The Round Texel race in Holland usually has around 400 entries (had 600 years ago) and they race the 52 miles on Texel rating handicap. Prindle 15 ca...

Yes, plastic spacers to tighten slop. West epoxy with microballoons (West 404) will fill gouge. Fair it next day. Pete

The guy most knowledgeable about Sea Sprays moved to W. Virginia & know he has several 15's. I remember now his first name was Richard. PeteEdit...

One qt Interlux Brightside $30 (matched by Jamestown Distributers) and a good $5 brush. Sand down with 120 grit after filling in any gouges with Bond...

Might be a Sol Cat jib--they came with hanks. All Nacra jibs I've seen are zipper luff. Pete

Open as much as possible with two or three screwdrivers, using plastic syringe from West Marine, inject west epoxy all along flange. Use two or three...

Have a nice pair (white hulls/yellow decks) for $300. Pete

You have 4" of adjustment on 10 hole shroud adjusters. You were already 2" too long and rigging was loose. So cut shrouds at thimble & take to neare...

Robpatt is spot on. It's essential to enjoy rig time & conversation with anyone who comes along--and sometimes they can be helpful at a critical mome...

Doesn't matter. It's too easy to fix via injection. The real question is how is tramp ($300) & sails ($350-500 used). A 300# boat like this that is ...

Tighten all the lug nuts and put buddy bearings on if it doesn't have them (1.98" at Pep Boys or Walmart). Use a 9/16 wrench & hit all the nuts on th...

Have a complete set of Seaman glas/foam core P-16 battens available. Pete

We have a Panthercraft tornado in our fleet, early 70's. Heavy snow load (remove tramp in snow country) 3 winters ago caused major cracking of frp. ...

Original roto-molded Windsurfers were yellow. They last 2-3 years, then the skin cracked. All replaced by Hoyle Schweitser in white. White ones be...

Poor Hobie 18's & 16's; they are about to be neglected!!! Pete

Sounds like you need a Hobie Getaway---which I would never own. Catamarans are for speed & that means keep the weight off! Long Beach is never too ...

If you can keep the Tornado on the beach, mast up, it's no contest. But launching from the tilt trailer is an extra step you don't need. The 18-2 wo...

I would highly recommend it. Considerably lighter & faster and 6" wider. Easier to move around on the beach. Pete

That's a real softball, Peter ! I have 5, why?, cause for the money, you can't find a better boat. The Tornado Sport with double trap, sq top main, ...

Prindle 18 mast is not 30'7", but 28"6". Pete

I have a H-14 mast section. It's 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" but that won't ship UPS. Pete

Unless he's a cat owner, he won't know process. Just get qt epoxy (with pumps), plastic syringes (West Marine), drill your 1/8" holes two inches apar...

I always use self tapping phillips head stainless screws (obtainable any hdwe) with screw body diameter about 3/16" same as rivit. Pete

Have an ad running for masts, so here goes. Have been sailing a N-20 main on Tornado on our lake several times in 10-15. Sail has 3" more area on le...

I have a N-20 main & have used it 3 times now on Tornado mast on our lake in 10-15. The sail has 3" more on the leech than Tornado sail & I trimmed 3...

Off thread a bit. Astglenn, do you have any leads to 3/8" honeycomb sheathed in pre-preg carbon? I used to get rejects from CIBA Geigy before it was...

Sounds Ok to me. I just had a bridle tang pull out 6" (boat got home) on a 40 year old Tornado. It was a diagonal tang rivited to a diagonal strip o...

Buy a gallon of West epoxy and a rotary sander (5", 8 hole). Pete

Have two 31' Tornado extrusions. Have pics & hound dimensions. Pete

'78-'79 was a critical year in catamaran marketing. H-18 & P-18 hadn't been produced yet. Nacra 5.2's were making inroads. I was trying to establis...