I made an album in beachcats/technical showing my homemade cat trax. They work fine on the hard gravel and concrete ramps where I launch my P16. I p...

I checked out the do it yourself decal site - cool and cheap. Thanks for the link.

I used those dock wheels from Northern for homemade cat trax for my P16. I'm putting the finishing touches on them now and will post results when I g...

I received my copy of Catamaran Racing for the 90's yesterday. Looks like a great book - this should make a great reference and answer questions. Th...

Headhunter - can you post a picture of your dogbones? thanks.

Boom and battens for what kind of boat?

I'll try again:

Not cats, but some wild capsizes in Lasers and 470's. I've raced both and feel for these guys - the instantaneous wipeouts and the long, slow, inevit...

FlyingDutch - that looked like a blast! Nicely done. We'll be trying that soon.

I had new shrouds made for my P16 and the local rigger said they are moving away from plastic coated wire (Galveston Bay area) as it traps water and y...

MN3 - Can you give some more details of your setup? What kind of boat do you have? Where/how do you store the anchor onboard? Where does the anchor...

What's the procedure for getting the main down while sailing on a H16 or P16 when it's windy? Unhooking the bead from the fork would require getting ...

I plan to tow my kids on various objects behind my P16 when they get a bit more experience on the boat. I think that helps make sailing fun for kids....

Time won't bend it. You need to yield the metal (push it past the elastic, springy range), but yielding weakens it, so it will bend easier at the yie...

I've been racing small monohulls in Texas for 17 years and I have never heard that liability was mandatory. Maybe people mean it's the smart thing to...

My wife (then GF) raced with me when we first bought an International 470, but she hated racing and after a year said she'd rather gouge her own eyes ...

MN3 - That's great info, so I feel comfortable doing that. Do you tie off to one bridle eyelet (on one hull) or both at the same time (on each hull)?...

Thanks, guys. My situation requires tying off to a piling or a dock in rough chop (Galveston Bay, typically onshore breeze), so I don't want to be al...

Seabrook Sailing Club has a bunch of cats, maybe 20, but no P19s. There are P16s, Hobie 20's, 18's, 16's, a 14, Waves, Getaways, and several Nacras. ...