I've been sailing my F18 solo but it's a bit of a monster. I loved sailing it with my son as we got to hang out together, but he's off to work a thous...

The Everglades Challenge runs from Tampa Bay to Key Largo in March...

I'd post the question on the Dart 18 Facebook group. The class is still active in the UK

I like the idea of making it wider. There's a few issues. I'm in Canada, and there aren't as many scrap boats as I see on the market in the states, so...

I was thinking for the rear support, drill through the beam support and tap bolts directly into the aluminum beam. The forward part could hook into th...

Probably going to go with a RWO screw in hatch. If I've learned one thing about ocean sailing, it's that simple is better.

robert.netsch wrote: Could I not simply put up a smaller sail altogether on existing mast/boom on days when threat of higher winds is present? Say a ...

I had 3 large drybags plus a duffle bag for incidentals on the tramp. Conditions this year were pretty extreme. Even a good quality drybag would leak ...

Yeah, I suspected as much. Even dry bags are a relative thing in those conditions

It won't solve the issues of raising and lowering a large heavy mast, but reefing points work great on my Dart 18. It makes it much more docile when t...

br /> The salt and sand had taken a toll on the autofocus, so I don't have great pictures. I'll also add dimensions from the sailmaker. Someone ear...

So, I just got back from the Everglades challenge, and I wanted to share the results of my experiments. Square top main. Yes. Though I got more adva...

Yes, I'm looking for the problems and trying to solve for them before it's a tangled mess at the start line. 1. This is actually the easiest one. Th...

This is a little off topic but related so please bear with me. I'm racing my Dart 18 solo at the Everglades Challenge this spring. Historically, the...

Agreed that a different boat would go faster in light winds. I like my Dart though, even though winds in Ontario can be light and flukey, unless they'...

Edit: I think jeff96's solution has increased compression and not reduced forces when sailing fully hoisted but not certain of the actual physics sin...

Half the load is carried by the short length between the dead end and the sail head block. The other half is carried by the halyard running down the m...

I removed the halyard hook, put a block on the sail to give 2:1 purchase (to reduce mast compression and bend). The Spectra halyard is just cleated of...

I can only speak to a few days sailing in the Saint Petersburg area last November. There were a couple of days where we would have put up all the sail...

I'm not sure what rigging size a Stiletto uses. Hobie 20 and 21 uses a 5/32" shroud; same as the Dart. It looks like there is already redundancy built...

What I meant, not what I said. The reefing clew out on the roach moves the sheeting angle more downward and less outward making the sail slightly full...

duplicate post deleted by jeff96Edited by jeff96 on Jan 31, 2020 - 12:19 PM.

I wish I'd seen the advice on cutting down sails a year ago. I've outfitted my Dart 18 for the Everglades Challenge this March. The rules require a re...