I actually have a textured yoga mat on the decks of my nacra. Was about 10 bucks on sale. 2 years old now and still going strong.Edited by tamumpower1...

You can go on aliexpress and search for boat foam, or eva anti slip boat decking etc. A bunch of dirt cheap stuff pops up. Basically the factories whe...

Well if the waves are big enough we just keep smashing down into the water and slowing down. If you aren’t good at reaccellerating the boat then yea i...

Just replace the mast float with one of those lifelike plastic owls they have at Home Depot. It probably has enough floatation to work

mattson wrote: The section on the website that shows the list of entries with "previous" and "next" buttons at the bottom, the option to display whate...

It's only really expensive if you register. The water is there year round if you just want to sail 1000 miles up the coast. I like how the first races...

Then run parallel rudder arms and don’t complain about it...? You remind me of a guy I heard going off about how “that stuff about lift is all bull, t...

upwindhacker wrote: Thank you samc99us. That is what I was afraid of - no adjustment. I am going to have to make something up. I like being able to ma...

The last falcon I saw had hydroturf that was like grooved stripes. I took a thin yoga mat that’s smooth and glued it down and it has all the traction ...

leeboweffect wrote: IMHO the Ackermann idea is worthless. why is that? I spend 99.9 % of my time sailing moving in a straight line and when the wind ...

Why would you need to cut the ring? Just crimp the new bridle cables around the ring?

I’ve broken harken stuff before. I’d have no problem going cheaper on the blocks but upgrading to a Harken cleat. On a 6:1 mainsheet you don’t need an...

carzan wrote: Who uses half finger gloves and who uses full finger gloves? Depends on how you hold the sheet. I tear my fingers up with half finger g...

I’ve seen the flow tests that show a tear drop basically does jack crap at keeping attached flow behind the mast regardless of how it’s rotated. The s...

tominpa wrote: How does any sail work at 0-degrees (directly into) the true or apparent wind? I know these things are more efficient than our beachca...

leeboweffect wrote: Idiotic, it states that the 30 mph is upstream, thus in calm/flat water the boat would be doing 40 mph in dead air. So why not jus...

Andinista wrote: Apparently with batteries, not just apparent wind? No the batteries are only used to power motors to move the boat quick enough to ...

I thought the early boats were the ones with the straps and the later ones had the bolts. My 18 square is an 82 and has the straps only.

JohnES wrote: How much does 100k liability insurance cost? Its included with most homeowners or boat insurance policies. IMO, one has no business rac...

My buddy is 6'4 300 and he just got one from wetsuit warehouse using whatever measurements he had and it fits just fine.

I don't see how Juanas survives this thing.

Oh lol. Read his post as fort Walton. Dang text on my phone is too small, or I’m getting too old..

Fort Walton yacht club has a ton of beach cat storage and Randy Smyth runs the program so you’ll get the best advice there is when it comes to sailing...

I run a single line system and it's not too bad to solo but yea I usually have to do a helm correction when the spin is about half way up. If I get lu...

klozhald wrote: see Bethwaite's books I have to say that I own Bethwaite's High Performance Sailing: Faster Racing Techniques, and the author only men...

martin_langhoff wrote: > I’m not sure what you would update. Modern bendy carbon rigs w laminate sails are tuned rather differently. Hull shapes. End...

I’m not sure what you would update. The info all still applies. All you would need is a foiling chapter.

I bought old fiberglass 1 and 2 piece outdated fiberglass wind surf masts for like 20 bucks a piece from a windsurf garage business. Bought a 80% carb...

You can just use nuts for the shrouds but if the nut doesnt fit right then just use the bars. All the H18s I'm around just have nuts. BTW we are addin...