Thanks a million! I will call the sail loft and use some number of personal interest.

Yes. It was either that or melt into the tramp. The swim was purely a matter of recreational survival. And today it is windy. Go Figure!

The sun is king. The UV chalking is one issue. The other, which is more pronounced in a rotationally molded plastic, is that the lighter volatiles in ...

turbohobo wrote: There is a P18-2 for sale for $2850 not far from me here in MO........ :-O I hear MO is nice in the early fall?

klozhald wrote: astglenn, The Bimare Javelin? Overall the boat is light, but the masts are really long. The Javelin 16 has a nearly 30 foot mast wit...

I would buy one just to sail with you guys. You sound all kinds of fun. I have never heard a bad thing about the 18-2. It would seem that in the world...

yurdle wrote: That's quite a bit of epoxy.. There is some leakage through the mat and I over blew the ports. Unless one wants a quick lesson in hydra...

Congratulations! Awesome!

Wolfman wrote: They are STILL one of the fastest cats ever made. I think the only 20' or smaller boast with a lower portsmouth rating are Marstrom 20...

That qualifies as Kung Foo Katamaran sailing right there!

klozhald wrote: Those knobs in your avatar look JUST like Marshall knobs! Yeah, but do they go to eleven??? Spinal Tap! That was the classic bit that...

tangledsail wrote: Hey Glenn, I have crewed on a 5.8 a couple times. It was newer than '82, but still several years old. It was a robust boat. Well bu...

I had a ride a few years ago on a Tornado. That boat flat out hauled balls. No two ways about it. If it were not for the tilt issue, I would already o...

Wow. I cant wait to see these go in heads up racing. The speeds are going to be awesome.

Epoxies bond well to polyesters. Polyesters don't bond to epoxies quite so well.

I just bought a 7:1 Harken Carbo Ratchet set and the Nautos 6:1 set up. The Harken is a touch nicer but there is not a thing wrong with the nautos. Fo...

You guys ever consider pulling a vacuum on the hull before you do the port to port gravity feed? A shop vacuum, a ball valve, a vac gauge and some cre...

If I may add this. Regarding the Float "Bob" I put one on my H-18. The amount of windage and dead weight that it added to the stepping process was sur...

That is a proper story. Damn good thing you have skills and stamina. Nice job on how to fight back and win. You might forget where you bought your fir...

pbegle wrote: Off thread a bit. Astglenn, do you have any leads to 3/8" honeycomb sheathed in pre-preg carbon? I used to get rejects from CIBA Geigy...

sportjet15 wrote: Gosh I hate to buck the "system" but, if the material of the hulls is not epoxy but polyester then the correct material to use for ...

3rd on the West System. It is an epoxy system that performs well in real world conditions. Great and worthy project. I am glad to see someone take on ...

Thank's Tangledsail. Great info here from someone with seat time in all of them. May I ask if you have had any time in the earlier iteration of the 5...

nhanson wrote: Hey if you are looking for a 5.8 there are 2 for sail on my beach. One is listed here . That 5.8 is super clean. Like I'd buy it if ...

yurdle wrote: I'm far from first class, and I don't know if the accessibility of the main or the inaccessibility of a large jib is more significant. ...

yurdle wrote: The hot boats do not like weight (additional wetted surface and longitudinal resistance) in a much more pronounced protest than a big tr...