shortyfox wrote: Murreys catalog has a gin pole that that tucks under the tramp. Never actually seen one, but looks like it would work. Curious if a...

This varies by manufacturer. Some do, some don't... but the standard places are tongue, axle, and rear crossmember. If you have a trailer title, you p...

boatbore wrote: Get the best Goretex drysuit you can find. Even on the warmest days water temperatures in the salish sea hover around 50° and you're g...

I strongly recommend testing/practicing in different winds BEFORE you need this... preferably with a lee sandbar or support boat for support. If the w...

I use a combination of plastic totes and bags: - one plastic tote for all the bits, bobs, and lines not currently in use (smaller clear tacklebox/tray...

I have not HaHa-ed yet, but that is the loose plan for the trailerful of Tennant in my sideyard. I have helped with retrieval AFTER Baja Ha Ha buddy ...

Very cool boat... IIRC, Brian has been mostly storing it in Mexico and commute-sailing winters. I love the mostly open-deck design, and that it can ...

I feel for your small clearances. I have a slight leak in a Tennant T9 dagger well... and I can get my hand in there pretty well, since the boards are...

Some bag is better than no bag. 🙂

dssaak wrote: Since "better" is always a matter of perspective Massively true! Everybody has different wants and needs. I loved my Spirit 17 when I sa...

I first rigged it up from rear beam under the tramp through the dolphin striker and over the front beam to the terminal ring for the sheet. When I wan...

I set up an in-sucker bungee under the trap on my H18, the bungee terminates forward at a stainless steel ring that I leave clipped to the dolphin str...

The Colligo stuff sure is nice. I looked hard at a boat with Dynex Dux. On my big boat, there's 30+ feet of 3/8 shroud/stay in the air, that's about ...

Edchris177 wrote: I passed the Police boat. I love it! Randii

I finally got a chance to watch with high bandwidth -- what I noticed was how far out of the water the bows were (it almost looked like you were start...

CatFan57 wrote: 1. Could be my question doesn't make sense; I post stuff here to learn from people w/ a lot more catamaran experience/knowledge than ...

seems like loose sunbrella sleeves (really, about all my sewing skills can deliver) would give the UV protection needed for mast-up storage? my usage ...

I definitely understand your concern -- I've beaned my own self on these bits previously, and I care more about my crew's noggin than my own (I'd suff...

Here's what I went with: It is a 3/16 D-shackle instead of a bow shackle (not really a multidirectional load that would require a bow shackle)... t...

Yup, that's the one I'm planning to use... just hoping to get a clear specification on it! Randii

Seems like too sharp of corners to depend on soft shackles, which was an early thought.

klozhald wrote: Marry someone you can coerce to crew with you? (This sounds desparate). ...and expensive! Well, in my experience, the entrance (weddi...

MN3 wrote: I used to waterski. when i was young and dumb ... i would hang on to the handle after i fell off the skis. I can't imagine pulling myself f...

Sailing offshore on larger boats, a tether and jacklines are mandatory... but so, too, are high-confidence clips. Beachcat sailing wouldn't seem to ne...

MN3 wrote: you can't buy new t hulls I know where a set of Tornado molds live... anything is possible. How much money have you? Randii

MN3 wrote: Not trying to be argumentative... No worries, it is the internet! *chuckle* MN3 wrote: so it is harder on your sail than if you were on a ...

MN3 wrote: your (h18) mast is very stiff so it's really working the snot out of your sail matierial / you are overworking your sail along the luff and...

Here's a thread I did on Hobie downhaul choices. It may have what you seek? I need to update that thread to provide a season worth of experience on ...