Yurdle perhaps contemplate running the halyard thru the center of one of your horn cleats and stopper-knot the bitter end.

You'll have to replace the ball with a halyard hook, link below And on the halyard, install a ring I'm ALL about AMSTEEL, personally. My halyards ...

I think Damon was making a joke with the small-text quote

you mean, YOU never got close enuf for a pic 😉 I've re-uploaded the pix and rotated them but I think something went awry with the thumbnails?

See how you are? Damn geeks, always act like it's the users' fault 😉

ah, never mind. I just noticed a link on the LEFT side (the faq sez on the right iirc) but i'd swear it wasn't there yesterday. I was on another pla...

There should be no chainplates on any standing rigging, high modulus lines are used instead for both forestays and shrouds. Small diameter dyneema typ...

unirigs are only tricky if you don't know how to tack them. don't throw the helm over hard, make more of a U-turn, sailing through the tack. Ease the...

Hi Leon, you want to go to br /> Chris Green and the gang will hook you up, no prob. Or just show up at the Texas City Dike on any given weekend. Ne...

David the deck 'pattern' was formed in the mould when the original gelcoat was shot in. Short of building some sort of mould and/or stamping the pat...

The simplest thing is to mask off the areas of interest, roll on some paint, and spread sand onto the wet paint. You should dry the sand thoroughly b...

robpatt wrote: tami are you on the tri or the square on Sat ? trimaran. we haven't sailed the Sq's in, oh, prolly more than a year.

-ahem- I have no personal stake in this, it's not even my club... but it was very nice of Pass Christian YC to invite multihulls to Round the Cat (30...

Thanks coastrat! Was nice to meetcha. Wish we'd been on the trimaran. Of course because we didn't rig up, the weather was really awesome, both Sat and...

A note to remind that Round the Cat is THIS weekend. Winds predicted 10-15 from the north. should be a fast race Mississippi Sound marine weather fr...

it's in the avatar, and here's another: edited by: tami, Sep 23, 2010 - 12:18 PM

Thanks MN3, and also, thanks in advance to all!

robpatt wrote: but the link says going "inside" the island... presuming the north side, while ya'll going to take in the privacy of the southern shore...

Hi boys, I belong to Long Beach YC but we live in Fontainebleau. There's a ramp at the end of my street, goes into Simmons Bayou. That's where we'd l...

Hi Terry, was nice to meetcha there in Fla. we'll prolly launch Miz B from the house here in OS Sat am and sail over to somewhere near 30 12.576, -89...

learn something new. never heard of freestyle. it and sc are carbon copy if you ask me. wonder about that

We're having a raftup at either Ship or Cat (Smuggler's Cove) this next weekend 25th. Prolly be at Smuggler's Cove. Mostly big leaners from Long Beach...

The boards were optional on the 17 so there are a few board SC17 out there.

I'm reasonably sure that's a Supercat 17. br /> Not built anymore but Aquarius does support their products IIRC Edit: Supercats are badassed boats. ...

New NOR just out: NOTICE OF RACE (revised Sept 13, 2010) COMMODORE JOHN V. DUGAN, III MEMORIAL ROUND THE CAT RACE October 2, 2010 PASS CHRISTIAN Y...

from catsailor.com We have revamped the "Round the Cat" race for 2010. This year will feature a staggared start 30 mile clockwise rounding of Cat Is...

re: daggerboard friction: in my experience, carpet ALWAYS comes loose (edit: and jams the board at the WORST possible time). I guess if you check it o...