About three hours drive as the Google maps. Too far for a day trip 🙁 Thanks though, will remember that if I'm evef in St.Pete area

JohnES wrote: If your mast is not rotating freely when you tac, you may have your shrouds too tight for the winds you're sailing in... On the 16, th...

So how much line do you have for the anchor? I am sure it does not have to be anything heavy, but still, a 100' of line will take up quite a bit of sp...

Whew, that makes more sense! I knew it could not be a regular anchor! Loop the line for that around the base of the mast, then?

kernunnos wrote: Mike, if you use a polishing buffer it will not change the size of the mast base indent. Well, if I were to try and get the mast b...

MN3 wrote: i forgot to mention this part.... step 1 is set the anchor Wait - WHAT?!! An ANCHOR? You put anchors on 16' cats?

MN3 wrote: where either of your rudders in the water? I think one of them got unlatched from all the excitement. Still in the water, but dragging beh...

MN3 wrote: i also prefer to unhook the main from the boom if possible - otherwise both sails will "hold" water and make righting (for me) much harder...

Definitely time to go read that cat book. Maybe it will tell me how to detect approaching gusts before they hit you, or at least the difference betwee...

klozhald wrote: Being able to release the traveler line in a blow is desirable, especially if you have 8:1 (or >) main blocks. The main sheet feeds ...

That's cheating! You can wittle ANYTHING out of wood, even a whole boat with the mast! It does not count as clever unless you use something intended f...

Ha, Steve - I had exactly the same problem. Lost one of the tiller crossbar bolts the first time out, had to rig it with the halyard to get to shore. ...

Thanks for the info Pete. I heard that you should get the mast pointing into the wind before righting the boat - I was doing more or less the opposit...

Photos will have to wait till later, but here is the description of a very simple mast cradle that's working well on my P16. I had it on the highway o...

Huh. It ate 90% of my reply. Will add the description of a very simple, with photos, tonight 🙂

So you're trailering it with rudders attached? I asked this question a while ago and the consensus was take the 5 min to attach the rudders on-site to...

So a lubber question here: all those cats in the video flying a hull at about 45 degrees - is that optimal? I am sure it is sexy and feels like a rush...

Diamond wires? What's that? Not sure P16 has it. And still, when jib sheet is pushing down on it while it is trying to get itself jammed under the mas...

Aug. 10th I think. Quite a collection of boats you got there in the sig Rob 😛

Thanks for all the details. It did tighten up, I think, as I screwed the lock pin further into the rudder. I have no reference for what it takes for t...

Yep, that's the one that has the play - the lock-pin hole. Not enough to put any metal tube in it though - none that I can feel by hand, in fact. But ...

Thanks for the clarification, hopefully that will take care of the problem. There is minimal vertical play in the lock-pin, but only a tiny bit - I di...

So, here's a question: the description of this photo mentions that adjusting the lock bolt in or out controls the "break-away tension of rudders" I th...

OK, here are two options for a decal to cover up the hull plug holes on the P16 hulls: Couldn't find any properly mean pirate cat images...