Yes... in FLL. Outstanding, solid reputation among sailors. The lead guy is a very good sailor too and cares. Might be expensive. PM me.

Sad to hear you're giving up on them. Maybe something smaller? Maybe a recent but not quite latest-model a-cat? they seem to be choice being remarkabl...

A recent long distance race in Miami - epic -

Yeah I imagine there's different gelcoats for boats designed to live permanently in the water (ie: keelboats) and small cats and dinghies which are on...

Most small cats and dinghies aren't built to live in the water. What I've seen to work well is to tie a floating dock to your main (floating) dock. Th...

Here's another thought: there's a good beach cat rental in Miami (helpfully called Miami Catamarans). They're a stone throw from my place. I can get y...

In BVI after Irma/Maria Bitter End was swept and last I saw it (pre-covid) it was being rebuilt. The website seems to say it's still a work in progres...

@rjo ... this 2nd part of the post got mangled: I have a Whisper as well which I am selling. It is 18ft long, but super light (less than 200lbs) and ...

@rjo - I'm one of the CABB sailors – we're gearing up for the Columbus Day Regatta this Saturday coming up. I imagine you've talked with John and the...

I think the F16 is a very solid option. You will want to spend time with fixes, tweaks and technique in making sure you can right it solo. We race aga...

Competition from other sports, availability of cheap _and reliable_ powered boats and jetskis, time pressure against anything that might a "whole day"...

Robert found the Alabama Whisper link, good stuff. - My 'ad' (had an ad on theBeachCats, but expired) - - My Whisper videos – still love the boat -...

Well lol I know the same guy, sailed on his S9, he sailed on my Whisper, and then I bought his UFO. Will is right though, the UFO isn't a catamaran, ...

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Joe was not fully stretched out. The woman had excellent form. If you use the Hawaiian system combined with a hook to your trapeze, you get the full l...

Ok Ok got the message. Took it out 🙂 thanks for the good advise!

You sliced and diced my post and missed the point. From the perspective of the boat rotating ~90 degrees from capsized to upright, it makes no differ...

Bad juju tying things to the DS. Tossing the line over the hull makes it easier on your arms, but it doesn't _actually_ give you mechanical / leverag...

Wetas are great. I own one - split with 2 more friends - and we love it. Forgiving, yet it performs really well. There's a good community, posting i...

rattlenhum wrote: I had an old '70s youth butt bucket for my children were they were little...have a friend whose children currently use youth windsur...

Been wrestling this this one for a while. My now 11yo wanted to get on the trapeze since about 6. You have to think of the harness and the lifejacket,...

We had a ball. Came in dead last - our first regatta on the N15, father/son duo for fun vs teams training for real... we're off pace and we don't know...

The kid, 11yo, isn't going back to optis. Oh no.

Somewhat related. I was for a few years volunteer sailing instructor/coach in a community center club outside of Wellington NZ. Mostly Maori and Pacif...