We sail from early April through Thanksgiving. Ski in the wintertime, or if you are hardcore there is frostbiting in Annapolis on keel boats.

Nope, that image shows the tool rigged correctly. It isn't that much smaller than a regular dremel. I recently saw a Ryobi tool that is very similar,...

Tip the boat on its side. Not too bad with a second person. Then you will likely be able to get in there with a hand and sandpaper. I could on the Inf...

ropewalker, My home club is West River Sailing Club in Galesville, MD. Its 39 miles from Columbia, MD proper, an hour drive on a weekday (rush hour...

Ah yes. I've done this repair on the beach, but on an Infusion Mk. 2 which has more room to work I think than what you have there. Tip boat on its sid...

Standard (unfilled) G/Flex 650 might be perfect...the thing with the 655 is it is filled just enough to prevent runs and sags which is why its pretty ...

These are tough problems, tight spots in the back of a board well.. The best approach I've found is to mix some G/Flex 655, and place in the known le...

Interesting, as it is the setting I mess with the least on the boat. I would take the jib traveler car limiter to the wire first over jib downhaul (Ar...

You can safely travel down to the footstrap on pretty much any beachcat in almost any condition and not break the rig. Keep the mainsheet in tight, t...

I agree with Dogboy on the Hobie 18. You can also add the Hobie Tiger to that list, there have been some very good deals on those boats around and the...

Hey trap, The southern spars mast, which is what almost all the Inter 20's have, is a good rig, but bendy isn't exactly what I would call it! They ...

I'm not sure these exist on paper. I would start with the Infusion mast settings as they are pretty close. We would run 41 on the loose gauge for dist...

Jib windows are a required safety item in most classes; if you are course racing and its close they are absolutely necessary to see boats below you. I...

Just go sailing. With dacron they should come out after a few days of sailing. With laminate its much harder but there is no real alternative that won...

I take everything off the mast. Its a bit of a pain but no real great way to avoid mast chafe otherwise. I roll the trap lines on used 3D printer sp...

I just towed the F18 400 miles on I-95 with my 05' Toyota Corolla. Manual tranny and TRD springs (stiffer) but otherwise stock car with an I4 that bar...

And that is why modern rigs are far stiffer side-side then old rigs. More power and more tunable. The 5.2 rig is like a wet noodle in comparison. Incr...

Resin Research Composite Pro 2050 + 3100S. West Systems starts to soften at 105 degrees F, which is about half the temperature of a black part in the ...

Key balls are expensive and not universal. They are also slow to unhook. Folks knock can't miss rings but they are good enough for the Goodall team r...

Coppa 5000. Has technora in it so it doesn't chafe as badly. If you need some, ping me as I have a few spools.Edited by samc99us on May 30, 2019 - 09:...

car_guy wrote: Make the luff slippery and the sail easier to hoist. I spray the teflon in the track and pledge the rest of the aluminum mast to give i...

I'm glad to see the race is back, but more effort is going to be needed in the future to get the numbers up. I think the OA knows this, but the inevit...

Make the luff slippery and the sail easier to hoist. I spray the teflon in the track and pledge the rest of the aluminum mast to give it some UV prote...

I use the straight Teflon (your first link, no silicone) anywhere I used to use McLube except on sails, where I still use the real deal. Also, these ...

Used sails for this kind of boat are hard to come by. The 18SQ might be close but I wonder about the luff curve matching the 6.0NA telephone pole of a...

A container from the U.S to the U.K is about $5k from the East Coast. Not practical for one boat. There are plenty of used boat in Europe. Good luc...

I suspect building a boat isn't viable. The beams, rig and sails alone can set you back $10k+. What is your budget for the project? Why do you want a ...

Older cats with ragged out sails tend to be difficult to get the jib sheet tight enough. I've noticed this on newer boats with pentex sails and poor s...

Boardless cat, gooood luck pointing with a monohull. Yes you can make better VMG to weather with careful driving. Never go below a mono, better to ta...

Lance, Wooden boats are a lot of work. Shipping boats is about the same amount of work! It would cost more to ship a container from the U.S to th...