westmatt wrote: Drysuit is recommended I would surely love to be able to afford one. I, along with several of my friends used an O'neal "Sun John" ...

I have the same halyard ring as in your photo on my Dart 20 and I bought a whilwind mainsail in December 2020 and it fits perfectly. I've never seen ...

I was going to say Gibbs but the sail insignia looks like Buccaneer

Hmm, I think I would cherry pick the best parts and make the best boat since their parts are interchangeable and sell the project boat at discount and...

Happy birthday, go buy yourself a waterbag righting system. You deserve it.

Depending on your trailer, maybe slide the boat further forward on the the trailer when in the garage

From bow to hitch point needs to be 1/2 the width of the tow vehicle. Think about a jack knife situation.

Buy a van and a bunch of camping gear. Change the bearings on your trailer. Follow the sun. The Bore

Shark is a folding catamaran. 1963 vintage, gibbs boat co. good luck finding one that isn't worm meat. The Dart 18 was designed for easy disassembly w...

Thanks again Philip. All that magically popped up as soon as I entered "viva 27". Some kind of brainfart on my part for not reading the actual words ...

That was easy, thank you Mr. P.M. It's 616 miles away from me but I'm quite tempted. It's going to be interesting to see how my inner demons argue th...

jgregs wrote: @texastuma - yes, chain plate stay thank you. I couldn't remember what they were called. I looked those over pretty well and there isn't...

After watching a trailer disintegrate in a relatively short period of time, I decided the only way to keep a trailer is to never put it in saltwater....

Hey Bore, It doesn’t work to just copy paste the links, they don’t end up “live”. Yeah, I know, but I'm such an old luddite this is the best I can do...

I really just wanted to talk about the Patin. It is the first beachcat/one design sport catamaran in the world. It was developed in the 1940s and stil...

You can do the same on nacra 5.7 and yes it is an absolute blast. I think a much more fun and comfortable boat than what you see in those videos. Be c...

Look closely at mn3's photo of his boat with the deck off. It looks like there's a big wad of resin at the place I think you're talking about. I think...

you need to do some research here i highly recommend the west marine video tutorials for an understanding of what a fiberglass/ epoxy work is gonna ta...

Heat the barrel with a propane torch, just enough so the heat load doesn’t fully transfer into the threaded part of the wire. If all fails, (you shoul...

My biggest worry is breaking the deck panel or the "shelf" it sits on trying to get the panel of Looking at your photo of the half removed panel, I se...

You can get a camera on a selfie stick in there and take a ton of pics or video - before you go nuts to get the entire lid off (creating a ton of work...

had to use a crowbar and sledge hammer to break into mine and it was ugly. I would guess the glue did in-fact dry-up and get brittle and simply fail ...

I'm not familiar with the mystere line of boats but from your photo, it looks like someone peeled the deck plate open to inspect the hull for some rea...

Do I do that by loosening the tensioners near the base? Yes The previous owner put some kind of silicone sealant all over the connection points Remo...

Have you released all the tension on the diamond wires?

Is it a kink or is it a bend? A bend can often be straightened, a kink cannot. A bend is gradual over a distance and can usually be straightened. Rem...

IIRC, the bag is kinda punching bag shaped The Murray bag measures 18"wide by 33"long, looking at my leaf bag, they're the same dimensions but mine is...