MN3 wrote: you sold TP You own a different cat now - you're gonna name it the same thing? over 8'6" wide that boat does not have a have a beam over ...

traphappy wrote: Throwing out an idea here. Just spoke by phone to the inventor of Tef-gel, the stuff that prevents corrosion between dissimilar metal...

Edchris177 wrote: When posting a link, use the URL button, hen paste the link inside the brackets. Thanks!

There are products out there marketed for boats that are expensive. Newglass 2 as well as others. They are a polymer coating. What's neat about them i...

dartsailors wrote: Once again, thanks all. I think I’m going to try the 3m to start. Once I cut through the oxidation, I may try the starbright produc...

tamumpower1 wrote: Meh, the ideal angle of the windward hull just skimming the surface is based on reducing the wetting surface in the water, not base...

klozhald wrote: A profound waste of time. Well designed non-foiling cats are at their intended optimal angle when being sailed with the windward hull ...

Did this to a H-18 many years ago. I used a few stainless washers as shims on the inside bolts and bedded the beams to the saddles with epoxy. That is...

Whether the foam stringers are good or not does not matter. The glass is damaged otherwise there would be no flex in it. So the goal is to support the...

Few things, The 5.0 is built differently than a 5.7. The drilling a hole idea may not work because the deck is solid glass and has two foam stringers ...

There's been a change of date for this race. We will do it on Jan. 4th. This works out better for most people I've talked to plus the forecast is for ...

DamonLinkous wrote: Depending on who's running the race the sequence will be either 3 or 5. Everything will be explained at the skippers meeting. Not ...

Depending on who's running the race the sequence will be either 3 or 5. Everything will be explained at the skippers meeting. Not sure who is running ...

br /> Read #4. They use the term Canoe and then Canoe like.

After looking at it again could it be a Taipan 5.7? I know there is or was one on the west coast . Also regarding the registration of boats in Fla. I ...

I have a mast for a 4.9. It's a blank however so it will need base, top, spreaders etc.

And yes that's basically the courses.

MN3 wrote: Is this the route of the two races? "If the breeze is up some additional distance will be added." It is very likely the course will al...

MN3 wrote: possibly organizing a camping trip I thought you weren't into anything "organized??" I think there's a bus coming as in about to get thro...

Ii have a main left, white with a blue stripe. An older sail but decent.