Are the cradles laminated wood, or a composite construction? Your wheels look like they are similar to wheelbarrow wheels, did you snitch some hardwa...

This is very interesting. I would like to see more details of how the wing tubes are joined or mate to the beams. These kinds of aluminum castings to...

Again, I am not a metallurgist, but I did work for a company that manufactured SS rigging parts and SS that was used in papermaking plants and a lot o...

I am not a metallurgist, but I do know that seeing discolored SS is not necessarily from corrosion, it is more often than not from contamination of va...

The trick is to look really casual. Maybe do a handstand while on the trapeze and call your mom?? Your boat does look amazing. Cool that your son t...

There are very few Pussy cat sailors. That they own a cat in the first place sort of defies that description. Sailing under control, showing off you...

Or buy another old boat. I am now a year into a J30 monohull. Things I learned on the 5.2 apply to this new project too. None of this stuff is simp...

Here is another way to go across the bay: Going really fast and taking care of business too! 😎

I had good success using the Awlgrip system on all of my aluminum on This End Up. Steps were to sand the anodizing, use their wash coat, next up was ...

Maybe this is what we will be seeing in NZ for the next Americas Cup. Appears that NZ is going to slow way down and go to monohulls. Not what I was ...

Here is the Awlgrip color chart: Lots of cool colors in the rainbow!

You don't need to eliminate the "hose", maybe just shorten the lengths so you have room to adjust the block position. I have been having trouble find...

On the rear beam there are usually two clam cleats and two small blocks that are used to adjust the fore and aft position of the jib blocks. Here is ...

My boat has only ever had two sets of sails, the original Elliott/Patterson and now the square top laminate set from SLO. I really like these new sai...

The NRS throw bag does have a small float in the bottom of the bag to keep the bag from sinking. These things generally all have fairly high strength...

In addition, boats greater than 16 feet in length must carry a Coast Guard-approved throwable device (Type IV). I have to admit that I haven't carrie...

I think Ed has just well described the challenge/balance between engineering and marketing. I think for the most part the guys that engineered and th...

I just checked the old and new boards I have. The original board has a max cross section of .77" and the new board is .92". The other big differenc...

I have two old daggerboards, one that I recently repaired and another that is newer and much thicker in cross section. I was able to grind out a litt...

I'm not sure what the right answer is here. But if a diamond wire fails, your mast will likely fail quickly thereafter under the kinds of loads that ...

Anthony I haven't changed my downhaul setup yet. The 3:1 was able to pull the sail flat, but not much more than that. I have to believe that your ex...

Polyester resin bonds pretty well with itself, so I would expect that bond to be pretty strong, if the prep work was done. It was hard to tell on my ...

I wish I had dug those bronze lugs out on all of the other positions a year ago when it would have been easy to do and easy to upgrade. Now two are f...

There really are not many good solutions to reattaching deck lids. I used the thickened epoxy because it was easy to manage, already available in my ...

Good to know we still all know how to scratch our heads and go find the appropriate alcohol for the remaining itch. It is also good to know what the ...

This is interesting. I haven't ever had the problem of Nacdaddy, but I am having issues with the knot in the rudder itself binding in the casting. W...

MN3 one last question, were the bow tangs Stainless on your boat? Nohuhu is your rig up all the time? Fatigue takes a lot of load over a long time t...

I think it would be easier to just take the whole deck off, unless it had been previously removed and well bonded back to the hull. Doing a proper re...

I should also have added that removing the 5.2 deck lids is easy the first time and well documented. I am pretty sure it will be near impossible the ...