Sorry, forgot to say I'm talking about a P18-2; the deck of the hulls with the textured surface, not the round deck plates. The latter are easy to rep...

Philippines, Luzon. The boat desperately needs a bottom hull job as it's thin as paper. My best guess of how to approach this is to sand down the Ge...

Here is another pic with the mast raised. I am not saying it will work with all cats, but it sure seems to do with Prindles. The bolt is far enough ...

No, it works fine, No problem whatsoever; it is completely out of the way yet accessible. It does not interfere with anything, neither mast rotation n...

Ok got it, now it starts to make sense. I have yet to use the jib as I lack some important parts. Thanks for all the tips and head-ups.

Thanks for all the tips; I think we solved that issue. We added 6 more (stainless) rivets just to make sure.

PS catamarans have hulls, not pontoons. OK 😀 Promise, I'll never call them that again! As for deforming the hulls when each rests on a single c...

It's just for the beach, not for the road as the boat stays on the beach; I do not need to transport it anywhere. Yes, it is heavy, but then it rolls...

Here are the promised snapshots of our homemade beach dolly: There are a few details to change, but generally it works flawlessly. Tubes are galva...

PDS624 wrote: I just built a set of trax with cradles and 6 tires for under $70. I will test this weekend and if they work well (which they should!!!)...

No intention to discourage you--just the opposite. It has already been done: br /> More info on sailing foils:br /> Highly appreciated to keep us p...

turbohobo wrote: catdan, any particular reason for the 7 lb sleeve.....? The mast was chopped off above the mast hound, and I had to reattach it. In ...

What's the pro and contra to foaming the entire mast? Anyone who tried this?

HULLFLYER wrote: Yes you will need the clew blocks, without them it will not work. Are you referring to the sail when you said that a mouse ate throug...

turbohobo wrote: catdan, something seriously wrong there, if the mast is properly sealed, it should float, at least for about 10-20 min. I took my mas...

HULLFLYER wrote: What are you missing? I have the ratchet jib blocks, s hooks, jib halyard, clew blocks as well. That is everything you will need exc...

yurdle wrote: Simpler system for the jib sheet and blocks or barberhauler? Just for the jib sheet. It's only recreational sailing--I believe the bar...

yurdle wrote: Simpler system for the jib sheet and blocks or barberhauler? Yes, for the jib sheet and blocks. On my boat, the complete system is miss...

Is there a simpler system possible? I have a P18-2 that misses the complete jib system, so I'll have to get all the parts anyway, but I was wondering...

HULLFLYER wrote: If you don't seal the bottom of the mast and you turn the boat turtle and can not right it for awhile and that portion is under water...