Wow, banned from sailing events at the beach? Really? Are you kidding me? What events are you referring to? If anyone of authority had actually said ...

Haha, thanks. I grew up in that area and had a Hobie 14 but had never launched it from the beach. The summer of ‘87, I lived in a rental house on a so...

Wow, when we lived in Destin my Mom had a brand new 1977 MGB that had every option available, wire wheels, snugtop hardtop with sunroof, luggage rack,...

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Same things, called “J&H” , initials of Hobie Alter’s sons who are credited in the development of the rings.

J&H are the large hoop style rings that are used instead of dog bones. My set up is the traditional with the line lock adjusters. Thanks for the re...

So true, there are no cats on the beach and there is very limited access to actually launch from the beach. I had a lifeguard tell me that launching o...

I have the standard issue traveler car. I will try the aft bale to begin with and see how that works. Heading down to Okaloosa Island this weekend and...

Sounds like both locations have their advantages so I will try both and see which I prefer. Thanks for the responses.

Thank you for posting this, great subject. My bro-in-law recently gave me a Bowflex Revolution and I have been doing chest flys and crunches along wit...

You can trim the jib battens a little shorter and that will help keep the jib from hanging up on the mast or halyard. You can also put a little tape o...

Man that thing is really fast!!! Very cool boat.

MN3 wrote: I'm gonna have to try this method. So, I usually trailer with rudders on. If I trailer backwards, should I take my rudders off, or leave th...

car_guy wrote: I took MN3’s advice years ago and put cat on trailer backwards, it really does help getting the mast up so much quicker. Just slide it ...

Recieved abuse? Dude you basically called the people of this forum idiots, and you have been rambling on and on about being offended and being abused?...

Wow, I should've saved some popcorn from when I saw the Avengers movie last night, Lol. Wolfman is right, this guy is just a troll and gets off on d...

In his defense, Pete is a good guy and sells quality parts, so....just saying!!!

16 hours left on this one, it's at $465 so far, I would assume that the bidding will increase dramatically in the last few minutes, or someone is gonn...

lance-b wrote: As things remain I have nothing further to write.Edited by lance-b on Apr 25, 2019 - 04:03 PM. Thank Goodness because I'm all out of...

I just want to give a shout out to pbegle for hooking me up with a really nice Harken low profile 6:1 set up. I cannot wait to have some time off from...

It's up to $157.50 as of now and no reserve, wow!!! This one is going to be fun to watch for sure.

Looks like it's in really good shape despite the broken rudder casting and dent in the mast, wonder why such a low starting point with the auction? Wh...

Wow, that's pretty shallow but I guess if you flip it you wont have to worry about turtling it. 😀

I sent my cell # in a PM to you earlier today, being Saturday. Still interested.

PM sent.

Admin please delete this double post. Sorry about that.