I agree that Damon's advice is perfect advise. You don't want the first impression to be a 1-2 hour stressful time while melting in the sun in a parki...

I will second the 18' cat. 16' would be tight if she ever brought a friend, a P16 might work. I would look for one known to be a dry boat given the t...

The filing with water combined with the cold water you are trying to avoid originally is a bad combination.

I didn't look for rentals in Playa del carman. We were at a resort with boats on the beach they just didn't let us use them. I have heard other peo...

I spent one New Years in Playa Del Carman and had the same red flag experience. Spent a week and never had a chance to sail. Was a nice trip, just no ...

Richard good luck making your decision. It is a tough one to make. I am sure all the resorts are nice. And finding the differences can be hard to f...

My favorite resort was Sandals Whitehouse. A little longer drive from Montego Bay then Negril, but a totally isolated tropical paradise. Negril is ve...

I have sailed waves at Sandals Negril, Beaches Negril, Sandals Whitehouse and Sandals Grand St Lucian. All we great resorts with reasonable boats, wo...

Good choice on the drysuit. There have been lots of discussions regarding safety gear, search for those and get some basic gear. Knife, VHF in your li...

When I had a H16 and trailer sailed. I was sailing in about 20 minutes from getting to lake with a helper. About 30 minutes if passenger was not much ...

I lived in Scottsboro 6 years ago and sailed lake Guntersville in January with a 3mm full wetsuit. Didn't have my current gear then. Was cool but wife...

In that water temp I would recommend a wetsuit, never want to go swimming but should prepare for it. I use a farmer John suit and a spray top. Then ad...

By single I meant a one piece tramp. Being able to tighten the center laces after expanding is nice. If the tramp was one piece you might find yoursel...

Do you trailer and expand your SC20 often? If so I am not sure the bias cut tramp will be that convenient or helpfull. I would trailer with the tramp...

I have used the Viking curved ports, worked well for me. I got them from Murray's. They have had good customer service when I needed assistance.

With the wood pylon dock. Could you have your family sit on the boat and use their feet to keep the boat off the pylon, while using a rope around the...

They seem like a good layer, but not a wetsuit replacement. Also look more expensive then a wetsuit.

I personally like the NRS brand farmer john wetsuit. Which look like overalls. You can then wear a spray top (windbreaker) over that to help keep yo...

I would also suggest a Getaway if you are wanting to put 4 or 5 and cruise around on a cat. They handle the weight well and are designed for families...

I love watching these boats race. Just wish I could be on the West coast to watch them. I hate to hear someone got hurt during the pitchpole, but it...

I also wanted this Heavy boat because of the safety of it in most wind conditions, now i have been very close in flipping her, and that was scary so i...

Does your current trailer telescope? Any thought to the H21SE or SC20 beams?

You might check out Supercat 20 beams. They telescope to 12'. However the time savings is likely less then you think since you still have to lace the ...

I like 10-15 solo and 15-20 with crew. I can sail those conditions all day. Over 20 it gets much more "busy" and the sails get shorter but more exci...

my boat does have some sort of rope/pulley set up underneath. i wasn't sure what it was for so i took it out to use the pulleys as jib blocks If th...

Sounds like you are going to get familiar with fiberglass repair.... It really isn't that hard, just takes time and patience. I am currently using t...

Kevin219 wrote: Hansen, you should sail on over to Ogden dunes sometime. Kevin, If you want some hardcore sailing I would recommend connecting wit...

I would pass. But the SW direction helps keep the waves to a minimum on our side of the lake. Still showing 3-5 foot waves though. Which doesn't sound...

I agree with Jeff about the 3 cross bars being hard to evenly distribute the weight. Seems like you would either only be supported by 2 cross-beams, ...

Was that mast stuck in the mud? The top of that sail sure looked dark.