There's a whole lot of not much out there about sail making, besides a few hits on YouTube and sailrite's kit videos. Be fun to make one or two, and ...

Hey, at least he's honest.... While this thread made me smile, the "seller" could've made it funnier, though... Still, a set of beach wheels and par...

March ranges in the day between the 60's to mid-upper 70's. February it's freezing - like only in the 60's. At least for Galveston. Windspeed avera...

Let's see if this comes through: meh - the link works... Anywho - What worked for me was getting those stainless eyebolts at the right height and t...

Having the same problem with mine - I went WAY overboard and have a permanent gin pole that's lined up perfectly/axially, every time - but it's a part...

Ditto - tires can be had at wally world on-line for about $30 each - the axle can be replaced with 1 and 7/8" O.D. 6061 T-6 PIPE (not tube) instead of...

ha! Well played, my friend! Well played! (Halloween reference worked in, etc...) Ps- yeah...Sailrite has a bunch of my money... Is a good source o...

For mesh, I restitched with black V-69 thread and then added pockets out of black Sunbrella/off brand. Even using the V-69, you're only supposed to g...

That sounds right; I remember that effect, but at the time wasn't so personally affected. Now, there's huge advertising about how builders are using ...

Huh. Stock photo, but great price. Funny how the value/market for these big cats seems to be dumped/sinking.

Still being built - check out online. Skeg boat. Now, if it had wings also - THAT would have my vote! I'm spoiled now...

To be clear, Harken has done me right also, with parts, etc. No complaints, but just what I got with the boat. Also got a couple of Oxen blocks for ...

Great video - we have the same mindset when evaluating equipment and you had a very balanced approach to comparing the 2 brands. I found it extremely...

I went from the Harken 6:1 to a Harken 8:1 on my 21SE with ratchet and used the same line and it was actually better as the original had too much line...

The induction period is on the paint's "data sheet", not "safety data sheet". The manufacturers publish these sheets and give you very specific proce...

No-orange peek, for me at least is a function of temperature and amount or temperature of thinner. With perfection, you only get one type or spray t...

I'm going to spray, because I like to, have all the equipment (including respirators, etc.) and the results (for me) are way better and faster. I'd l...

Yup, and my Lauderdale blue over gray shows up like that as well. White over white is a good idea, except you've got no primer coat. You can get a w...

Mine has Interlux Perfection on it - which is the way it came. Whoever painted it did a good job, but put it on pretty thin. Actually held up rather...

sm - Thanks! - solid advice. Done deal, makes sense.

So, the overall preferred in likely simple, light weight and not really adjustable on the fly for safety sake and you just don't need to that much, ri...

It doesn't have a headboard like our boats? If not - check out the instructions on the Hobie 18 (assuming I'm thinking of the classic H18 boat, right...

My H21se won't come around without the jib to save my life... very well could be me, but I'll be darned if I couldn't get it to come through having t...

If considering a Wave at first, then really what you probably wanted is a Hobie Getaway. Carries gobs of weight is better performance, robust and sim...

You can now cut the weight down on the batteries a LOT with Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries, however...there's a price. $500 for 54 AH @ 17 pounds a...

We did that metal shop thing too - had a foundry an dwore pure asbestos aprons... We cast eagles, then cleaned them up. They stopped that part of me...

Alright! That's the plan-double offset at an angle. Will set up Friday for a Saturday sail with my kids out to Redfish Island...

I downloaded sailcut, but haven't really messed with it. Might have to give it a try in miniature and maybe make a jib out of cheaper cloth and threa...