Oh, I dunno why there's even a conversation to be had here. In Canada we "officially" switched to metric in the early 70s, but 50 years later, you're...

Gotta say that looks really interesting. At 6200 ft. it's gonna be a little chilly, but sailing mountain lakes is what I do. And it's only a 20 hour...

On a closely related note, I just came into a Unicorn, which is an early A-Class, and there's an active group for these things in the UK, including a ...

Dogboy wrote: Like the previous poster mentioned, taking the boat apart would be a better option. ... Hobie 18’s are pretty easy to disassemble. Rem...

I can't be the only guy who finds it annoying when everyone takes the time and makes the effort to offer their best suggestions, and the OP doesn't bo...

Yeah, I've seen those Pipe Light things on a few powerboat trailers around here - looked interesting. Bill, you're not really saying where the lights...

I'm not the materials guy here, but isn't the idea behind stainless that it requires exposure to oxygen in order to inhibit corrosion? If that's the ...

shortyfox wrote: I remember when SC came out with those telescoping beams. It did not work all that well. If it did, other manufacturers would be do...

shortyfox wrote: ...keep in mind anything over 8.5 feet wide cannot be legally trailered without a special "tilt trailer" which will really complicate...

Ride 'em, cowboy! Eight seconds or bust!

Hi, and welcome to the group, though we're probably not what you're looking for! Definitions vary, but generally speaking a "beach cat" is a boat of ...

Yes, I did spot that (very nice!) one, but didn't learn anything from the pictures. As far as what might be original or not on mine, I think I'd lean...

You clearly know these boats better than I do, but I'm going to have to differ with you on this, unless you've seen one that uses 2" webbing for mast ...

Exactly - in my case, the mast! The original Mystere mast didn't come with spreaders and diamond wires, and I went ahead and added the second trapeze...

Actually, another way of looking at the load/stress problem is that every available hole should be used because that distributes the load across the m...

There's no debate. Although this, strictly speaking, is true: klozhald wrote: More holes in anything makes the part weaker it's not a meaningful fa...

klozhald wrote: There are no hints of a mounting for either end of the strap. Sure there is. Look at the right (fore) tube. Those two SS thingies (...

klozhald wrote: There should be one big shackle where the stays attach to the mast (mast hound). ... Any additional shackles in this area are bound to...

What I'm seeing is that that's a detail that doesn't matter - it effectively has a bolt rope around all four sides. The only lacing that would be rel...

Just one comment on the above. I'm in the process of getting a new sail for my 19 (I have the original Dacron and it's thrashed). Since it's a booml...

Good story. Still doesn't make the song not suck.

I strongly lean toward believing that it is an OEM tramp, given that it was made ~50 years ago, before "now-standard" methods of doing these things ha...

Fantastic - thanks. Exactly the kind of example application I was after.

Yeah, I get the "pulleys supply mechanical advantage" thing (I'm an engineer as well as a longtime sailor, so that doesn't really need to be explained...

Oh, I'm stressing, I'm stressing. You don't indicate where you are, so I don't know whether you're prone to extremely gusty winds, as we have here in...

That's what I figured, but it doesn't make a lot of sense. It's a lot of hardware for a relatively short pull, and who cares about friction loss beca...

I'm not getting a clear picture of what's getting tangled with what and how. The trapeze wires - being relatively slack - will sometimes twist around...

Yeah, I'm looking for the usual suspects - but there's simply nothing to attach to. The tramp has bolt rope along all four sides - no lacing whatsoev...

klozhald wrote: In the 90's the EPA started really pressing fiberglass and foam manufacturers and industry users. They put Clark Foam out of the surf...