for 30 yo boats generally the best condition, affordable boat near you is best having said that if you want the best tacking and pointing then board...

googling around the rudders do look very prindle apparently geoff prindle and friends sailed a prototype prindle 16 around a for a year in 1971 befor...

i was having a quick google for browning catamaran and came across this 1941 photo of browning camp cats on a lake

if you're feeling rich 2 brand new weta trimaran carbon boards are almost exactly the same size and only half the weight, probably just need thinner ...

that sounds quite possible on an 18' cat but to confirm gps speeds you really need to download the track to a computer and look closely at the speeds...

i took the top off my 5.2 mast carved a close fitting plug of microcell foam about a foot long and then hammered it in with a mallet and sealed it ...

guy in japan has an aerorig on his farrier f24 folding tri the huge size of the rig kind of kills the folding benefits

i like your idea of moving all the battens up to get more length you could even buy a short batten, cut it up and lengthen the ends of the few that a...

if you can get a saw blade you should be set, if you have patience to do it slowly if no saw blade will fit, it will take even longer using some new ...

F18 if you are into racing and you and crew are normal to heavyweight 6.0 if you are into distance races and you and crew are super heavyweight

ah yes, now can see the beams under the lip can also see black fretting corrosion marks under the lip where the stainless bar sat for years....Edited...

isn't there supposed to be an alloy tube between the nut and gunnel lip to spread the rigging loads and stop the nut being pulled through the glass...

older cats generally have low aspect sail plans, shorter masts- longer booms took them awhile to work out higher aspect rigs were better for cats 4...

nice background story thanks Suzy

the hull number RB1010161184 usually starts with the boat maker RBI then a model number 01? then hull number, sometimes also the sail number 01...

even if you build your own hulls presumably you will be wanting the rig from an old beachcat and if not the rig the sails look around for a cheap l...

another vote for the getaway friend has 1 and it loads up really well, front tramp is great for kids boomless and reasonably quick for what it is ...

nacra 5.0 or prindle 15 or 16 or hobie wave14, getaway16 or if you can afford new or almost new the weta14 trimaran still expensive but a much sa...

daniel_t wrote: Specifically, what would you do differently? her life vest was riding up, practically covering her face. I see this kind of problem a...

the r36 that was taken to australia 30? years ago was eventually bought by nacra australia who used it to take molds off, for the new nacra 36 then...

pretty sure that boat sold last year? and is now in california with tom rolland mr.nacra edit, as above the 5.2 is in many ways a scaled down vers...

video blocked in my country due to music violation youtube sucks just screen it without audio!

if you have access to some old triple blocks you can upgrade your current 5:1 to 7:1 by swapping the double blocks for triples, worked for me edit,...

there should be lot on this in the forum archives that can be found by searching and also photos in the galleries here - basically if you want to rem...

as above my nacra 5.2 jib zip has missing teeth and loose zipper foot? so i have to rig it very carefully when it fails i'll sail uni until i can t...

i have a 5.2 and love it, sail mostly solo on a mountain lake hate my friends h16, won't tack, won't point, pitchpoles too easily and battened jib al...

i keep some old sausage like fenders next to my beachcat to help roll it a couple of yards to the lake waters 1 day as i lifted 1 side of the boat to...

imho if you are racing 1 design, yes if you are not, no having said that the geography of the lake i sail on means that the ability to point is kin...

yup a 5.2 about 2300 made from 1975 - 1985? the tramp tube got dropped about 1983 on the back top edge of the right hull should be a serial number ...