Should be. The beach is on Hilo Bay. I talked to some of the folks from the sailing club there, and they said with 4WD you can back the trailer right ...

Hey, glad to see this thread. I need to replace the trap wires on my P-Cat (good luck finding THOSE pre-cut at Murray's!), and I was hemming and hawin...

Aaaaaah... That makes good sense. Basically have one hand regulating the winch, keeping tension on the halyard, and the other yanking sail down. I'll ...

You guessed it: while lowering the sail. As you said, I think what happens is the halyard loses tension and the free loops of halyard go every which w...

Hey, cool! Glad to hear from you, Jeff. If I do wind up modifying my rigging, I'll make every effort to make it a reversible change. Relocating block...

Good info! 1 - The name Owen Minney sounds familiar. I think that's who the first owner of my boat bought through. (I could be wrong, though... don't...

I can't deploy an anchor, but there are mooring points out in the water. I'll look into that. I'll also look into maybe leaving some kind of fender t...

Eeeeeh... I really don't know that much more about P-Cats. I started this odyssey less than a year ago, never having seen a P-Cat in my life. That ody...

Ok, running rigging... WOW! Our P-Cat is rigged very differently from either of your photos. Not saying it's right, just saying it's different. It m...

Crap. I typed in a long reply, then accidentally hit the back button on my browser, and lost it. Let me try this again... On the dagger boards, here'...

Cool! Hey, it'd be neat to find out the history of Jeff's boat. I think I've got a pretty complete picture of mine but there are some fuzzy bits, like...

OOOOH! Hey, just for future reference, what other P-Cat parts do you have? I might be interested in a couple. Thanks! Tom

Hey, I only built that mast step assist AFTER I broke my mast hinge. Nothing like 20/20 hindsight... By all means invite Jeff here, and feel free to ...

Aaaaaight! Looks like it's the same part that broke on mine. But I think I busted mine worse. Here's a picture of my broken part and the replacement I...

Do you have pictures of the broken casting? Even if the part itself can't be removed, it may be possible to install a new hinge (if that's what broke...

If you find a source for this part, let me know. I've got a 60s era P-Cat, too. For what it's worth the "toilet bowl" (GREAT NAME!) is a cast metal p...

Something else to be aware of: If you ever plan on racing your cat or participating in fleet activities, see what the fleet participation is like in y...

Hehahahha! That was fun. Cool video! Tom

Do you remember the OD, ID and alloy of aluminum you used? I'm still a long way from putting a spin on my aged P-Cat, but if I ever do get around to ...

Aaaah, I've given up trying to spank anyone. I own a boat that pre-dates all of the ones under discussion. But hey, mine can surf! 🙂 Anyway, don't g...

There's some guy in Texas who sells cat parts used on Ebay. I picked up a 7:1 mainsheet system from him for something like $120. It was in really good...

YEOUCH!!! Heal fast, man. Tom

I'd love to see what the wind does on those sails. It seems like some points of wind would have you shadowing your own sail. Not that that's a problem...

The more I look at those AC72 boats, the more I like their implementation of foils. With so many boats, the foils are either designed in in such a way...

I damn near wet my pants. That's freaking COOL!! So... What do you think it would take to add curved boards to my P-Cat? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Aa...

And here's a sneak peek at what's coming: Mmmyeah. TomEdited by benedict on Sep 05, 2012 - 03:39 PM.

Wait wait wait! Don't take off yet. I'm trying to collect photos of P-Cats, and would really like to see the link. If you're still here, let me know a...

The distance doesn't sound bad. I used to sail on Lake Buchanan in Texas. It's 5mi x 25mi. We sailed across it all the time. One time I decided to sai...

Oooooh, you know what I'd suggest... Same ring of GoPro cameras hanging from a kite line some 500' above the water. THEMS got some RANGE! Tom