A guy on my lake sailed with his dog for years on a H16. Golden retriever I think. He would have the boat heeled and you could see the dog's paws ove...

The angle of video doesn't show what the other boat was doing prior to the contact. That said, Rule 14 does say that "A boat shall avoid contact with...

I think there is a Nacra 6.0NA for sale in upstate NY.

Moshe, You can go to our website,to see what we do as far as rating. I wouldn't say that we "invented our own" as the system is essentially 90% PHRF...

samc99us wrote: If you are racing handicap and your local fleet approves I don't see a need to stick with Performance Sails / Racing on handicap is su...

A wooden paddle will go a long way to moving a cat in light conditions if that is the concern.

A Supercat 20 is 12ft wide, 450lbs and no spinnaker, right? Not even in the ballpark of the 'Formula' boats as far as I am concerned. My F16 weighs...

Don't let the rigging time deter you. The extra time and effort are worth it after 5 minutes on the water. That said, a fast, light F16 with main on...

I can't speak for the others but I did see a UFO at a regatta last year. While I could take out any of my boats in light wind and putt around, the UF...

Even more on an F18. But if your worried about weight, go with the big dog .... Nacra 6.0. If you need to have the spinnaker then an I20 will do.

The H16 is an icon. Large(r) fleets, all over the place of one design racing ... H16. You get a portion of that by racing in the F18 class but I th...

I bought a new to me F16 a few months ago. What came with it was a three wheeled, four cradle Cat Trax brand beach dolly. I tried to find them being...

Go to McMaster Carr, buy some linear o-ring stock, cut and glue the ends together. Very easy and no need to chase down a Viking specific o-ring.

By the way, congrats on the boat. If you are new to F16 sailing, you are going to love it. To me, it seems to be the best of all things beach cat .....

I thought I had read some where that they were building sails for other lofts as well as there own.

bakepot wrote: It seems that the cam cleat would be better positioned if it was mounted on a vertical surface rather than the horizontal surface it is...

Is anyone looking to charter a boat at the Charlotte Harbor Regatta? Thanks,

samc99us wrote: You are correct that these aren't apples to apples comparisons, however you are missing a key point. F16's, Nacra 20's, even Nacra F20...

Pete is one of the cats in our little cat pack. Make no mistake, he and his co-skipper are collectors and they had more boats this summer than his si...

CatFan57: 1. Absolutely, handling an F16 v an F18 on land is a huge difference. I move the F16s around the yard by myself with no problem at all. As...

I don't really understand this 1 or 2 up question. Just because a boat has three sails doesn't mean you have to put them up. I have been out solo in...

Keeping the flow smooth across the mast onto the sail is key. If the angle is creating a detached flow, wrong angle I am afraid.

I can only speak to the Hobie as I have owned a 2001 Tiger for several years now. I have been out a couple of times in winds that should have been fe...

SCHRS may be a solution for an all cat fleet but what happens when you mix in some Tris and Monos? I think you pick the system that supports your loc...

sam, Our system doesn't 'crunch numbers'. Our perspective is ratings for 98% of the boats that are in our fleet or likely to be in our fleet have ex...

I read the post from wlrottge again. I would strongly disagree and that wind dependent ratings are very much worth the effort. It allows us to race ...

Check out our system here: We all love it, right Pete(?) I look at SCHRS and I don't see some of the relative ratings F18 to others to be consistent...

One of my F16s has Kevlar bottoms. I am not sure that means I can play demolition derby with it but neither boat seems any less capable than my H14. ...

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