When it's warm I really like my Vibram 5 fingers... The lightest thinnest pair they make. The soles are incredibly grippy. When it gets cold, well c...

I could probably keep it on the beach in front of the house, but only if I can drag the boat from the lake to the Gulf. Having never been there I wasn...

A number of the Sandles resorts in Jamaica have beach cats for rent. But they are almost uniformly underpowered boats.

MN3 wrote: how do you switch sides during a tack/gybe with the deck sweeping sail? You go behind it. As low as A-Cat books are already the space fill...

I have zero experience with this type, but the leaking issue seems to be that the channel around the 'door' sits lower than the surrounding area and s...

Will, I need to get some repair work done for the tramp on my a cat. But when I had it priced the repairs were most of the cost of a new one. Just a ...

MN3 wrote: I just splice mine in place. even though 8 and 12 strand is very easy to splice, most cat sailors i personally know don't know how to use a...

I just splice mine in place.

I wouldn't worry about the handicap too much. My local committee gave me a 24 PHRF rating. Having sailed an A-Cat for about two months so far, I am al...

According tobr /> FLHSMV wrote: Are non-powered vessel required to be registered and titled? If the non-motor powered vessel is less than 16 feet in...

Kes, At 240 you would be on the heavy side, but you won't be too far out of the range. The top two sailors at worlds last month are 160lbs and 220lbs...