Nice trip. Thanks for the write-up. -Mike

You're going to need a big truck. It's attached to a 30' I-beam. If I can figure out how to edit a video clip, I'll post one of finding out what the...

After I splice the line, I use a hydraulic ram and a load cell to run it up to 50% of it's breaking strength and hold it there for 30 mins or so. Tha...

I use Boeshield T-9 to lube fittings and prevent galling.

I use Tef-Gel wherever to dissimilar materials are being joined. Ex. stainless rivets in aluminum or carbon, stainless screws/bolts in aluminum or ca...

never dump the mainsheet when flying the spin. Always ease the rotator to 90 degrees

Some years the bar was set a little lower than others. In 2003 after the W1000 cancelation and the Tybee 500 was created, the Great Texas 300 was als...

Typically a swaged "fork" terminal is on the shroud and a clevis pin is used to connect to the sta-master. -Mike

What most people don't take into consideration is the size of the line running through the blocks. A small line will run through a big block easily, ...

i've had success separating hulls and beams with a wooden wedge. Make it about 10-12 inches long, and tapering it from 0 to only 3/4" thick. Drive i...

gobigkahuna wrote: Have you considered getting a drysuit instead of a wetsuit? I think a drysuit is a better match for cold weather sailing than a we...

jay Glaser at Glaser Sails, or Randy Smyth at Smyth sails. Both have the knowledge and experience to build you a custom tornado main.

maybe I'm wrong, but at 420lbs I think you are going to struggle with the F16

A-Class cat

I just load tested a set of my heat treated SK99 shrouds that have been outside under tension for 3 years. They are 2.5mm rated at 1200kg/2,645 lbs -...

That would be a fun boat for sailing around, but it's not even remotely competitive in the F18 fleet. BTW, it's a pitchpole machine

I would suggest using something like 3/16" endura braid. If your retrieval line is approximately 20' overall, then buy 12' of endura braid and milk t...

Add some gas struts and you can lift it with one hand. I used these for my tilt trailer -br /> I sent them a diagram of the tilt mechanism, and they...

pull the boards up 1/2 way, and the boat will not feel as bound up. Surprised you haven't broken them yet. We went through a few before we learned t...

you can also use a pigtail on the tack to raise the sail up a little, this has the same effect as going to a higher clew plate hole, but gives you fin...

5mm is overkill. You're replacing 5/32 1x19 wire that is rated at 1,493kg with a 5mm product that is rated at 3,810kg I use Marlow D12 Max SK99 for ...

one option would be to add a flexible foam panel to the top of the sail. It's pretty common on 420's, and we scaled it up and did it on a Reynolds 33...

definitely too large. i would use 5/16" max. i use 1/4" on my boat and it runs great.

MN3 wrote: Or in the case of some of the new prototypes Prototype ... beachcats? AC75? Mono's? A-Class Cats

They are canted out - bottoms are further outboard than the tops. This keeps the rudder and boards in a more vertical position when flying a hull. T...

I pretty sure I posted this before, but here is a video showing the trailer and how easy it was to load and tilt -

I trailered my F20c on a tilt trailer and never removed the tramp. I put several thousand miles on it, sometimes with 30+ mph crosswinds and never ha...

That's not a tiller extension, that is an adjustable shaft for a SUP paddle.

Cheek blocks are designed to be mounted to a flat surface such as the deck...

Thanks, that's the info I needed to see if it will ride on an A-cat trailer.