I got me some pontoon once, in a little place just outside of Vegas...

Hey guys, thanks for all the replys! I'm gonna consider the time I put in as "pride of ownership" (like Bill) so I won't feel I wasted a weekend, an...

Deepsees wrote: Yes it certainly slows you down... it creates a kind of suction. like oil does to an engine. But oil "sticks" to metal--thats how ...

golfdad75 wrote: What is bedding your crossbeams I pulled the term from long-range shooting, where the rifle barrel is bonded (bedded) to the foresto...

Come on over, Damon! I've got hot pizza, cold beer, and two 1982 Prindle 18 hulls to refinish with you! Some questions(and this is just one day int...

I'm with you HR. The only time I've ever been over is in the surf, and then you get to watch the waves rip the sails, break the rudders, stuff the mas...

Can I put my $.02 in? I agree with Edchris: keep looking! The perfect boat for you is out there, just keep looking 'till you find it. My vote for y...

erice wrote: silently watching the telltales, wind, waves etc. and making minute adjustments to the sails, steering etc This is sailing. You...

turtlecat wrote: If you need a hand with that - its my specialty 😆 you guys are funny!

I have never been someone who takes the easy route. Be a man/tough it out blah blah. We always dragged, pushed and grunted our cats to and from the ...

When I was MUCH younger, a group of us lake-sailed with 3 or 4 onboard in good wind, just 2 if the wind was down. At a lull, or if there were enough ...

Yurdle please bear with me. I don't see ANYthing holding your jib line. I have an old Prindle 18, and my problem is the jib blocks cleat no matter w...

I've been re-reading our horror-story posts, and a thought struck me. Someone who's never been sailling might come across this site and wonder "You g...

Andrew: I'm a sarcastic ba$tsrd, and what I say is taken the wrong way often. Someday I'll learn. I got no problem with you defending a bud. Maybe ...

andrewscott wrote: Hey thanks to everybody that has been helping this idiot, unless you know him, and this was a joke, it's completely unnecessary, i...

Hey thanks to everybody that has been helping this idiot, either directly, or with posted questions that I also needed to know the answers to. It was...

Hey thanks for the input, TC. When I googled the houston area, I did notice the vast clear lake opening, and it is mostly inclosed isn't it? How sha...

I'm dragging the boat over to the house this weekend for me and a bud to do the sail hoist and rig tune thing. I think my rudder lines look just like...

I remove the entire rudder pin on one side and pull the casting out. I love this site--Thanks for the input , guys! Q; do you have some odd kind...

I have a new (to me) Prindle 18. I'm so close to sailing it I could explode at any time. I think I understand how the rudders are tied in, but I (ho...

yurdle wrote: The jib halyard runs through the ring and hooks to it. It looks like I could hoist an engine block with this setup. All that hardware ...