Dogboy, The beach is 4 miles away, and the sand tears up the centerboard gaskets. Two bridges between me and the beach. I will try and find some...

Well guys these are all ideas, and some of them are possible. I forgot to mention that I am retired without a lot of cash. So that is partly what i...

I have the Murray's righting pole setup with a wind surfer mast for a pole, but it's not long enough to get enough leverage to right a Tornado, (IMHO...

Guys, How about something like this? longtailboats.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=116918424

gahamby and friends, Yes, I thought of that too. Just hate to drill any holes. There is an un explored alternative which would probably work whic...

Guys, Sounds like a great idea. I've been looking into the motor mount situation for a couple of months and stumbled across the Cruise n' Carry m...

I put a side stay adjuster in series with the fore stay, and inside the stay adjuster there is a small pulley. The jib halyard attaches to the top of...

Might be interested in the furler if you have some pics and description. Earl White ewew921@gmail.com

Hi. I am also interested in fast rigging, and I get my G-Cat ready in 25 min or less on most days. Trailer the boat stern first, that way you can st...

I like my GCat 5.7 very much, and I also replaced all my rigging and lines. The standing rigging I got from Salty Dog Marine. Dog made up a forestay...

I made a decent set once using the large plastic dock wheels, some conduit and homemade plywood box cradles. After all the time, effort and parts, i ...

Having owned both a H16 and H18, it's easily an easier boat to live with. Easy for the beginner to sail well. Comfortable tramp - nothing is 'in the...

eabatch wrote: I need to replace the jib halyard on this mast. Not sure how to do it and how it connects to internal block system.. help! Well pbeagl...

Cradles. There's several out there, and the $200 you spend is worth it. They'll spread the weight across about 8" which is fine. Rollers are the wo...

Yup, although you'll lose the boomless part.

This is the concrete form company I mentioned. Might work for you.

I had the wants for a nice sail tube for a long time. There's a guy out there on one of the boards that built a nice one, painted it grey, put a roun...

Two guys can pull a G-Cat 5.7 out of the surf. Besides, you don't want to scrape those hulls any real distance on the sand anyway - you're sanding aw...

Jalex - one change I made when I bought new standing rigging (a wise investment on any second-hand cat, it's really cheap insurance) was to change to ...

Hi, I've sailed a G-cat 5.7 for two seasons now, both inshore and offshore. I bought my boat from Havliii and it might be the best example of a G-ca...

I know those guys in this video. They call themselves rednecks, but none of 'em have those "Duck Dynasty" beards or wear camouflage all the time. T...

Any guy that actually paid his own cash for a tricked-out Hobie Tiger isn't likely to roll it sideways in the breakers. I'd go punk dickheads on thes...

If you're a big guy, and want to bring another person or two on your boat, those small-displacement hulls on the H-16 are going to struggle. Concur w...

Need good hull volume and no boards? The G-Cat is the boat for you.

Not sure what kind of boat that is, but seems similar to the Hobie 14. Two adults will pretty much swamp that narrow, low-displacement stern. Unless...

My Hobie 18 had a 2-part jib halyard sister-clipped together. It made for a neater tramp, but it seemed as I was hunting for it if left it ashore, or...

Probably the biggest time-saver is towing the boat stern-first. This allows the side shrouds and trap lines to be permanently connected. Just slide ...