As others have noted there are lots of beach cats with no title, often twenty or more years old. In Florida there are multiple ways to get a title. ...

sidecar wrote: I just sold my Weta a few weeks ago. It was an excellent boat for winds 12+ knots, but it was hard to get moving below that due to the...

shortyfox wrote: The lack of diamond wires on the Getaway should make a huge difference in being able to step the mast. With diamond wires you have t...

MN3 wrote: What I am trying to figure out is how much easier the Getaway (or similar boats) are to get on the water. A lot! call around for a rental ...

MN3 wrote: don't you have a prindlle 18-2? ragebot post Posted: Aug 20, 2019 - 09:59 AM Got a Prindle 18 2. Seems to be in fairly good shape, ha...

A quick search on youtube for Thundercat will turn up plenty of vids confirming they are stiff and able to beat into waves. Inflatable boats are cons...

Maybe I am wrong about this or maybe my 18-2 has been modified but it does not seem to have a Cunningham. While I have been on some boats that used o...

SNIP My suggestion would be sell the mini Olympic race boat and buy a getaway - much more forgiving - mild cat performance but easily managed and ver...

I looked at one some time back. There is a site about them you can check out. I know several have gone from Florida to the Bahamas. Not sure how yo...

High today was 79; nice weather for me. But working on my boat to prep to go down island; wish I had time to sail.

cholley12 wrote: SNIP I would point out there is an online vid I sorta based this method on. The difference in my method and the one in the vid is ...

As a long time sailor with not a lot of beach cat experience I find the this thread very interesting. While the OP was about selecting a first beach ...

I agree that bottom paint is not necessary. Keep in mind that there are several types of bottom paint based on things like how fast the boat goes, wh...

I have also recently got interested in beach cats. But I have a much different background than you. So here are some random thoughts on what I have ...

MN3 wrote: Yes. But from what I understand you need to also mod the main halyard to reef. Have not got that far yet; still working on extending the tr...

ragebot wrote: this is a realllllly dangerous way to transport a boat as mentioned above: " in FL and GA nothing can extend more than 5 ft behind th...

MN3 wrote: I know on beach cats reefing is not always as easy as on big boats but there are ways to do it. If i recall correctly, your prindle was in ...

MN3 wrote: this is a realllllly dangerous way to transport a boat as mentioned above: " in FL and GA nothing can extend more than 5 ft behind the ba...

On his death bed Albert Einstein said "I only have two questions for God, why relativity and why turbulence; I am optimistic about getting an answer t...

I tow my Prindle 18-2 with a Sprinter van, not the high top but the medium version with 5'10" headroom in the back. Still it is very high. First thi...

No question using a knot is no where near as strong as a splice. To learn more about this I would suggest a google search on "seaworthy lass". I hav...

MN3 wrote: ragebot - PM sent Got your PM.

I am in a similar situation but it seems to be getting resolved. What I did was contact DMV and they did a title search and found nothing about the b...

Conventional wisdom is painting is the easy part; prep is the hard part. Without getting too far in the weeds prep is a multi step process. The boat...

shortyfox wrote: Never owned one but sailed one a few times. The only thing I didn't like was the hard angle where the hull and deck meet. Hard on y...