Man, we're a long way from the 80s-90s when you could rent an H16 just about anywhere; in my travels I rented them on Long Beach, the south of France,...

Pity you're getting crickets; I'm curious as well. A (non-sailor) pal of mine happens to be down there at the moment, but he's mostly inland, and he ...

Yeah, that listing is just for the covers. Also, what's shown is a 17 - the wings are inserted into the holes in the hull rather than bolted to the c...

I bought a couple of things from him last winter for the SC19: A mainsail bag and the Harken furler swivel that I mentioned in another post a few day...

samc99us wrote: The difference between a pair of bullet blocks and the Nacra or eXploder (marstrom doesn't make these anymore) setups is the nacra/eXp...

Thanks for the link. That isn't terribly unconventional - I just hadn't seen that Nacra sheave box. It's not substantially different from the pair o...

samc99us wrote: The only thing better is the custom trapeze setups from Nacra or eXploder (Tornado copy). These have a sheave box (two sheaves) and a ...

I second the J+H. Very positive to grab quickly and the plastic coating means less damage if you catch one in the teeth. wlrottge wrote: I seriously...

I haven't looked at the Forward or Zhik, but I bought a Gath some years back because I really needed the full face visor for the TriFoiler. You clip ...

Thanks for the link to the rebuild instructions - handy to see it there. I had to upgrade to the Torlon balls when the high-load swivel I bought on e...

I've been a 100% Oxen convert for about 35 years now - I use them on main and jib on every cat I've owned except for the Tornado, where they couldn't ...

Forgive my jumping into this thread a little late, but I think I can offer some useful experience. When I bought my TF about a dozen years ago, it co...

Anyone who's interested in one of these single-axis stabilizers, now's your chance! A couple of Wenpod X1 are available on ebay now: They're in Au...

Love it if it were that simple and I could just get out the jigsaw, but it's not. The original Supercats (of which this is one) have a tramp that wra...

I got this thing built to a basically usable state. Anyone interested can see a couple of pics in the photo galleries under "Half-tube sailbox".

I'm guessing that "Nacra version" means having the cutout for the traveler track.

Thanks. She seems to be having a bit of a tough time getting to it - might she have to join the group? - whoops, belay that, she's got it now.Edited...

Thanks - I'll check it via my wife's account, as I have a clinical allergy to facebook.

As mentioned above, I did basically the same thing on my Mystere. The differences are that, since I don't have a forestay chainplate on that boat, I ...

Just a thought, and anyone thinking "yeah, that was suggested once but it's the stupidest thing I ever heard and here's why..." is welcome to speak up...

I just ran across the hard copy I printed out on this thing, so I figured I'd better post it for all-y'all before it submerges again. $200 USD

jonathan162 wrote: So this time around I'm going with a length of 18" ID sewer pipe, but cut in half and hinged along one side on a flat solid base (I...

This looks to me like spam that should be deleted.

You say you live "inland", but could you be more specific? Your choice of boat can have a lot to do with geography.

Right. But at $70 USD I'm willing to take a chance and see how it stands up. Of course, the 3-axis stabilizers are plentiful and not much more expen...

I think this is the correct English version: but it says "sorry, no longer available".Edited by jonathan162 on May 29, 2020 - 08:19 PM.

Probably not a knockoff - my guess is that there's only one manufacturer of this thing, but it's sold under a bunch of different brands. The search o...

It's the Soocoo PS2 - same as buddy's using in that youtube clip, though it seems to appear under other brands, such as Ikan: With any luck the bor...