A few more thoughts... - based on experience creating and repairing trailers over the years. If you roll into CA DMV with an untitled, unregistered tr...

I like the snap shackles, too... they are handy as hell, especially for rigging up with newbie crew... and still, I respect the caution of others. I s...

Can you use a very sharp pencil to trace the numbers in the fiberglass and enhance them a bit for the photograph? Adding a tiny bit of graphite might ...

Great video! Nice production, good tunes, and it almost makes me want to video my own sails... Just what I needed for a morning break at work! I forw...

Hobie Trifoiler used sensors to do level, which generally meant lee-lift, windward-low... my test ride was much fun, and the thing cornered like it wa...

rehmbo wrote: Interesting to note you can't get this block attachment design anymore - apparently due to patent issues. They are all swivels now. Tha...

Those Tohatsu motors are interesting, I used a 6hp one a while back, and looked into the whole line. The 4, 5, and 6 hp variants are single piston 123...

Agreed on the shortage of security/sanity, but with four strands connection the Orbit block and the eye-slide on the traveler car, I'll never reach th...

I read a post from Matt on Hobie.com that the Wave is cross-linked polyethylene, and that it can't be welded... if you heat it enough to fuse it, it d...

Not sure if these links will help... Edited by randii on Apr 11, 2018 - 12:54 PM.

Great find... never thought I'd see "good deal" and "west marine" in the same sentence... they are undeniably conveniently located for me, but rarely ...

pbegle wrote: Walmart "Fluid", two pockets, about $20. Seldom in stock. Pete I googled... because that's an incredible price. Even the orange Type I...

MN3 wrote: It is my belief that the salt greatly increase the galvanic corrosion for boats and trailers This definitely makes sense, and I'm grateful ...

MN3 wrote: I personally NEVER get my trailer wheels wet, but many of our G-cat owners can get away without using wheels when the water/tide is right I...

Amazon has it and you can probably get it the next day. West Marine sells Ancor (so does Walmart): 'Rescue Tape' also seems to be a common brand. T...

911hobie wrote: I use a 2" pvc pipe a little shorter then the length of the foot and attach clew and tack to the ends with bungee chords and hooks and...

I have one mast with each variety that Murray's sells. I think they get $6 apiece for the black wheels and $36 for a set of the white Harken wheels. W...

dmgbear55 wrote: The chart Randii posted doesn't tell you how much harder it is to self rescue and deal with righting as you start getting cold. Not ...

I was curious about that 'survival window' and Google took me to: The United States Search and Rescue Task Force has a risk list for when hypothermi...

I drug this post up because someone asked something similar in another thread... and because I have a bit more to add after a weekend winter capsize. ...

MN3 wrote: ... just re-tighten as needed until then (or use a jacketed line that has more bite) Or splice in a chunk of over-jacket at the critical po...

A hard few years... Hobie Alter, Rick White, Mary Wells... and Warren Miller. Jan and Meade Gougeon... some giants in beach cats and boat building in ...

Wow, you're not kidding. Quite a pile of parts for $500. "Good Deal" indeed. Taipan 5.7 hulls, foils, beams, tramp, trailer and beach wheels. Kevlar h...

Edchris177 wrote: Get a good pair of binoculars, stand back a bit, & have someone hoist. You will see exactly what is happening in that last critical ...

Dogboy wrote: I agree with the recommendation to rig the boat on dry land ahead of time. Do this in a place away from the water if possible (i.e., yo...

the other thing you can do is to turn the mast (easy if you have a mast rotation arm) to catch the ring on the way up (this also preloads the ring). t...

figure out which way the ring needs to 'lean' to ease engagement. best done at the end of the mast with the mast tip conveniently lowered several feet...