i use a harbor freight 12V winch with remote control. i hook it to the tie down, a cement block buried a foot under the sand with a length of chain...

i use a harbor freight 12V winch with remote control. i hook it to the tie down, a cement block buried a foot under the sand with a length of chain...

why make extra work for yourself. if the foam blocks cannot get out the inspection ports they will do the job.

just u-tube and you will see that even world class professional sailors get pitchpoled when out in xs wind.

i experienced my first pitchpole on my NACRA 18 square this morning. i was on a broad reach and a gust hit so hard and fast that i was over before i c...

i have a NACRA 18 square and i had a sol cat 18 as well in south fl. and neither was registered and as they say in Jamaica "no problem mon"

IMHO you need to fiberglass over the crack area extending a few inches on either side of the crack. obviously gel coat is not strong enough to repair...

that video of the capsize really shows how good the Kiwi's were in the near capsize in the America's cup. they reacted perfectly to prevent the capsi...

i use a rust stain remover on my boats and it removes the stain. the gelcoat is porous and will restain. my 18 square has the hulls alwgripped but th...

FYI the manatee is neither endangered nor going extinct. here are the numbers, 45 years ago when the state of Florida started counting them the numbe...

Here is the picture. If you think it looks bad in the pic... you should under the band-aids. It's really gross.

the sail looks awesome. how much??

less weight and better shape would help a lot.

use a ss cable 8' in length with a small loop at each end. i run the cable under the front crossbar, thru the cutouts in the boards, and use a combin...

there is probably a market for retrofiting older cats with foils.

you do not sail these things where there is any possibility of hitting the bottom or very bad and expensive things will happen.Edited by marcs2 on Ja...

awesome! sailing just like the America's cup 72's.

a tie down is required equipment if you keep the cat on the beach. mine was saved from damage in Sandy because of a tie down.

that is a small oar fish. the largest ever found was 56 feet long.

rch701 wrote: The other two guys must have been sleeping. Falling out of a bunk would be a nice way to wake. "f*** man! What are you doing?!" the othe...

watching the video the position of the boom remains the same throughout the capsize. clearly asleep at the switch. that is exactly what happens when ...

ouch!! unlike the Kiwi's turning to windward with a jammed mainsheet. it looks to me that they were asleep. it looks like the main stayed in the same ...

the question reminds me of a movie where the old guy with the hot wife and her hot friends get off a G-4 and a guy at the airport says "wow she is a ...

here are the numbers and the reason oracle won. they changed the balance on the boat, adjusted the wing and foils and that resulted in a 100sec. impro...

the crews on the cup boats are hired on their ability, it is a meritocracy. they hire the best sailors and they are Kiwis. if the americans were the b...

at 8 to 1 i told my sons it was game,set, match, the kiwi boat was faster. i guess that it is never over until it is over. oracle changed the foils a...

the boat was faster with the extra weight.

i have 2 18' cats in fl. with no problem with the "water nazis" incidentally oral sex is illegal in fl. and any position other than the missionary po...

i wore my forerunner 10 on my bike for the first time and it displayed a new mile record 3min 42 sec for the mile. of course i was on the bike , not r...