way easier than replacing the entire tire.... You should get several more years if you hide them from the sun. Cool it worked so easily and probably...

I really need to change my screen name... Chuck

Changing the tire is not that big a deal, but takes patience and some physical effort. You can get brand new Nanking tires off Wally world.com for ...

Interesting, and might explain, like a lot - my stock down haul on my H21 is only a 4:1. I THOUGHT I was getting a good bend on the mast but could ne...

True-the old tried and true works just fine.

If you're going to drop the coin, a little more gets you a proper "Romech" hot knife, but it's double at about $65-$80. But, I planned on cutting rop...

What I've found "nice" is to take my lines and through them in the washing machine with some towels or something so it softens the cycle. Cleans all ...

Funny - they're both designed out of Austria and seem to have similarities... Same company, or predecessor design? And what's about Austria that the...

What I can't seem to get past is the idea that these things are only good for relatively flat water. They would seem optimum for vacation travel, exc...

Well, that was an interesting website...What else was I going to do at lunch, right? Good videos and good "promotion" of product here and there... C...

There were a couple of damned unfortunate events here in Texas where I think scouts died hitting lines while sailing on a lake. I think in the past 5...

In the Kemah area, Bahama Rigging does a fantastic job on standing rigging. About the same as Murrays, I think (or so), but you have the added benefi...

We need a decent, home-grown solution for adding wings to boats or retrofitting the ones that plug in (like mine). I'm thinking using the commonly av...

Wow. Actually, that speaks well that he was trying to make good by you, and apparently did. More often in the digital world, you get extreme excuses...

Yup - cracks around where the cross bars enter the hulls. The kind of plastic Hobie uses on the boats cannot be welded like most kayaks and car bumpe...

Never bought from him, but he lives minutes from me. I've conversed with him and he seems straight up legit. YMMV; I just ended up getting stuff els...

Hobie had a big push for this kind of power line moving thing to stop people from getting killed. Might do sme research on that and how they approach...

Isn't the idea for Torlon and Delrin ball bearings that they're supposed to be self-lubricating? I'd think at most hot water cleaning and, once dry (...

Very cool! Thanks for the tips; I have a couple of the upper, Ronstan swivels that are standard for Hobie Furlers, but with the stories of them "par...

I saw that. I wonder if those are the same sized Torlon bearings used in our travelers? So, for the medium load Harken swivel with a WL of 950#, the...

The jib blocks are nominal for adjustment. They only move fore and aft to change angle on the clew; kind of hard to open/close the slot effectively. ...

Thanks - the sail is an Elliot Patteson, square top mylar near the end of it's life. Not Dacron; has decent shape but is wearing. Downhaul could eas...

It's not unusual for me to have to aggressively play the mainsheet to keep a hull down while on the wing and more than I'd like be dragging a wing in ...

Huh - anything over 10-12 knots and I COULD use the extra weight out there, but the wings are nice to not have to mess with it. HOWEVER, if I got the...

Cool - For length, I was thinking about (really) at what height above the edge of the wings would be considered "about right"? For example - there's ...

That's it - they look like airplane control cable fittings. I just wish I could afford the hydraulic tool used to make them, but can in no way justif...

Yup - forgot bridal wires - it was turnkey, every wire on the boat, except trapeze. Those are close to the fittings; If I think about it, I'll get so...

Bahama rigging by me made up some REALLY sweet, hydraulically swaged, integrated fittings; the loop is one drop forged eye so there's no thimble. I b...

At the very least you will want to seal the Crack so water won't get in the foam laminate, if SCs even use foam cores... No matter, it's good to keep...