I wasn't thinking Seatow. I was thinking of Bob's idea of a fleet of cats spreading out on the water looking for the thing. Bump the 6mph to something...

This would make one helluva good story. I wish I was close enough to participate! Tom

W00t!! MAN that's good news. Here's to better sailing weather in Willow Bay. Tom

Excellent writeup! Thanks for posting all the pictures and descriptions. And thanks, also, for describing stuff you would've done differently. That's ...

They also come in reflective yellow. Might help with the cooking. I put in a request for a price quote. It's so @#$% hard to get big sewer pipe out h...

Yeah, I'd rank Hawaii pretty low (like off the list). Depending on the island, you may not get a beach to put the "beach" in "beach cat". And if you d...

Excellent update! I've got a number of repairs coming up, and it looks like you're touching on almost every one. I'm really looking forward to your ex...

Don't worry if some of the ideas of cat sailing take a while to wrap your head around. That's true for other cat sailors as well. When my boat (a Paci...

Sweet! Looking forward to reading about your on the water experience with her. Tom

That's kinda cool! But if you have to stand up to hold onto the boom, the way you do on a windsurfer, it loses a lot of its catamaran-like charm in my...

Hey, cool! The P-18 masthead looks very very similar to the P-Cat. And the sail stops well short of the masthead sheave, so there's enough room that a...

There should be two bullet blocks that attach to the jib clew with a single shackle. Here's the page from the manual that shows this: The rest of t...

The main halyard runs up aft of the mast, and down through the track behind the sail. It makes for a neat mast that doesn't clack in the wind, but it'...

The rear sliding block sounds a lot like the mainsheet traveler. I've seen arrangements similar to how my old Prindle was set up on even older boats, ...

I've seen the article before, but thanks for posting it again. It's a great look at the history of catamaran building. For what it's worth, Sea Smok...

Not many. Not by Hobie standards, anyway. If it's any indicator, Hobie Alter owned a P-Cat before he got into boat design. From the stories I've read,...

I like that last option turbohobo posted. It would be a shame to see that hull cut up. They're actually really fun boats, and can take a ton of gear w...

Hey, thanks for bumping this thread! I finally have an on the water picture to show. This was done during a MOB drill where the person in the water...

Here's what I found when restoring my P-Cat: If you're trying to restore it to factory original, chances are you won't be able to source all the bits...

I like this idea a lot. I think Dan's idea of tagging who posted the location is good, too. Nothing like knowing who to contact when you get there to ...

CRAP! Yeah, that first one looks like it would be hair raising to do under sail. I'm trying to avoid sailing places where I have to paddle or need a m...

Quarath wrote: One thing to keep in mind. The heavier air will always seem like too much air until you've given it a go. You can't really find your fe...

Thanks, guys! This helps a lot. I'm sailing with small kids, so I think I'll skip the 20+kt speeds. But getting something between 7-15 sounds like a g...

One word on respirators: Be sure to match the respirator to the job. I know this is common sense, but I've seen people painting with a dust mask on, a...

I can't answer #1. I don't know what the waters are like around Catalina Island. But I sail my 18' (closer to 19') offshore all the time. #2 depends ...

Hey, thanks for the pictures. I think I'm on the right track with what I had planned. The roller furling drum I have has a jam cleat built into the c...

Don't know, but at a guess I'd say it's because there's one fewer thing to have to fiddle with. I used to solo a Prindle 16. No biggie, even with a j...

Hey, do you have photos of your setup? My P-Cat came with a roller furling jib, but no jib halyard. We basically have to zip it on, roll it up, and T...