big ship encounter with a sail boat...

looks cool but that's the cost of my boat almost. I'll save that for the $10K boat...but there's some nice engineering involved with the mounts to pic...

Paddling is a better option for little work arounds like rocks....I wouldn't want to have to deal with the engine on a regular basis...I might as well...

with some fixing up and upgrades my P19 cost me $2,500....a fancy newer boat would make me think twice about taking on an island crossing like we did ...

that same storm is supposed to hit us further South in San Diego a few hours later.... All along this year there's been an onoing discussion about an...

maybe you meant this one but there's definitely no post under the article, oh well who cares anyway...he's obviously not here to stay. br /> Here's t...

this F18s been up for sale quite a while now in San Diego...looks like it's a fast and furious boat to sail. What's the price range for these F18s?

I don't see it either....there's just 3 posts from FB Users... MN3 wrote: I left a review on his Kiteboard article -/blockquote> Andrew, I couldn't ...

I also put up a few pics on the Prindle FB page...there's a few more there, that I had problems inserting in the correct orientation here on beachcats...

The trip was a fun first island cat adventure for me. Unfortunately for us the engine that we had planned to mount on my Prindle 19 flunked and we had...

the plan is to meet Saturday Nov. 22 morning at San Pedro launch ramp for a 10:30am launch and beach at Parsons Landing campground. Sunday would be a ...

FAST and CHEAP, sailed Lasers and J24, probably regatta sailing, so maybe an older Prindle or Hobie 16, 18 or 19 fits the bill...my P19 ran around $1,...

MN3 wrote:works great i used if for years now all my battery is needed to broadcast bluetooth to my EcoXGear EcoXBT radio Curious why MotionX app wo...

the rigging has been replaced. I have been testing the cracks from time to time, I think the patching should hold up a few seasons, I put down a few l...

I looked at the P16 at MBYC a few days ago, it's a nice boat - not as in good shape as on the pics but with updated rigging it should sail a few seaso...

for anyone interested the red/green portable come with all kinds of mounts like these: br /> BTW, I am looking for a mast (strap)mounted wind/knotmet...

according to the rule white lights are ok when regular nav lights are impractical but it's not clear how "impractical" it is for beach cats. From a di...

...I agree it's best to try stay together to the extent possible...we'll have VHF so communication should be possible. technically we shouldn't be sa...

Gene, ok, that makes sense. We'd still need to agree on departure day/time/ramp or we could just agree on some general timing on either Friday or Sat...

Parsons sounds good, we could still pick up the key later correct? Boat-in Rippers is fine with me too.... can send $$$ via Paypal to whoever make...

another question re. anchors, folks have a style or a particular one they prefer for anchoring beach cats? I found a 3.3lbs 4-fluke folding one from...

how do folks deal with power needs on multi day camping trips? ...there's a lot of equipment out there but most of it is not submersible. So one opti...

BTW, Bill Mattson's website has a few more recollections from his Channel Island trips that you can look up : 2009 trip to Pelican Bay on Santa Cruz:...

I have Paypal, maybe that would work. I prefer Parsons Landing, it has sanitary facilities and access to trails with hikes. With the boat in camp sit...

seems like there's 4 boats (with crew of 8?) committed...is everyone fine with leaving Friday from Long Beach? Maybe move to e-mail to sort out the de...

Thanks everyone for the insights...and that's a lot of info Andre...a nice detailed listing of materials and methods you use. For similar reasons as ...

just moving up Bill Mattson's posting directly into this thread since it has a lot of MUST-READ info. A few other things that came to my mind mentione...

thanks for the info Pete. I already own a P19 that I am happy with, just raising mast single handed does not work and since I don't have mast up stora...

yes, I figure the H14 is too small and sailing without a jib probably is not much fun, so H16 or P16 seems the way to go. How long is the mast on a P...

I love my Prindle 19 but am thinking about getting a second cat that may be easier to single hand and raise the mast on. When I initially looked into ...