I grew up in St Augustine and now live in Jacksonville. If beach launching in Crescent Beach is no longer doable I think you would have to go south to...

First I am impressed at singlehand spinnaker flying on a 35ft keelboat and also anyone that sails the Great Lakes anytime of year. I think I get where...

Corsair 37RS (carbon) pulled by a Mercedes Benz Unimog Explorer. Next stop would be Seattle for the 2022 R2AK.

Current FL guidelines require 50' between boats. Just letting you know as it is being aggressively enforced here in North FL. Fine is 200$ Brad in...

Hobie 21 SC's are hard to find and when they do come up for sale they seem to be a bit pricey in my opinion. What feature is it about the SC that attr...

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dssaak wrote: The folks on the F-Boat forum have to adjust (due to stretch) their shrouds at the beginning of each season. Would you have the sam...

I just thought of another advantage besides weight savings, increased strength, and increase ease and speed of rigging. When righting the boat releas...

This has moved up higher on my to-do list now that I see Colligo has full kits available. Cant wait to see the Beachcat sized continuous line roller f...

charlescarlis wrote: That said, I apparently have only been doing trailer upgrades and cleanup/time saving tricks as I trailer sail only and missed a...

My 8.5m Stiletto 27 will be for sale in about 30 days. Located in Jacksonville, FL with a trailer (but not trailerable) Not 100% sure on price yet but...

wlrottge wrote: I'd argue that you don't need to even look to scale or attempt to correlate data sets... honestly, I think that might lead to bad deci...

wlrottge wrote: I've been following the data very closely and have setup some basic models based on the GitHub data (what Johns Hopkins collects). ...

I am an IT Project Manager with 20+ years experience and specifically worked in healthcare on a global level for over 10 years. My specialty is in dat...

The Mug Race from Palatka FL to Jacksonville FL on May 2, 2020 will have the largest variety of catamarans competing in the southeast. RC 27's, Stilet...

There is no "one size fits all" solution to this often discussed topic. There are different types of lifejackets for a reason. Lifejackets are made fo...

ditto on not using mat for this application. Mat is for building up bulk, which helps with strength, but uni-directional materials and cloth are the b...

ziper1221 wrote: Have you calculated how much skin you will need to get the foam neutrally buoyant? And remember, if you use carbon, any glass becomes...

Many thanks for the thoughtful and informed replies. I have taken 3 different approaches to this problem: mathematical, computer modeling and direct a...

The location of the support is not nearly as important as the type of support. A single metal bar or wood like a fence post supporting the hull in an...

+ 1 for Navionics They are by far the number one nav app and there is a reason why BW

Hi Eric and welcome. Grats on choice of H18, It is a great boat. A bit heavy but that is the price you pay for durability. Can you right it yoursel...

I move sailboat masts professionally mostly in the southeast but a few coast to coast trips and have moved masts as long as 65 ft fully rigged. The ru...

Yes, both times I got a title. You have to go to Clerk of Court, not DMV and it seemed like the more documentation I could give them the better it wen...

you have legal options for title: in fl you can petition the court for around $300 and they will do a background check on it if your story is sound an...

Hmmmmm....no mention of budget. Beachcat sailors are a naturally cheap breed (myself included) but I think your constraints are really pointing you to...