DamonLinkous wrote: Top ten cities in Florida (Out of 239) 1. Tampa 2. Clearwater 3. Pensacola 4. Jacksonville 5. ...

I can see going boomless, but I don't think the reasons for going boardless make a lot of sense. You put the boards down after you leave the beach, an...

motivated wrote: On something of a tangent, I have been fascinated with the America's Cup boats, the AC45's. They just always seem to be on that razo...

It helps to start low. Have your wife try this... Hold the front beam, or if she can get a purchase, the corner where the hull meets the front beam is...

do you use Mike at Ellie's Sailing in clearwater? he is a local cat guy and we all try to support him 🙂 Since these were factory parts, I ordered th...

MN3 wrote: at the sailing center? Yes. Today the wind was even stronger. Avg sustained was 31 mph, max sustained 40 mph, max gust 52 mph. barometric ...

I'm nervous myself. My boat is down on Clearwater beach which is closed to traffic. I can only hope it's okay. Down on the beach, the max sustained w...

I love ghosting about in the 5 mph stuff every bit as much as screaming along in 25-30. As long as the wind is strong enough to allow me to beat the c...

The only place online that I can find that sells these things is Murray's. They have a picture of one that is properly rigged: As for other secure m...

Definitely keep us informed. I almost bought that boat last year but it was too much of a project boat for me.

Shifty and gusty wind is a disadvantage for a cat versus a monohull. I heard one guy at the club assert that a lake would not have enough wind for a c...

I have a magic marine light skiff harness and I like it well enough. Be warned, these skiff harnesses are designed under the assumption that you are o...

And another method... Make sure the lines on the trax are long enough to go from the bow to the shrouds. Lift one bow and push the trax under it, tie ...

havliii wrote: Is the Harken Company a respected authority? Harken blocks which we all know and love. See this link and scroll to the instructions f...

benedict wrote: Ideally you want all the lines running through a set of blocks to look like they're going around an oval race track. Round and round a...

keschwa, I just found a link to a 7:1 system online and it seems to be reeved like yours.br /> 1) through cam cleat and into front of bottom middle ...

keschwa, Your mainsheet may or may not be reeved incorrectly. It could be simply twisted. It looks like a 7:1 setup, with four sheaves on the bottom...

jfricker wrote: Dustin - I like that layout. One question, does pulling from the inside (or bottom) of the hull instead of from over the top of the h...

Tom, I feel the need to point out that the reason the boat started sailing while on its side (did you notice how the main lifted out of the water?) w...

yurdle wrote: Don't most 16s have reef points as well? His sail doesn't have reef points, and his jib is fully battened. Once the jib got wrapped aro...

Specifically, what would you do differently? I'll bite... What would I do differently? 1) I would make sure I had a chance to practice in that sort ...

Granted Doug seems to have a lot to learn about sailing in those conditions and he would have been far better off learning them with help closer by, b...

I love it! Adding music to it would ruin the feel.

shoguner wrote: Now the search begins. Is this boat near you? The price sounds about right to me...

The only pictures that I have of my boat have the previous owner sailing it. I haven't had a chance to update them yet. Edited by daniel_t on Apr 24,...

Cool capsize recovery technique, though it seemed to take you a while to get the boat upright and sailing again. Of course, maybe it takes me that lon...

I've used Davis Instruments Wind-Tels before. Not as cheep as cassette tape, but I loved them. I sold them with the boat I used them on, now I have a ...

When my mother was a child, she got caught in a rip-tide in South Florida. She ended up inhaling several ounces of sand and was pulled 1/2 mile off-sh...

shoguner, you haven't told us how much you weigh. Also, you said you will be sailing with a crew about half the time. How much does your crew weigh? W...

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