Have you contacted Mystere in canada? it may be a bunch cheaper from up there, esp with the exchange rates being so favorable the 3 locations to sel...

I have read several technical articles, and I wonder if the solution would be to buy, for example, a Hobie cat 15 and increase the beam and reduce the...

Got it. I will go to see the boat tomorrow. Hopefully I can figure out some of the rigging and see what needs replacing. Thanks If you want/need new s...

You are always a stickler for details, my friend. I was literally raised in a law firm, and just spent diner listening to my father and mother debate ...

I always wash them down with fresh water after leaving the beach to get the salt off. there is salt water in arizona?

..just wear a lifejacket and they have no reason to stop you in the first place. Wearing a lifejacket is not required by law unless you are under 16. ...

How big an issue is it if the boat is not registered? I plan to run it in the intercostals. If it has the manufacturer certificate of origin or someth...

shortyfox wrote: " G-Cats are nearly identical to Hobie Cats (beachcats - catamarans) and share many of the same parts" What?! iirc G-cat beams are ma...

sounds like a non titled boat. IF that is important to you, it is a kinda big deal. If the boat and the sails are decent, and you don't mind dagger ...

Not sure how you go wrong for $600 on a trailer. non furling, possibly blown out dacron sails, dagger boards, probably non registered/titled boat If ...

The [del]dagger[/del] centerboards boards are nice on the Mystere, but you will have constant maintenance with the centerboard trunks. Fixed if for ya...

i have only had 1 dacron sail rip on me (without it getting snagged on something), and it was when my jib unfurled in 40-50 knots (on the beach) ... i...

I doubt the whole trailer and boat weigh that muc 750 lbs would be my guess. 400 ish for boat 350 for trailer.

saltlife77 wrote: MN3....I think he is talking about buying your Mystere. yes, we are gonna talk later today

Also, what do you mean by "new ones need to be ordered". Are you talking about the bolts? If so, will they need to be ordered from Mystere or any ordi...

Thanks Charlescarlis and MN3. Also, MN3, thanks for the detailed pics. I am in the Daytona Beach Check your private messages

the boats come apart with 8 bolts, 2 on each side of each beam (front and back) a new one will need to be ordered. all you need is a spanner wrench or...

I have a mystere 5.5, a prindle 18, a prindle 19, a prindle escape 18 near me on the market place for around 2-3k. I am liking the idea of Mystere ...

None can reef to my knowledge. sure they can. All cats that sail in the Everglades Challenge are required to reef (or at least used to be required) M...

shortyfox wrote: do you have the front tramp on your g-cat? I do have a front tramp but I'm not using it. I sail mostly alone, and I feel more in co...

at least it isn't love bug season yet

shortyfox wrote: One thing I didn't do when ordering a new tramp from Sunrise Yacht Products that I wish I had done was give any consideration to cust...

Well, it happened. I was stepping the mast for a maiden voyage and the seams began to rip. Order your new one asap - it is busy season for the guys wh...

sounds like you were hit with the sea breeze and a wind shift - and probably some windage from an island or land was it at 11:24?

" G-Cats are nearly identical to Hobie Cats (beachcats - catamarans) and share many of the same parts" Ohhhh Perry ....(I know the seller)

Since the loads these will be under will be relatively light, should I consider Viadana or Ronstan? foprgot to answer this - nothing wrong with ronsta...

I always used bullet bock with beckett you may try a lead block too - they are very low friction - i had one inside my boom for the outhaul system

For sure that would be my wife's choice if i could afford it. ... Could afford a wife I mean. HAHAHA

Okay, I was meaning to say getting access to an anchor and line strapped in a bag on top of the tramp behind the mast would seem to require some maneu...