If you're not sailing during the /winter months, take the mast down. If for no other reason, you want to check out what's going on up there and elimi...

The hook on the mast should be mounted with stainless steel rivets. There will be some load on it. Don't use the existing holes if they are routed o...

Sounds to me like you've got some brand loyalty going on. You have to consider boards or not, the differences in sailing characteristics are pretty o...

Since you're not racing, don't spend a ridiculous amount of money on exotic, super low stretch lines for your mainsheet and jib sheets. New England Ro...

I think what is meant by "reversing the blocks" is to turn the cam cleat part of the block upside down. Another solution, albeit pricey, is to switch...

I used to live near Steve Curren yacht sails and remember that boat sitting in the parking lot! Very unusual to say the least. Was it made of alumin...

There is something wrong with the specs pertaining to the draft of those two boats. Maybe they're referring to with and without rudders down. Don't ...

Murray's Watersports has all the rigging for the P-16.

I'm not sure you have a problem. Under the conditions which you described, assuming you're talking about the wind on your aft quarter, it's perfectly...

I think 1/8th might be correct for the P16. I haven't seen one in a long time, but if I remember correctly, the tramp comes all the way over the hull...

Hobie 21 SC, if you can find one. Three's a crowd on a 16 ft cat. You need a front tramp for sure with kids.

I saw one of these fully restored in CA many years ago. I think it was made of cedar and was something to behold. In my opinion, a work of art, almo...

Once the rudders kick up don't try to steer really hard, they don't have much support and if you try to counter the weather helm you will really be lo...

Thirty minutes set up? It takes me thirty minutes and I have my boat in mast up storage. For all the reasons above, I would forget about some kind o...

Even if you could, you still have the width of the trailer to contend with. The only thing you could do is get a tilt trailer and the cost of one cou...

Do you mean the main, jib or both? It's kind of subjective. When you sail the boat, take note of where your view is blocked and go from there. The j...

3/16ths works best. The length will be determined when you set it up. Give yourself some space between the apex of your bridle and the forestay so t...

I have used the Portuguese turnbuckle on every boat I've owned. I bought a new Nacra once and the first thing I did was discard the shroud adjuster a...

I think you would lose 1/2 the size on your jib. I thought about that with Franken to keep the tramp simple, but I have gotten to where I like the jib...

Here's another idea you've may not have considered: Put the jib blocks on traveler tracks on the main beam. The caveat to this is that the foot of t...

Some kind of inhaul/reverse barberhaul system will clutter up your tramp. The nice thing about a barberhaul system that pulls the sheets outboard is ...

You can certainly reinforce the area of the tramp around the jib blocks to take the load. The problem is the tramp is flexible and no matter how tigh...

Don't overthink this. You need to only be concerned with the length. Except for the frame, most cat trailers are put together with U-Bolts making ev...

Since you are new to this, I would strongly recommend the 5.7 over the 5.8. Both will be a handful but the 5.7 less so. If you have to sail out thro...

Don't forget the Nacra 500 which is an updated and improved version of the 5.0. Likewise, the 570 is an updated and improved 5.7. The 5.8 is a total...

I meant Getaway. I get all those rotomolded Hobies mixed up. It's 16 ft? Hobie has cornered the rental market with these, so it shouldn't be too ha...

I'd want to obtain a strong grasp on the carrying capacity of all of these ships. Carrying capacity is subjective. At 250 lbs and taking out friends ...

"Super Sailmakers" might still be in S. Fl., and they have patterns for almost all beachcat sails.

I had rotator cuff surgery back in the early 90's. The injury occurred while sailing a 16ft catamaran and being overconfident about my abilities. (A...