Thanks, I like idea off having a line to grab that retracts with bungee. Esentially what I had with old hawaiian right system.

Dogboy wrote: It's not actually a single layer of glass, but it is a solid laminate (i.e., no foam core). The glass thickness is only about 1/16" thi...

It's not a red line....

It's not going to be light anymore... lol. Actually I did weight the 84' hulls when I first took the boat apart. They were 127lbs each which doesnt...

I think a manufacturing defect is exactly what's going on here. Damn, I thought I picked up such a nice set of hulls too.... Definitely not grinding a...

I opened up the outer layer of the hull a little further and it looks like the gap between layers could be from the factory... is this possible? The g...

This is what I have going on. When I felt each side of the delamination it was fairly firm, I'll investigate more when I get home from work. Edited by...

Dogboy wrote: Pop open the access port behind the front crossbar. Take a flash light or shop light and shine it inside the hull and look down. You w...

There seems to be some serious delamination along center of hulls... the space I exposed extended at least 8" forward of where I was grinding. The hul...

MN3 wrote: I would avoid carrying a motor at all costs, or accept that you should not push your boat when carrying it. would be a terrible thing to ...

MN3 wrote: i have gone through about 20 radios over the years everything from waterproof earbuds to giant 8 d-cell boom boxes I have gone through ...

I recall that long journey Hobie 18, I believe they did the Mediterranean for 6 weeks across Italy... I have a spare cross bar and some nice aluminum ...

DamonLinkous wrote: Which brand tramp is it? What brand is your other Hobie tramp? Each tramp manufacture creates their own design, so none of them ...

carolinacatamarans wrote: Looks like a Hobie 18 tramp to me, how did it not fit the Hobie? I shouldn't say it didn't fit. It fit but it seemed strang...

Rybie job site radio in a dry bag... very loud (full volume is too much) and battery lasts all weekend.

dtfuqua wrote: As stated before, the epoxy will have better adhesion giving the best possible results between polyester resin and epoxy. I did the scr...

I've been looking for new hulls but it's hard to find hulls in good shape without buying an entire boat... Also not a lot of cats in New England. I kn...

If you’re looking to get a good cat sail in on your vacation I HIGHLY recommend booking a Molokini snorkeling and performance sail trip with Paragon s...

BrianCT wrote: Nice video, Car_Guy, where do you sail out of? I'm in Fairfield. I trailer the boat from Manchester area, I've been launching at Neck...

Thanks dude. It wasn't much 10-12 MPH. Also, I think what really helps with the vid is the $25 fish eye lens I got off amazon... much wider view.