The fact that he claims to have done this "for rigidity" makes me think he was trying to stiffen up soft spots in the hull. That isn't a good sign.

I went sailing today in 20-25 mph winds with the intention of taking my boat to the Dunedin Causeway for the mini mach man... What I learned was that ...

Knight's Inn in Palm Harbor (7 miles away from the finish line,) has rooms available for $72 per night. With tax that might still come up to $90. Sup...

I'm not so worried about the registration, but the title... My boat has gone through three owners and never been titled.

1) All boats 16' or greater in length are required to be registered and titled. br /> 2) My guess is that you are good for 90 days.

Generally, the routes that Damon presents are correct, however if I were doing the Macho-Man, I think I would cut it a lot closer to the shore on the ...

I plan on entering the mini-macho man. My daughter surprised me last night when I talked about it by saying, "I want to be your crew." (I was planing ...

I'm planing on getting a Foretrex 301. I like the idea of keeping it on my wrist.

I'm interested too. Let us know how it works.

An electronic compass uses battery power and is an extra expense for a feature that you rarely (if ever, depending on the use case,) will use. It requ...

Unless you need to use the extra features of the 30 (eg, heart rate monitor and bike cadence sensor for example,) why would you bother? The eTrex 20 i...

My wife uses the Garmin etrex on her bike. I plan on getting myself a Garmin Foretrex 301 for my boat. An etrex for your wrist. That way you aren't fu...

MN3 wrote: what was the yellow for? The yellow was because there are no white glow sticks. I hung the green and red glow sticks off the starboard a...

All, I found a Taipan F16 in my price range and now I'm a proud owner. Our maiden voyage should be Saturday Jan 21.

We had a full moon sail last month in Clearwater Bay. Several Waves, Getaways and windsurf boards. We used red, green and yellow glow sticks mounted i...

cyberspeed wrote: I am working on some GPS integration and hope to have a sample out this weekend. To view a sample of it being used in auto racing: w...

I'm cheep. Body Glove Riptide shoes from Famous Footwear... $15.00Edited by daniel_t on Nov 04, 2011 - 08:03 PM.

There is always enough wind to sail. The only difference is how challenging it is to get the boat moving in the direction I want.

The Hobie FXOne has wing seats as an option.

Here is a good description of steering for balance:br /> I remember when I sailed a Laser II this technique was the only thing that kept me from caps...

I routinely see Hobie Getaways with 4 adults on them, without anybody sitting on the forward netting. Two people sit on the leeward side (on the tramp...

I haven't tried this, but what if you run a line from the center of the bar on the wheels to the forestay? That should stop the wheels from sliding ba...

Could this be a good deal? Mystere Cat 16ft - $1000 br />Edited by daniel_t on Oct 07, 2011 - 04:45 PM.

I know I'm late to the party here, but just an FYI: Portsmouth Yardstick for the two boats in question: 18m2 (Cat.2 incl 11' N5.5) -- 67.2 Prindle 18...

I only weigh 150 lbs and am just shy of 50. I usually need some help bringing a getaway back on dry land after a sail. I agree with bacho, it depends ...

creative wrote: When I'm in that kind of wind, I sit back so my butt is on hump were the rear cross bar enters the hull, and then lean aft while hik...

Will, maybe if we both buy Nacra F17 Sloops we can get a volume discount? 🙂

Nice. Based on the attitude of the boat, I take it the ride was pretty exciting, but the music and the slow-motion made it look like a relaxing jaunt....