Brett Johnston and Anthony Aquilla NACRA I20. Sent in the entry this week!

I was talking to a guy who was new to cat sailing a couple weeks ago and he described something very similar to what you just described in this post. ...

When you turned to port tack, you misjudged the direction of the wind. Your main sheet was loose, traveler tight, the boat accidentally jibed and tba...

That is a very high stress area on a cat, and the top cover is structural. Any other location on the boat would be better than that . There are struct...

IMHO , don't ever use a bolt in place of a pin. Unless the shoulder of the bolt extends all the way through the items being bolted,The SS threads will...

klozhald wrote: Klozhald , what are you drinking!? And does the wife know?7 Of course not. She's only on this forum once in a while, and I told her my...

Klozhald , what are you drinking!? And does the wife know?7

I go to Khols and get the 5 finger water shoes. At the end of the summer , they sell them for $15 . I think my wife had a coupon so I got 4 pairs for ...

Our first regatta of the season is always the leukemia cup on lake pleasant mid January. My buddy Manny found out that if you wear a shorty, you turn ...

Is there anyone in the Loxahachee area? I need someone to look at a boat for me.

Last time I was in the area was the winter of '84. I drove down to Miami from Camp Pendleton with a couple buddies and my Hobie 16. Slept on the beach...

I'm hoping to get in some sailing, but may have to settle for kayak and paddle board if i don't find a good ride.

Thanks JALEX, I'll get ahold of him And see if he's game. What's the chances for decent wind at the end of April?

Lots of good advise in these posts! I am located in Phoenix. Sail regurgitate at lakes Pleasant and Roosevelt. Welcome back to cat sailing!! Don't w...

Dint worry, my feelings aren't hurt. I do feel better that I was only scammed a little. I paid him in greenbacks, SUCKER!

Andrew, I understood completely why SLO ended up under the bus. I also had an odd experience with them around the same time. I think they were expandi...

Dickhead, and not v@&/^@ ? Sorry Damon

Not too worried about the lower bushing, if the bolt were ripped out at that location, I'm pretty sure the whole stern would be missing. Upper bushing...

Bacho, you may be correct. However, I would like to be the one who makes the decision on what I am spending my money on. When I ask for specific info ...

Great luck on previous parts found on this site. EP, Awesome!!! Murray's, AWESOME!!! Whirlwind, great! Rick Bliss, AWESOME!!

Umm, samc , Andrew, go back and read earlier posts. I asked specifically about there being cracks....blah blah blah-Seriously, I'm not writing it agai...

carolinacatamarans wrote: Ship it all back and have him refund your Paypal, sounds easy enough. Posting threads like this sound be a last resort. Y...

By the way, Marcelo's username is User name: mcisternasb

Marcello The rudder head is cracked in two places at the upper mount hole. I asked you specifically if there were cracks in that area, your response w...

This is his response. Posted in fairness to him .Sorry but the rudder was never used by me and may be it was painted but it is completely usable. I to...

Well, I guess one could spend hours posting here, then, go spend a little more time and money at Home Depot, then go to the garage and fabricate some...