That's pretty f'g tasteless for a generally kind forum.

Quick heads up to say - there's a push to get the Worrel1000 going again for 2019. Florida300 got canned this year. Lots of discussion about it at SA...

If the jib sheet is setup "endless/continuous", I make an overhand knot to take up what I think is excess line, it's easy to adjust while sailing look...

Some online shops have fairly good discount rope, even with dyneema core (nautos.com comes to mind). I have found that for halyards, etc it's ok. Bu...

For completeness. The "proper" soft shackles I get are -- I have a spool of the thinnnest spyderline to "tie them" in place, so they don't fall off t...

I've switched to soft shackles for most uses. Less metal to corrode or slap me in the face. I get proper dyneema soft shackles on ebay, there's a tra...

Here in Miami we have a good WM in Coconut Gr, with reasonable stock of actual sailing gear. I shop there as much as I can, because I want to support ...

Square knot on small-diameter dyneema is not reliable. I have the harken soft-attach shackles, and tie them up with a fisherman's knot. Double fishe...

A Weta will work, I have one and it's easy to stand the mast. I'd say pick a boat with light mast and add pulleys in the forestay bridle anchor points...

Some notes at Sailing videos I took at Foiling Week's FB page has lots of videos and pics. . My son trialled the UFO, and had a good time, but h...

Some boats are here early. Among them, a blue Whisper cat... Edited by martin_langhoff on Feb 14, 2018 - 12:52 AM.

I sail in Miami all the time. It's gotten warmer again 🙂 Long/short sleeved tops, knee-length pants, neoprene booties (there's spikey stuff in the ...

I agree grommet position is probably part of the problem. I like gahamby's reference to tying the ring/shacke combo at the weld point. Will test that,...

I'm sailing a foiling Whisper from WhiteFormula. Early rig (boat #8!), so the mast & hook are not be the same as later rigs. Some/much of the exper...

Look for a Weta trimaran. Easy to get going, a nice learning curve, and wild sailing once you are gutsy enough to pull out the spinnaker in good wind....

I think the foils, at speed, get to literally cut some of them. The leading edge of the foils isn't a knife, but can cut the skin of your shin if you ...

Good question! Depends on whether we're foiling, speed and seagrass density. Note that the foils' vertical struts have negative rake, so anything caug...

If you're going to get foiled, you may as well do it on a beachcat, no? (I should try call my mom from the trapeze wire next time...)Edited by mar...

As your mast is stiff, past a certain point you're stressing the sail for no gain IMHO. I'm on a 18 footer with laminate sail and a very bendy/flexibl...

Update: we are getting the hang of it 🙂 Earlier this year we struggled a bit because I had rigged some details of the foils wrong. It was there in...

Glad you like it 🙂 it's not all that expensive; I think it's about par with a regular (new) cat. If you (or any beachcats regular) drops by Miami, I...

@gahamby - exactly! the simplest plan includes 7 ingredients, and a dozen steps. @bacho - confirmed with mfg, it's gelcoat. I wonder if I can fake ...

+1 on samc99us's technique with emphasis on "release the jib sheet" and one addition: I board from outside the hulls, next to the windward tiller. It ...

Gotta make a shoutout for the Whisper, which I own, and sail. Essentially, the same segment as the Essentiel aims for. A fantastic boat, and about hal...

Peel / exploding rivets just "unpeel" under pressure when pulled. Not my fave. The folding/trifold/monel style rivets fold right against the surface...