Yep, 5.5, 5.8. All the same. Some might have holes cut in the top to reduce windage and give a handle but the profile and everything are the same.

Anyone else notice how you can sorta guess when someones sailing heyday was just by how they write descriptions of their boat. "Blows away a Hobie cat...

I see a second tang on the mast, wonder if it's a spin boat

I used a snap shackle on the jib for awhile, until my crew was hand holding the jib downwind and his glove got caught on the cotter ring for the shack...

They could just be turbos and have jibs.

I've got this new age wood and carpet technology I whipped up for my double trailer instead of having to make more fiberglass cradles. Just took a pie...

Never found the answer for what to bring so I literally try and bring every part and tool I can fit in the truck. Anything you leave at home you'll ne...

Meh that’s nothing. Worst thing would be for water to start getting into the foam core and spread and cause delam in other areas. If you want to sail ...

traphappy wrote: Polyester resin is cheaper, but polyester resin does not bond well to cured polyester (Nacra hull material). West system epoxy will n...

I'm no professional but my DIY skills usually hold up alright. Here's now I repaired a Prindle 18 bow sized hole in my H18 which also is foam core. ...

klozhald wrote: Meh, the ideal angle of the windward hull just skimming the surface is based on reducing the wetting surface in the water, not based o...

klozhald wrote: A profound waste of time. Well designed non-foiling cats are at their intended optimal angle when being sailed with the windward hull ...

I couldnt find the curved ones for a good price. Viking is typically the brand I see on almost all cats. I mean they are just the standard ones with t...

Yea the entire tampa coast has great camping options. Sailing from the Dunedin Causeway you can reach the sandbar north of Anclote Key and camp, there...

ctcataman wrote: Thanks. Is this a mod that anyone outside A class is doing? It sounds like it could be done by shimming the beam connection. A rudde...

Yea, angled in, so when you are at the optimal angle of heel the leeward hull is level in the water and a little more efficient. The windward hull is ...

I run them and yea just drill some holes in the base or the cleat and run some line over the lock down rope to keep it within reach. Amazes me how a l...

Rustoleum spray paint... Still holding 2 years on

Both my boats castings are marked backwards. I've seen it that way on every boat I've looked at

Doesn't make sense that it's going to be a one design. Hard enough to get people to do the race in the first place, let alone have the one type of boa...

If it's in wear spots you can get by with about anything since it's gonna just get worn off again anyway. I use UScomposites stuff. I've just always u...

If it bent at the ball and not the beam it seems like it would still have bent even if it was shorter. The extra leverage from a longer rod wouldnt st...

Just got back from a big A cat/F16/F18 event. The majority of people just drill a hole in the lid, stick a small 2mm line though and tie a knot on the...

Not too technical of a race. Was basically a close reach/beam reach down and back. Mike a Rey just pulled away from me for most of the first leg. A re...

I like how you have strategically removed the gelcoat where it's not needed to save weight...

Ok upon further inspection some of the batten pockets ARE the actual broad seam. Instead of the particular batten pockets being sewn onto the sail, th...

leeboweffect wrote: Wonder what R10D10 will think these objects were for when dug up 1000 years from now? Trinkets of some inferior species? Flower po...

Yea it seems odd to me to just be one panel. I haven't gone and specifically spent time hunting for seams(I will when I have the sail out tomorrow), b...

My sail is solid white. On some Hobie sails like on my H18s a lot of the colors are dyed onto the sail and it's not different panels anyway. Not sure ...

czbob75f wrote: BTW, Is that Rich Brew sucking on the water bottle at the Rudder Club in your photo? Yep, the other spin boats are his