Dogboy wrote: You can hang a triple block off of a single boom bale. Lot’s of folks have done this over the years (including myself). Me, too. I have ...

Sure, price matters... and if you want to hook a new sailor, speed-to-rig matters almost as much as indestructability. Low price, high durability, and...

I don't, but I patrolled Ebay for a while in search. There's still new old stock (NOS) of these showing up... Harken has moved on to the composite che...

Yeah, FWIW, I am a big fan of supporting local vendors... I used to have a good guy in town twenty years ago. He's gone. So's my local Hobie dealer......

My Tiger came with a really nice sunbrella (I think?) cover... I think it is built to fit both a number of F18 boats, as fit is not quite perfect, but...

Wish there was a good way to backup the Jesus Shackle. Chance of failure low... consequences of failure potentially very high! Regular inspection is...

Unless the hulls are soft, buy it. Sail with a buddy the first few times out... maybe the first owner the first time out for extra ballast, mast-raisi...

Tommy said he sold it about a week back.

Where are you buying and can the current owner deliver it stateside?

Different states have different rules... it complicates things going multi-state and risks taking things to a federal level of enforcement if stickine...

aka/ama/wa'a ... I'll do some reading. thx for the link. I'll try 'climbing' next time I dump. With 100+ degrees forecast for next week, I'll be loo...

Dogboy wrote: The issue is not the strength of the line, it's how easy the line is to hold. Agreed. Seatbelt webbing works really well for this, as we...

Just about anything will work if you have a harness to hook to... if you're hand-holding it or throwing it over a shoulder to sit on it, you want some...

Keep an eye out for an all-aluminum mast. There's more buoyancy in the non-tapered full extrusion. Where do you sail? My inland lakes only have the s...

Apologies in advance, but is your mast perfectly sealed? My H18 will sit on its side in two-foot waves seemingly forever with the comptip and mama bob...

I don't think it has to be one or the other ... foil or not. The lines are blurred with some of the curved foils that provide lift short of flying, an...

I use permanent loops around each side of the mainbeam and connect a climbing carbiner to the trap lines for stabilization. The mast goes up easily if...

tradisrad wrote: The Nacra is just 'that' much bigger and I am not sure if I can dock it solo, and maneuvering around the dock to the trailer is also ...

Quick update... I wound up buying some extra clips and slings for these to replace my square-knotted loops with whipped/stitched backup. I have thus f...

gobigkahuna wrote: FYI, the Malcolm Tennant 28 has been on the market for several months already. I have no doubt that had it come with a trailer it ...

texastuma wrote: Reminds me of a Ruff Riders in the early 90s. Setting the boat up, we hear across the beach, "What do you mean you forgot the F-n sai...

If she were on the west coast, I’d be driving to look at it this weekend. Since the boat isn’t built to break down, trucking would require crossbars ...

Beautiful boat! Those NZ guys do up mid-size cats right! With the updates, that boat is a steal... wish it were a.) transportable or b.) on my coast! ...

You've probably seen this Seawind 24 in Fresno: I get down around Fresno several times a year... contact me offline if it makes it into serious cons...

Online metals has a wide range of tubing (lots of other stuff, as well). Their prices aren't bad, either, but shipping may be enough to call around fo...

I would love to have that kind of open space... most of my boat work gets done outside, as the shop is full of motorcycles, 4x4s, and like projects. ...

We've been blessed with two very wet years... we're only a few feet down from full pool right now. Brown's Ravine is indeed quite full, and the Hobie ...

So... any pointers on steering across the face of steep waves with tight, regular, spacing? Some of the wave drops on Friday were pretty incredible… ...