The aluminum angles are a good idea. I built a large windsurfing box using those. They really stiffened up the box.

mmcquade wrote: mmcquade, Were located north of Boston, and thats exactly what I want Ill have to take a look at those!! We are in Central Mass. C...

mmcquade, I am in Mass as well. I had the same dilemma. We sailed hobie16s for years, had kids, stopped sailing and now are back. My girls are n...

Do you guys have any good ideas to replace pulling a cotter pin everytime?

You should call him. Some people hate email. He gave you his number so he is willing to talk. Pete

Hey, what about some pics for us to drool over? 🙂

If you want wings then I would probably pass on it because I suspect getting them afterwards may get pretty expensive. Others can probably chime in o...

Found him........... Wow the 500 sold Edited by peterk123 on Nov 21, 2013 - 09:33 AM.

I am in a similar situation. WIfe has to enjoy or I'm dead. We sailed hobie 16s years ago, but she was petrified of pitchpoling. The P18 is complet...

What Ken said. I found a Prindle 18 in New Hampshire a few months ago. There was a P16 available in Truro. Not sure if it sold or not. Where in Ne...

My boat is completely apart, except for the crossbars. BTW, anyone have a secret for freeing up that pesky screw at the bottom of my dolphin striker...

Thank you

I was thinking of the one with the becket but was worried that I would get line friction. Can you post a pic of your set up? Did you use a soft shac...

coastrat - nice album, thanks. I think I may try to paint the bottoms again. We will see how it looks once I sand and blend it in with the rest of t...

I will take some this weekend. I have it stuffed into my garage right now. I just tried some 1000 grit paper (wet), then rubbing compound on a small...

yup, "keel" is bottom 🙂 I just figured it may be worth reinforcing the bottom for future drags up the beach.

Well, started to work on getting that little screw at the bottom of the dolphin striker freed up. Thats gonna be fun.

Talk to me about hinge issues with the boat. The previous owner put a bolt through the mast to fasten one of the corners. I pulled it out because it...

I like the velcro idea.

Get this: I think this is the third time that I have purchased the book. I think it is very helpful. Where are you located?

Whoa....that's a lot of questions 🙂 I am a newbie on this forum but I just purchased a Prindle 18 about a month ago, so I can help with some of this...