We are using a rubberized foam pad. When the pad gets slightly wet, the boat sticks to the cradles so that we don't have to tie the boat to the wheel...

If anyone is in the Atlanta area and is looking for a 10' section of 12" PVC pipe, please let me know. I had to buy a 20' stick and have 10' left ove...

Kevin, Yes, I removed both hulls from the tramp frame and set them up on 4 saw horses. My H-16 had osmotic blisters all over it plus there were soft ...

Kevin, I agree that gelcoating the entire boat is way overkill for rejuvenating an old cat. Painting is simple and you should have enough left over f...

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Lake sailing has its own set of challenges. On Monday, we were on Lake Lanier and beached for lunch. The wind picked up to about 15, blowing straigh...

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We towed our sailboats thousands of miles and never had a problem with rock and debris hitting the boat. The forward profile of the boat is probably ...

Hmmmm.. I killed the browser session and restarted. The error screen does not appear after I click UPLOAD, but the uploaded file never appears on the...

Damon, I followed the instructions for uploading my 150x150 avatar jpg and when I press the UPLOAD button, I get a screen showing: •Sorry! Invalid au...

pbegle wrote: Bleed the traveler off 8-15" when the wind picks up and you take the mainsheet while on the wire. Pete Fortunately, I have retained co...

Thank you for the info. One last question. Do the bitter ends of the downwind rotator line simply tie off to the mast base? Thanks in advance!

Thanks. Do you know how the control lines are rigged?

We keep four 1.5 inch PVC sections in our hull while sailing. They are about 18" long and don't weigh more than 2 lbs. We do alot of ocean and inter...

We have sailed north of Jax around Amelia Island in the Cumberland Sound. We launched in St Mary's, GA and can sail for hours looking at all of the s...

I switched my trap lines on my Capricorn to Dyneema when I noticed one of the thimble ends on the wire was beginning to corrode. I made them myself u...

I used to do long distance barefoot waterski racing and we would have to pull teammates from the water into the boat to expedite turnaround between sk...

I am in ATL and to me, 60's is fine for sailing. My wife's and my temperature cutoff is 50 degrees. We took a week long January vacation in FL 2 yea...

Andrew, For each bowline I tie, I tell myself "the snake goes in the hole, around the outside and out of the hole". That's gotta be correct. I hear...

We checked into getting a spot at the St Simons lot and found that you need to become a annual member in order to use the facilities. The lot is firs...

After I filled the soft spots on the deck of my 1980 H16, the texture was filled in with the epoxy in places. I used a product from Interlux called I...

Steve: The reefing points that FX placed puts the boom at around 4-5' even after using the second ball on the halyard. The view windows are even fun...