lonbordin wrote: West coast sailing and backyard boats both seem to have the entire mast assembly available. I hadn't ever heard of Backyard... I've ...

windflower wrote: West coast sailing and backyard boats both seem to have the entire mast assembly available. I hadn't ever heard of Backyard... I've...

MN3 wrote: anything is possible with tools and skills True. I would like to make it as easy as possible. If the mast base fit in another mast witho...

samc99us wrote: Bigger headache will likely be the mast base, for whatever section you go with. You need something compatible with the step on the ma...

Zach... that one has your name all over it! 😀

$225... are you kidding me... dammit too far.

Why... are the good buys always so far away??? Oh yeah... I live in the middle of nowhere. 🙄

I went with popeyez7's suggestion in this thread. I liked the idea of spreading the weight out over a much larger area. After doing it I really like ...

Caveat emptor ! Glad to hear you were able to get something out of your trip!

bacho wrote: I bought it over the phone today, sounds like a 5.5 sl to me, worst case it shouldn't be worth any less than $600. I'll be coming over f...

MN3 wrote: they say it was a rip tide, not the regular tidal changes. However, the regular tides around there are very strong. They showed on foxnew...

It was winter... but they weren't hibernating! Photo gallery.

Back on SA!

I gotta put the whole Trac18 back together! :robot:

New video! :banana:

They let drop on the FB page,"Today the boat fly high! 15 Kn of wind, 25 Kn of speed! some picture of the boat... new video coming soon!"

:hail: They're back on the SA front page! W00t!

Thanks for the 411 Damon!

Thanks Rob... I swear I URL'd that ...

Uh-oh they made front page on SA (10-13).

MN3 wrote: I thought the whole world put the mast up, pulled the boat off the trailer in to the water turned into the wind and put the main and jib up...

TylerH wrote: Ask Damon via PM! Why? Wouldn't we want to let everyone know?? Maybe he doesn't know the RSS link isn't setup properly... Maybe more th...

cricket... cricket... 😕

I wouldn't go out without my polarized lenses... How the heck can you see things floating right below the surface without them?!

Well I'll be... we were never able to get that sucker up when I was crew on one (LOL). I stand corrected. Mummp that is an awesome Shark as well.....

If your just looking to test rigs for a larger cruising cat I'm going to suggest a Shark. Sharks can be found and on the cheap. Craigslook yielded t...