HMMMM! And that on an 18m kite. I'm still trying to solve the problem of the boom on my P-Cat. My wife really isn't interested in wearing a helmet wh...

BobBill, mind describing what you'd do to make trailer launches easier? I've got a first generation P-Cat on a trailer. It's... more of a handful tha...

Hobie-Wan sounds awesome. Name away. I agree it's probably sailor superstition, but I still knock on wood (and scratch a stay, for crying out loud). ...

Man, this is great information. Thanks, everyone! Not sure I've got the 10' wide P-Cat. I'll go out and measure it tomorrow, but I'm almost certain i...

Kevin, I just posted some questions to the deck photo of the 3-18 you put on Flickr. That's completely different from the running rigging on my P-Cat!...

Kevin, you mentioned no pitch poling. When I was sailing my Prindle 16 that was how we dumped it almost every time: push a little too hard, dig a litt...

HEEEEEYYYY! This is so great to see new life on this and the other P-Cat threads. So here's the status of mine: I had to stop sailing it for a while...

Thanks for posting, sunsprit! I'm doing what I can to keep mine in good shape, but I've had to keep it on land for health reasons. Your comments on ...

Parts for P-Cats do exist in boat scrap yards, but it takes some searching. There's also so much meat on the hulls, I could see dropping the rudder sy...

No, that one's easy: "What kind of coke do you want?" "Beer." "Oh..." 'Nuff said. Some things transcend pronunciation barriers. Tom

For the record, "rutter" is a mariner's record of a sailing route. "Rudder" is the fin thingie on the back of the boat. And if that wasn't fun enough...

I guess another question is if you take the hulls off a cat and make a pontoon boat, are they still hulls? Tom

Not gonna match my boat since it goes back before 1984, but I'd like to know what the finish is like on this. Is there something built in that helps i...

I've got a P-Cat. I'm not currently sailing it. Some of this is personal (no real beaches to launch from on this side of the island, kids are too youn...

Judging by the logo on the bow, I'd say it's a 12.5' candy bar. Oh wait! No, that one's spelled "Kit Kat" and this one's spelled "Kit Cat". My mistak...

Same here! That's cool. Tom

Pretty sure that's not a P-Cat. That ledge running around at the waterline isn't found on the P-Cat hulls, and the front crossbeam on the P-Cat is cur...

It's mentioned specifically in this thread: Sailed and possibly designed by Phil Edwards. This article: seems to back up the idea that it was d...

Pics! Pics! I've been trying to sort out a boarding problem on my boat, too. Nothing nearly as serious as the one you experienced, but it looks like ...

I can furl the jib on the water, and should be able to reef the main. I need to take another look at the sail to see if there are reef points. Nothing...

I've got an anemometer, but no I didn't bring it that day. When I got home I took it out of my kite bag and vowed to remember it the next time I went ...

Thanks, erice. That gets the point across in a firm but gentle way. Perfect. I'm remembering that. Tom

Been thinking about that, too. What size would you use for a 19' cat? Tom

This is a comforting thread to read. The last time I took my P-Cat out it was about an hour and a half from trailer to water, but we had pulled the ma...

No, I think your observation is right on the money. And I think this is why most roller furlers on monohulls include a rigid forespar. With the wire r...

That's actually a pretty cool job on that. Kinda sad to see an H18 lose its ability to EVER have a sail put on her again, but for what they did they d...

OOOOOOOWWWWWWW! Dave, sorry to hear about your experience on your Nacra. No, I won't advise you to sell your boat or anything of the sort. Cripes, if...

Hey, thanks for posting those pictures. That explains a good bit I was scratching my head about. I knew there was some kind of bulkhead inside there, ...