Send the sails to Jake. Simon Jakemon, 3661 Camino del Rio South, San Diego, Ca. 92108. He's in E#ngland for 10 days, back on 20th. 619-358-0055. ...

New zipper in San Diego is $60, window about $40. You live in the wrong part of the country. Pete

My feeling is that all these boats are way under priced. The modern 18's are Formula 18's @ $16,000-18,000. You can't buy a new Hobie 18, Prindle 18...

Prindle 18 is about 80# lighter than H-18, Harken blocks standard and no daggerboards to worry about. Plenty of flotation for three people. Jib bloc...

Have 5.2 battens; check my ad. Pete

There are very few replacement boards for these 30 year old cats. See my ad for unidirectional carbon fiber (and epoxy) to reinforce the side loads p...

Have a self tacker & spin if you're interested (Big Bear). Pete

Having two wood Tornados that are on their 5th summer with us, where exactly is the weak spot? Pete

You need the halyard grip kit ($5.19). Pete

To replace the cams you will need a very sharp titanium drill to remove the rivit which loves to spin when you drill. The replacement cams are $33 ea...

36 feet of striping from PEP BOYS for $10. Pete

Put a wire wheel in your electric drill And clean off all that corrision. Pete

Been using them for 20 years. Check parts ad on this sight, have one for sale. Hook it up and practice on land first. Pete

Have a Prindle 18-2 (1990) in very good condition, brand new tramp, Smyth square top main, new jib with roller furler, faired rudders & CENTERBOARDS (...

Have only added a pigtail for a smaller sail on a P-16 mast which we use occssionally here when the girls go out. I understand your problem as I look...

To put P-16 sails on P-18 mast, simply add a short pigtail of wire to head of P-16 sail (length is distance between luff of the two sails). Pete

You haven't stated which beach wheels you have---makes a big difference. Down in La Paz I have a separate pair of wheels with a 5/8" axle going thru ...

The best place to sail in San Diego is the south bay. Launch at Chula Vista Marina. South Bay usually has good wind coming off the Cays. Gets light...

Sam is correct. I have a trailex with 4 cradles that will take an F-18 & will take nothing less than $1000. The value is the light weight (and assu...

Adam, For what its worth, I´ve used redek for many years & like it. Pete

I have two P-16's & a H-14 turbo on the beach, center of town as well as two 40 mph landsailors always in car ready for 1/2 hour drive to Mogote beach...

We never worry about red flag in La Paz. If it's too windy (a 3 day northerly) for cat sailing, it's perfect for landsailing along a 10 mile beach. ...

La Paz is just the opposite of Cabo San Lucas, very few tourist. Varible wind in winter, but we like the northerlys best. Back bay is flat water, for...

Drill a 3/8 hole in tip of bows and attach on foot loop of rope. Attach a set of trailer rollers to top of bulkhead 7 1/2 feet apart. Bring boat nos...

Ed, Heading to Baja today, back Dec. 25. Pete

Pitchpoledave in Toronto is the N. American distributer for Playcat. Check Catalist.com. Pete

Have a good set of swaged H-18 shrouds, 20'6" bare wires. Pete 909-800-5237

I understand why you are trying to salvage a P-16. They are a very efficient, smooth sailing, beach manageable catamaran. The reason you can't find ...

Have a P-cat mast step hinge. Email me for pics, etc. Pete pbegle@charter.net

It's been a few years since I talked with him. We had gone up to Black Butte Resovoir for the North Americans. Had about 20 boats, half came down fr...