DON"T use quick pins for standing rigging! Dude... you're overthinking! Your rigging time will speed up the more you do it. You'll make mistakes fro...

He picked it up and dropped it off too. Guarantees his work for one year. We had a beer when he dropped the boat off last night - really nice guy. Wan...

I love DIY but with work and 5 kids.... The boat is done already! The dude does want me to pay him to gelcoat the whole boat next - not sure if that'...

done right seems to have many different meanings. I let the guy take the boat - says he'll have it back tuesday. I will post pictures

The boat was on a beach mooring on Barnegat bay - when the hurricane came (the year before Sandy) the boat was banged into a wench on the mooring post...

repaired mast and wrong sail...

I'm not sure if it does or not - I only have the boat and mast so far - I've seen the rudders though. I will be getting the rest of the boat the weeke...

BTW - do all 5.8s have the bridle foil thing?

Excellent! I wasn't sure how those tops were constructed - they flex a little and could be stiffened up if I take them off. I'm taking in a lot of ...

Also - the hole is in between bulkheads and they are not involved at all. I am also thinking about filling the tubes that are intersected by the damag...

The hole is forward of the front crossbar - you should be able to see it here: It doesn't seem like the keel is involved.

Some would even say they are pontoons! LOL MN3 wrote: haha - good luck using that as a defense if your ever ticketed "Vessel Registration All vesse...

We know it Taipan - most likely a 4.9

I would keep looking for the rest of the boat if I were you... It had a mast and sails once. Post a picture of what's in the box

That's what it is - a Taipan.

I bet that pole under the tramp is for righting. No mast or sails? yikes... that typically lowers the value a lot Most places "unpowered" boats only ...

LOL perhaps it is the "White Whale" - the Prindle 20... How long is it? Is it 20 feet long?

Hull identification number - should be on the stern of starboard hull - (at the back of the right hand hull) I would have said NACRA too but I've ne...

Prindle 19mx maybe.... what's the HIN?

*Do not* use the push button pins on anything critical... only use push button quick pins on NON-critical stuff

I suppose it makes no difference at all. It is indeed a semantic discussion and I am really concerned with the meaning of words though. Call them hull...

Perhaps that's the difference... still I'd rather have hulls than pontoons!

Is it the shape or the purpose that makes a hull a hull?

I was almost had by that interpretation of "bridge"! noun: pontoon; plural noun: pontoons a flat-bottomed boat or hollow metal cylinder used with ...

Why a P-cat? They are rare compared to h-16s / p-16s. How much is the price?

That doesn't look like stainless or aluminum to me!