aussailfish wrote: Hi Can you recommend beach wheels for a very heavy nacra 5.8 loaded with diving and fishing gear? I'd be keen to build a custom set...

djmixmotomike wrote: I have tried search by the sorter button that uses zip code. But they do not list closest to farthest? what am I doing wrong? Tha...

traverse313 wrote: So, to my question: Which beach cat gives me the best intersection of performance, general ruggedness, and weight capacity? Ease of...

Dogboy wrote: Anyone else seeing this? I just noticed today that some of the longer posts in message threads now have advertisements right in the mid...

klozhald wrote: Damon you are an animal to be able to launch your H18 single-handed. Sure, you are smart about the process and mechanics of getting it...

Zenwalrus, First welcome to TheBeachcats.com! The 5.8 is a powerful boat, do you have the original 5.8 or the 5.8 NA? Let us know where you sail an...

Hi Supa Shane, and welcome to TheBeachcats.com, With either a Wave or a Hobie 16 you can probably handle them by yourself with cat trax and trailer o...

dssaak wrote: Are you guys who find it hard to tack without a jib just not old enough to have owned/sailed a Hobie 14? 😉 :-O 😆 I have no s...

eighty6svo, Welcome to TheBeachcats.com and catamaran sailing. I've sailed a wave a little and weigh more than you, it handles the weight just fine a...

martin_langhoff wrote: that's a good way to out yourself travel52 🙂 spammer banned 😎

Probably just a flyby, but if anybody gets email from wonqon52@gmail.com I would leave it alone.

taft16 wrote: I have been having trouble stepping the mast on my Taft 16. Looking for suggestions on how to keep the mast from going side to side whe...

I forgot to mention, that Jeff is offering all members of TheBeachcats.com 10% off purchases from the website. Just use the code BEACHCATS when you...

Thanks for adding it to the calendar! If anyone has other events that are still happening that aren't on the calendar yet, please add them here:

paddington wrote: So how is it? It has always been said that buoyancy swimming has its limits, further acceleration - only in glide. Catamarans aren'...

scotth wrote: I'm completely new to cats, I've sailed only Lasers and 420s prior to this. A friend was getting rid of an old P18 and P16, and I took t...

I've shipped a Hobie 18 Pentex main, they key was that the overall box length stayed under 108" and as small a girth as possible. You can fiddle with ...

watercat wrote: Damon, I have one more question - Hard to say just from the description, are you saying you can push the deck down 2 inches with you...

watercat wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions on something that would work and have similar characteristics? From what I understand, the main ben...

Unfortunately the site and forum software is very old and doesn't work all that well. When you submit a post, it does get saved immediately but often...

cholley12 wrote: Here yall go Well done video! Got any pics of how your boom camera mount is setup? The video shows how most dis-mastings happen, ...

drhager1 wrote: I apologize if this is the wrong section of the forum. I’m looking for at least two mounts for the old style self tacker. I’m missing ...

random wrote: Yes, I beach launch my Hobie 14T from the bay side of Virginia Beach. Welcome to TheBeachcats.com Random!

martyr wrote: 1966 Tornado pulled by a 1966 Toronado!!! I like that! Front wheel drive would be good for ramps that get slippery at the water line. P...

Excellent! Lake sailing conditions can be squirrel indeed.

I think those have been tried/invented but didn't turn out to be as good an idea as it sounds. Others may have personal experience.

Hey Andy, welcome to TheBeachcats.com, I deleted the extra posts, these forums are old and sometimes you'll get warnings from modern browsers and mob...