There is a great Hobie dealer in Dallas, TX, about 3hr away from you. br /> Hobie is doing some promo events with them in April so you may want to ca...

nesdog wrote: Make sure the rudder blades are angled correctly. also it's VERY easy to mount the tiller assembly/blades wrong...ie; the left blade on ...

Shroud and spreader tension are the same on each side. I will take a look at the spreaders. The rudders are not pinching and the rake looks the same...

I just drag it up on the beach in front of my lakehouse. I made a pvc ramp to make it much easier to slide on and off the beach and to keep from wear...

I leave mine up all the time. I would like to know if I am causing damage to the boat. How could just sitting there without any pressure cause damage...

On my P-18, I have three rope handles on each side, each about 6" long. Just drill some holes through the outside lip, thread through a length of rop...

damonAdmin wrote: Here's an article with a lot of detail about tell-tails and air flow over sails. /a> It helped me a lot reading my main (when I...

turborat wrote: I have a cheta bracket that fits the rear prindle cross beam and also a 2 horse 4 stoke air cooled honda out board. I used this on my...

Go for the colors! Beautiful Boat.

Wow, thanks for all the good advise guys. I did buy a 1980 Prindle 18 in really nice shape, #745 on the sail. I managed to get it rigged and took it ...

andrewscott wrote: Thanks for the reply, I weigh @250lbs and figured that would be enough to get it back up. Be safe, spend $100 and get a bag... ...

H16-71388 wrote: Bigger always requires more work, I sail a H16 solo, but have sailed both an H18 and P18 solo. Most of the 18's and 5.5m on our beac...