It is incorrect to say that the mast ‘shrinks’ or the stays ‘stretch.’ The mast bends to leeward, true. Think about what that effect would have on th...

If you’re going to do that, you will defeat the purpose of the comptip which is to be non-conductive. Such mod will also render you outside of class r...

Schurr (Pensacola) Glaser Smyth Fwiw, Smyth hasn't built his own sails maybe ever. Years ago, Sabre built for him, then Schurr, and now I understand...

Glaser did my Square sail, and I was very pleased. That said, at the time, I lived near to Charlie Ogletree, who came to the boat and measured. Both ...

Thank you, Damon. Hope you're doing well! FYI "TUNING THE NACRA EIGHTEEN SQUARE METER John Brink - 1980 Class Secretary The NACRA 18 Square Meter...

Yes, there are differences. It comes down to different ways of depowering the rig. If you have a 'bendy' mast, you over rotate the mast in order to ...

Damon Send 'em to Tami. She has InDesign (Illustrator)

Start with this 1. Don't hit other boats. Collisions are slow and arguments are slower. 2. Keep out of the way of boats in front of you. 3. Port tack...

Sunbrella has a 10 year warranty.br />Edited by jaybird1111 on Sep 06, 2016 - 07:41 PM.

NACRA 5.5 sloop has 8'(ish) beam and carried a jib, and its mast was 30' tall. Ron Beliech had a sloop and can offer details. The only NACRA with 11'...

The Polynesians colonised the entire Pacific on multihulled craft, the concepts are 3000 years old.... here's what happened to Nat Herreshoff and his...

Sail numbers mean nothing. I picked my own, as did my wife who had a NACRA Square. There is a lot of lost information about Squares, evidenced by the ...

The Day 4 coverage is exactly what we'd been hoping to see. Thanks! Today's weather: SYNOPSIS FOR FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 60 NM- 418 AM E...

DamonLinkous wrote: On reflection, the guy giving me the Gulf Stream information was drunk. In fact he was later loudly run off the beach by one of th...

subscribed. Here's the weather for today (Damon, note the location of the western wall of the Stream :): SYNOPSIS...THE ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL PRODUCE ...

the weather... COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...

Thanks, Damon

some video of today's start br /> looks like 3 on the beach, others look like they've gone in. Squalls over the course, looking at the radarEdited b...

Two favours, please... I see you are posting at Facebook, please be advised there are plenty of people who don't subscribe to FB. Please post informa...

Here ya go:

Google "Newick Tremolino" and thou shalt find...

just quickly glanced at this thread so your question may be answered but here goes anyway I had a modified F-27 trimaran with boomless main. I had ex...

never teach pigs to sing.Edited by jaybird1111 on Dec 17, 2014 - 12:11 PM.

Yes, you can sail like that. It was SOP for the 18 Squares of old. Randy Smyth once told my wife: "Just shackle the boom to the traveller..." What ha...

MN3 I wouldn't use that for the start sequence, as the sequence is 5 minutes these days:

From the TCDYC site: "Fellow sailors, I have some sad news: Dub Granger (Tommy Granger's father) passed away today after a short illness. Dub was a k...

Ventilation (beachcats): br /> Cavitation (propeller, and extremely high performance craft, such as the AC trimarans or l'Hydroptère) br /> Thank...