Since you are starting fresh with a replaced beam, put the spin halyard cleat on the mast. The beam placement was old school. A Harken swivel cleat ...

My experience is the Robline is more difficult to splice.

Can't always prevent burns in an O.S. moment, but burns are typically snuffing technique rather that the line.

MN3 wrote: Did any other manufacture make a beach cat with out a traveler? I sail on a 31' trimeran that has no travler - it uses a 3 way block set...

P.M. wrote: The easiest (and cheapest) is to make it from a single piece of 3/16" EnduraBraid. Pull the core, taper cover and bury the cover. You end ...

The easiest (and cheapest) is to make it from a single piece of 3/16" EnduraBraid. Pull the core, taper cover and bury the cover. You end up with a 80...

southstars2012 wrote: Regarding pre-bend deflection, this is measured with the beam off the boat correct? (i.e. just with the main beam & DS assemb...

RudiMM wrote: I think there were 3 ports per hull, but I bought mine used so...... Congratulations on your first post. . . . Only took you twelve yea...

The movement is a problem and needs to be address. The big loads are on the bottom of the rod and transfers to the bar and their beam attachments. T...

Sean, Got the PM. Sending you a text with his contact info.

klozhald wrote: The next time you go out sailing and are disappointed by the meager wind, do some capsize drills. Meager wind, yes . . . no wind, NO...

seanhawes5 wrote: Anyone have plans or ideas on how to add racks to a Nacra 20? Setting the boat up for another Everglades Challenge next year (March ...

traphappy wrote: I dunno.... The first thing I noticed was that the mast rotator was on backwards.... Actually it's correct. Boomless mains have the r...

Eric, speaking from experience get rid of the furler. You will be much happier. Earlier N20's did not have a self tacker, and even back then the fur...

dmgbear55 wrote: (as evidenced by the "chip" being completely bottomed out on the hull in the image) Could be the wrong strap. The front beam strap i...

DamonLinkous wrote: Can anybody see Bacho's pictures? All I get is a minus sign in a circle. No, all links are broken using Firefox, Chrome, and IE.

If you do plan to install ports, I have the bulkheads location template. You want this before you cut!

gianmassimo wrote: Dear all, What do you guys think about fixing, with rivets, a swivel cam block on an Inter 20 carbon mast to raise the spi? Is, in...

I said two color. Not two piece.

tominpa wrote: Could this be a 2-part decal? 2-color decals would be easy to print, and over-laying a decal would be very difficult. I can't imagine...

todd1016 wrote: If I follow it, this is what you were describing, does this look right? Yes, and you don't need turning blocks, just some 3/16" line...

Do this. Using sail tape or wide vinyl tape, attach a small batten (6 to 12 inches) on the leech. Problem solved. So easy a caveman . . . Sti...

The earlier glass bedded plates were brass, later factory went to aluminum. What causes the failure is the galvanic corrosion over time. When you go ...

chump23 wrote: Right, but it also has 3.5' long dagger boards..... Don't worry about it. Boarded boats are easy to sail in shallow water. Just raise...

Like I said. . . Epic!

and this. . . . 🙂

I'm here and was lucky enough to be invited as guest on an 80' Hatteras all 3 days. Today we set up at the windward mark right on the boundary. Good ...

You're not going to see the corrosion inside the compression tube. If you are going to try to "tap" the rod out, make sure to remove the rod out the ...

Been there done that. . . .

arch wrote: Has anyone actually messed with this bolt before and knows what's happening in there? j I have on 2 different N20's, both had welded bolt ...