The Rudder Club of Jacksonville is the place you want to be. Reasonable membership fees, on site storage, large boat ramp, racing, social events, fac...

I live in Jacksonville, and there is a park on the north side of the St John's River called Huegenot Park. You can drive on the beach and launch your...

I think the hooks forward of the trampoline on the hulls work fine. It took a few tries to get the tension right, but after that I have not had any i...

Love the trucker's hitch, I use it all the time.

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I stopped looking at the forecasts after my first Mug Race.

I have bought line from them, very satisfied with the experience

My mistake on the AC, I don't think those boats would meet this requirement "To compete, masts must be under 44 feet in order to clear all bridges al...

Wow Pete, that is quite a history, with catamarans. I sailed Lake Mangonia a lot around 87-89 on a orange crush Hobie 16 (that I still have). I met ...

This is a great catamaran race, well supported by the Rudder Club. Better bring your A game if you want to beat Mr Roberts on his AC30. If you would...

That's too bad, would really like to see this rebuild

I was thinking about this setup, how is it working for you?

I have a spare 5.2 and would be interested in a trade for a 5.8

That just does not sound like a good idea. You want to be able to unhook from the trapeze as quickly as possible when things go bad.

You need to sail that boat in the Mug Race in May. From Palatka to Jacksonville on the St John's river

I am not familiar with the Prindle 16 but can't you just shackle the bridles together?

can't ever have too much insurance

The designer of the Supercats (Mr Roberts) comes up to Jacksonville every year in an ARC 30 and usually wins line honors in the Mug Race. He is a for...

tamumpower, i am working on uploading all of our photos to the Rudder Club Picasa Web Site here it usually takes a couple of weeks to get them all...

Line Honors to Mr Roberts, ARC 30 2nd to Mr Brew (Bruiser) ARC27 Edited by klppurdy on May 10, 2016 - 09:44 PM.

Hobie 16's and Hobie 18's are a few of the catamaran classes that we have a good turnout for, at least enough for their own class (5). I will be the...

Hobie 16's and Hobie 18's are a few of the catamaran classes that we have a good turnout for, at least enough for their own class (5). I will be the...

There is a spot down there called Hobie Beach where a lot of catamaran sailors hangout

If you want to come down to Jacksonville Florida, I can get you on a Hobie 16 off the beach or a Nacra 5.2 on the St John's river

Good advice there, when you are tightened down all the way, you should be sitting on the very back corner of the trampoline. Crew should be as far b...

Those things are useless

OK, i measured my remaining shroud and it was 20 feet 4 inches. My Forestay is 18 feet 10 inches. This is a 1976 model, I don't know if there were a...

I broke a shroud a couple of weeks ago and I will measure the other one tonight. I think they are supposed to be 20 feet 4 inches. I will also measu...

Love the Orange Crusher

Why do you want to add a jib? Just curious, I always liked the simplicity of the Hobie 17 in its main only version.