I haven't done a ton of Viper sailing but enough to know the limits of the boat, and general structural issues. The biggest on there is the eyelets fo...

They are still in production, and I think some fleet sales have been made in more recent times. BNR Watersports/Nacra Holland have a few examples i...

+1 to that Bob!! I carry a tube of that with me to major events in case a repair is needed; the only downside is it is tough to sand as it cures rock ...

It really depends on your use case; for rec sailing I would probably go for the Hobie Tiger as generally those boats are pretty bullet proof. If you w...

DK, I have no doubt that your system has some advantages, especially when trying to rate pretty dissimilar boats like your Corsair F-242 and Blade ...

That is an interesting setup on the Marstrom T, but probably outdated like a few here have pointed out. We use a Velocitek Prostart for training, bu...

Is this up in Sarasota bay proper? We are less than 1 month away from the F18 Worlds in that location, and that map doesn't look good..

I may disagree with Bacho a tad bit here. Using the dyneema, at a minimum heat treated SK78, but better is heat treated SK99 (super pre-stretched are ...

Dogboy hit the nail on the head. For reference I can get an eXploder Scorpion F18 landed in the U.S for ~$20k less sails and beach wheels, or about $2...

If the molds are cut up this isn't really feasible, and I'm pretty inclined to believe that is the case as Nacra moved the valuable tooling offshore a...

Hulls are the cheap bit if you can get them built in eastern europe, I'd say $5-$6k for a pair. You're looking at close to $20k for the tooling. This ...

Eppler E836 is the latest and greatest foil for boards, and will likely work well on a rudder. Shape has little to do with the boats hull shape but ...

There have been a lot of good deals in the past year on older F18's. Several C2's, a Capricorn and a few Infusions. When you add these packages up you...

Hey Ed, If you are looking to unload I need 1 large and 2 small. Shoot me a PM or email at my username@gmail.com -Sam

The cleats on the boom are for the rotation inducer controls as others have mentioned. They are a by product of the boats original design intent, to r...

It's a relatively easy check with some water+tiny bit of soap and some pressure on the hull. A full inspection is also pretty convincing, area to look...

trap, I wouldn't be so sure there isn't damage to the boat. The trunks can take a lot of abuse but they have limits. -Sam

I haven't finished setting up my trailer, but I have done a few... I use lunchbox's from Trey, 12', that sit a few inches below the hulls so you can ...

I second all of Dan's statements, we are fighting some of this on the Nacra 20 at the moment. Be careful what you read on the internet... Chip has ...

Double trap kite reaching on the Nacra 20 was a regular occurrence during the Worrell 1000, Tybee 500 and other distance races. I am not the worlds fo...

revintage, Chafe is certainly manageable but can appear where you may not think; for example it shows up on dyneema trap lines where the traps cros...

Dyneema rigging is fine on a race boat where you are trying to save every ounce aloft and checking it regularly. I would not advise using this on a r...

Dogboy, understood and you are correct. However thicker line = weight on a race boat, and knock on wood we generally only flip in breeze where the ini...

Perhaps, on a boat with no boards that makes some sense. I get back on using a trap handle after making my way to the side of the boat. The righting l...

Right now I'm using some old 5mm FSE Robline Dinghy Control as a righting line. I would happily switch to 4mm. This is dyneema cored line so very str...

Hole for reduced windage? Might want to check your aero text book, that big hole is super draggy when sailing to windward. It exists to provide a h...

tamumpower, I think your approach is perfect. I've had the exact same thought, and would doing it for my rear cradles if I didn't have a CAD model ...

Which Nacra boards might fit? The older ones are hard to come buy and you could buy a replacement 18' cat for what a new pair of boards cost (starting...

Guys thats barely into the glass, looks like gelcoat only to me. I'd fair/fill with a little bondo and hit with some gelcoat and go on my merry way. O...

Like Martin I too have moved to soft shackles. I use the quick release style the O.P posted on the mainsheet and that is about it. I make my own soft...