Overall still sound like you have an excellent deal.

I second a Prindle 18 but you could also consider a Prindle 18.2 or 19 they have centerboards which are much more friendly than daggerboards as they w...

You definitely picked a boat with a lot of setup for a beginner. It's an awesome boat just a bit of high learning curve for rigging. A friend of mine...

A few comments I have to make, my thumbs are in pain. Un pinning and pining again the rig multiple times in a weekend pretty much ripped my thumbnails...

You might could use this as well

Next time he should get one of those SPOT GPS so his Family can just pull the computer and see where he is. Pluss some of them let you text via Satell...

Hey I have been looking at that little Ronstan furler so take some pic of it rigged and write up a review of what you think once you have used it a bi...

Some old boats the mast were stepped by having the boat on the ground and and all the stays connected but loose. You get the mast vertical in front of...

Mount 4 GoPros to cover each direction all connected via WiFi to an iPad in a waterproof case and a Cell phone with a tethering plan. Have the crew cy...

I'l trade ya my P16 for your P19 😀

I'd say in a good blow you could have trouble. Possibility of the hull busting off between the beam and the bridles. In light might not hurt to take f...

Venora wrote: where are you getting these updated pictures? This was originally posted to the Prindle facebook page.

I have done this with some large degree of manipulation. The easy answer however is drill out the rivets of the end casting pult your line in and tie ...

Looks like she's listing a bit

The owner I think has written it off and is looking for another. He may have sightings but no resources to retrieve her.

Likely Murray's would have a lot of what you ay need new and any Hobie dealer could get as well. Hobie also has its own forum with a fairly active h17...

Too bad somebody passing by can't drop a GPS beacon on it or something. I doubt it's going to sink any time soon, The mast is obviously pretty well se...

Same here

Both of you should come run the LaBeaus LeMans Grand Prix 20 with us on Sept 1st at Bear Lake.

That's great I always love to see an old Prindle fixed up and saved rather than junked.

yurdle wrote: Sorry bro, horrible deal. To others: OKC's HPYC lost 3 boats this weekend, an I20 and two 5.8s, due to an asshat starting a grass fire...

yurdle wrote: Port or Starboard? Starboard I believe. It has really cool graphics on it. This was just after they pulled it off the bottom about 20 ...

I got buddy with one 5.8 hull hanging in the rafters at his work as a memento from having the other hull torpedoed by the hull of another 5.8 in a rac...

kraven wrote: Think I would prefer this since it should have better sound plus it protects the phone/ipod too. Edited by kraven on Aug 04, 2012 - 05:...

Free doesn't mean much if your 500 plus miles away.Edited by Quarath on Aug 04, 2012 - 12:36 AM.

Also, I cant wait to swing my boat around on the trailer... I was looking it over last night and I think this will save a ton of time with stepping th...

MN3 wrote: i would get 18" without a doubt. main, jib, & boom take more room than you think Plus you could make a divider in the shape of a T with a...