What time Saturaday? I need to test my fiberglassing skill.

Your 18 has dagger boards?

Very difficult to have your cake and eat it too. That said I wish I had a Hobie 21.

soulofasailor wrote: Thanks but they r still a fast stable multihull... With more room on it and 700 bls. Isn't alot of weight.. to me. Im use to...

Unhook and do a backflip seems like a good idea.

In a hurricane tie the boat to small trees (really small) they will not break or uproot. Learned that lesson in Frederick in 78. Of course you have to...

Rat I told you the Prindles are junk. It won't even stay up in a tropical storm.

Replace it

So you can get hit in the head with the boom? 😆

Forward edge.

When Frederick hit Mobile in 1978 my H16 was tied to 4 large trees. My Dad made me retie to 4 small trees. Saved my boat. The next day 2 of the big tr...

Call a pipe company and tell them you don't mine faded, discolored or hairline cracks. They come real cheap.

Anchor? Anchor? We don't need no freakin' anchor.

I use a 5/16 and have 4 thimbles rigged on it. On the bridle I would be leery of anything that would twist.

Lots of people have attempted home-made beach wheels and some "recipes" work for a specific purpose. I've never seen a set that could handle real soft...

Ditto I would love a sticker if nothing else for my bumper.

Honestly maybe I am a little thin skinned here but It seems like I am getting less of ideas about what to do and a whole lot about what not to do. I...

Pete, be careful on buying rope for your main and jib sheet at a hardware store. Salty Dog Marine has a kit for around 100 dollars to replace every li...

Get the 18 2 sail recut to fit your boat. Has to be cheaper.

I would have to go to walmart and get a spare.

Is that red line strong enough to go to the rudder top hole and keep it up while trailering? Yes but would I trust it , no. I use a flat bungee and a...

On the original set up the jib leads run from pad eyes on the front beam to a pad eve on the rear beam (the pad eyes are above the tramp). A modificat...

Here is a picture. the red ball/red line is the rudder pull up. It goes through the hole in the rudder ( where the bungee was) and comes back ...

A pivmatic rudder system is a device that kicks your rudders up when you hit the botttom (or anything else) The cost is around 60 dollars each and th...

Yes it just an expression to go ahead. Kinda of like break a leg to an actor. good luck with the project.

Pete go ahead and knock yourself out. By the way is your boat all fiberglass or do you have foam core?

I thought about you today while on the water. IMHO the 5.2 will not take the weight up front. It is not buoyant enough. A cargo net maybe for some gea...

If you want to put a forward tramp on a 5.2 I would look for another boat. The 5. 2 doesn't tolerate much weight. I hate to sail with my buddies who w...

Heat the piano wire with a butane torch keep sawing at it. Ir will come lose.