I'll ask, but I ASSume that it's: 1) Yes, favorable winds (very reliable that time of year - but who knows for sure?) 2) Stop in the middle is primiti...

Not sure how it happened, but of the 2 boats I salvaged, both had a few battens that were warped from either being left in the sail or more likely rol...

Sounds fun! What's been your top speed so far?

If you need help with making it happen, let me know. Planning on running it, for sure. Bucket list.

I tried to re-create them, and you can get most of the parts, EXCEPT those rims which are the key to the whole thing. And, by the time you spend all ...

I prefer the right McGuire's as well; way above the 3M, which is good, but the McGuire's seems to be easier to work with. I've always done 800, then ...

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Polisher = yes. cuts down versus drill by hours and has a way better finish - even a cheap-o polisher with decent pads. Just no comparison.

Welcome to my world - it's "pointless". That was almost the name of my boat... Figuring out weight distribution was the biggest game changer for me,...

Sticking to traditional beachcats: High buoyancy, holds several adults, etc. then likely you're looking at a Hobie Getaway. It has gobs of flotation...

interesting that Bill recommended pointing the mast into the wind, whereas hobie and others call for about 45 degrees of the wind. Seems Like at 90 i...

Thanks for the photo - that gets it. Huh. My setup is similar - was wondering how long the extra shroud extender cable is. My boat is 9.5 feet (i...

Cute story - I appreciate it. So, can you get a picture of your shroud extender system? I flipped mine on a race about 1 year ago and when that big ...

In the past, when I had to repair fiberglass assemblies from the inside out, I ended up making my own long-reach tools to drag the pre-wetted glass st...

I've been very happy with taping off an area, similar to the above video, sanding the gel coat down a tad (not as much as the dude in the video), wipe...

I've had 3 adults on mine in a blow and didn't feel the need to trap out with the wings...but, I was trying to survive, so your courage may vary... I...

Never setup a spinnaker on my 21SE, but that's coming... Kind of confused about routing those green lines through blocks after going through the tang...

I didn't get a chance to test the material as the researcher I work with kind of wen cold on processing samples. While XRF analysis can be pretty acc...

So, how did the tramp tear? If the thread failed, it's fixable, at least for a season or 2 and would sell faster...

N.M. Looks like I was using the 2021 calculator which has an error in it. The 2023V1 version calculates it right. Was going over and over it, re-che...

I used teflon tape on the threads not knowing what kind of plastic the ball was made out of (now think it's Delrin). Anyway, it fixed the rotation is...

I think all beach cats are fractional, or at least most.

If you do a brand new jib - I had good luck with C&C (Butch). He's very attentive/responsive. Good prices too. I have a spare Tornado main, if you'...

Rotomolded plastic are tough, but slower. Prindles and Mystere are fiberglass and repairable; not the same with the rotomolded plastics, USUALLY. Es...

Been there, done that last summer. The Thread rots faster than the mesh, unless you use ptfe thread. I've re-sewn a tramp twice before the mesh star...

Wow! Looks great! Perfectly straight. Good job! What paint did you go with?

Maybe I'm unusual in that I don't mind hoisting my jib (seems easy to me) in a zippered luff and find it really easy to tension properly now that I ha...

NACRA's website is accurate on imperial to metric conversion and lists it at 5.6M. I saw somewhere, though I can't find it now, that the wingseats, a...

yeah, I struggled to make the link work, then gave up.