I put some pictures of them on the classified ad...

I took some pictures if you will send me your email address I will send them. I am not good at postinjg pictures on the forums, the classified ads are...

Nick said he had a Prindle 16 Raise the mast 10 minutes Raise the jib 5 minutes Raise the main 5 minutes

If your boat is at home, there are lots of things you can do. After returning home and washing everything down. Leave your jib blocks and jib sheet...

Take the blocks with you to the hardware store.