Placed a boat wanted add here and bought my Nacra back in 2004 from a guy in WI who e-mailed me a few days after I posted. I had folks e-mailing me on...

Get youself a copy of: Catamaran Sailing: From Start to Finish (Paperback) by Phil Berman (Author), Bradford Scott (Illustrator) "The catamaran is a...

Lake Mohawk NJ. Kept my cat in a spider web like arrangement of cleats, lines and bumpers at a dock full of motor boats. As the wind was always in the...

One other note. Performance Catamarans makes Prindle. I have a 91 Nacra also made by them. I have had excellent experience with their technical suppo...

So all kidding aside. The candle wax works better than silicon, which has always helped short term but wears away quickly. I was fixing to hose my mas...

Shabbat Candles. A friend of mine swears by them. I tried them and my sail scampers right up my 31' mast. That and a new less stretchy hailyard have m...

Folks...Meant to thank you for the tips. Had some surf over labor day and these tips seem to work. Not tested on norester's yet but optomistic as the ...

Given the time I spend each season replacing shock cord that rots out or abraids, I cannot imagine its use as tramp lacing. That is one place where du...

Plus trapeze wires come with the kit and there should be a furling assy. Biggest regret is selling my impeccably kept 14T before moving from Jersey to...

Mesh tramps once sun damaged like you describe are soon history due to an appendage or two ripping through at a most inconvenient time. (Like a day wi...

Ugh..The thought of yet another Chicago winter makes me whistful. Good thoughts though! The beach closes to sailing at the end of October but we push ...

Why not build a mast caddy to carry the mast on the boat vs heaving it up onto the roof of your camper? Gotta believe someone has tried this with a pi...

Ryan..Not to say you won't have a most excellent time with a 18' cat. Just that your inevitable mistakes will be less stressful with an H16 or N5.0. I...

Check out Glencoe beach. We have a club affiliated with the park district and a newly re-formed racing program. You can keep your boat here all year l...

Both are great choices and I love both designs. If you are going to be dragging the boat over anything but sand when launching, the Hobie hulls are mo...

Any of the boats listed here are great. Nice thing about the Nacra's is the they don't tend to pitchpole so a more stable ride when solo on a trap. Th...

Free gives you a lot of leeway to spend on Freckle. To echo: Trailer bearings & wiring. I am concerned about the location of the delamination as those...

Oops forgot to mention that the previous owner riveted the bar to the hull straps as well. good suggestion.

I kept my H14 turbo in a dock slip for 5 summers on a busy lake. I created a three point tie off to keep the boat from moving and used dock bumpers. M...

The bolt in the cross bar keeps the bar from rotating and moving as you suspected. The other bolt should keep that from happening. the fitting the bol...

You can get a replacement hull for less than replacing your boat. That hull is beyond help.

Lotta boat an 18 for a beginner. Tough to trailer. Ok if you are leaving on a beach and you'll need beach wheels. Better have a big lake. Dagger boar...

Good choice. Buy the best boat you can afford. Preferably one that has not seen too much salt water service. If you google "catamaran buyers guide" yo...

I've been sailing for a long while. The boat I've owned the longest (20 years) is a Turbo 14 which I sold when we moved to Chicago from NJ. I now have...