tominpa wrote: Backyard Boats shipped the axle end caps and rubber hose cushions in case i ever need them. I'll put on the end-caps to prevent any da...

car_guy wrote: Thanks for the input guys. The seller was willing to part with it for $150 so I'm going to pick it up tonight as long as the tires aren...

Those are the same ones I use. If they don' hold air then drill a big hole in the sidewall of the tire and fill it with 2 part post hole foam from hom...

bill40421SE wrote: Well I am in , We will be sailing a Hobie 21SE at both events..... 😎 Now to figure out lodging.....or camping is good for me. ...

Well that's a bummer. Just when I think I'm gettin smart haha

Wolfman wrote: Isn't that the main climax point of the John candy movie summer rental? I think it puts his pants up the mast right?

So your rudders were coming out of the water as the bow buried? Yea anything to keep the bows up, trap from farther back, rake the mast more. If you f...

What if I mawore a wet suit made out of thick shammy cloth and just squeegied myself down at the weather mark?...Edited by tamumpower1 on Aug 24, 2016...

Dude that's one massive bra

Thanks much, I took it apart today, & the stud didn't break, just badly bent, but it ripped out of the bar mount, so I'll have to get one. My neighbor...

The reason you cant find the ratings(I emailed them) they voted recently to make the portsmouth ratings only available to US sailing members including...

The bars only come off if you take off the end cap of the beam so yea probably have to remove the beam. I actually have 2 of those bar mounts that I f...

leeboweffect wrote: - Did you see my latest cutesie expensive sailing gear and gizmos, they're new. I don't see anything wrong with that... 😀

...you're a quick learner... That part gets me haha

Why didn't they just make a mast that rotates more at the top then.... 😀

When they were racing the worlds in Clearwater this year I was out in my 18 and jumped on the opposite end of the course and let them run me down. It ...

fxloop wrote: ^^^^ Sounds like you need 8:1 or even 10:1 main sheet blocks. 7:1 wears me out in 15+ kts on my 20, went to 8:1 and it helped some. I'm ...

Man just realized this will mean I'm doing 3 2-day weekends in a row, the longest race being the last weekend... I couldn't lift my shoulder for 3 da...

tnell wrote: It's not hard to make your own I just sewed some up the other day out of some nylon from joann. Just basically a sleeve with a piece of ...

They should use the Regatta network so the registration list shows the boat type and everything. Just so you know what all is coming.

I had read that the beading of water on a wax surface causes a small amount of drag so I just wet sanded and polished the gel coat with a DA polisher ...

martyr wrote: While on the subject of waxes, is there anything that can be applied to black anodized aluminum to protect it from fading? Yea, black p...

Well, I'll waste time on it but not money. I just hand sewed on a new window using the old sew holes to avoid swiss cheesing it with more holes from m...

GilleyNM wrote: Sorry to say..., its time for a major re-cut or a new jib. Considering 1.) your jib was likely made by Hobie, 2.) the last 'new' Hobi...

I'd offer to weld up that fitting but would not want to be responsible for a structural part like that. Any welder is probably going to charge 50 buck...