MN3 wrote: I personally would never re-use thimbles - they are prone to crack and failure during normal (single) useEdited by MN3 on Aug 13, 2017 - ...

I know not everyone is super handy but you can get a swager for like 60-70 bucks. The thimbles are usually reusable if they were decent quality to beg...

Seems like everyone I talk to has never replaced them on the old school boats. I've done them on my boats for the peace of mind though. If the lower f...

Add some glass to the top of the rudder so it fits the casting tighter. Maybe try using a thicker line or one that has a more solid core so it cant fl...

oil up the pin and then pack the gudgeon with thickened epoxy. You can use the old bushing to help hold the pin centered if you barely insert it into ...

Make sure to take the shroud and bridle anchor plates off. They are in short to no supply on the used market usually and not that cheap.

You don't actually need any blocks technically. I just have 2 loops on my righting rope. One for me to hook my harness on and one up above my head to ...

We are rolling to both again just like last year. Probably just stay up there the whole week. Juana's was the biggest event of the year for sure. Wind...

Is the original poster still on here? I sent a message a few weeks ago and never got anything back. Was curious what file type you needed for the prin...

I have 2 telo-cats... one broken multiple times. Epoxy cant keep it together. The other sits in my room and is never used. Forest Gump VHS tape on the...

Reduced windage. Later boards cut a large handle hole as well. In higher winds you wouldn't be running the boards all the way down and having a foot o...

promotional documents... Those have never been misleading ever right. I think the commercial for the pet rock made it sound dope as well

I use dinghy star(not sure if it's the pro or not) because it was low stretch and a shop was selling a whole spool on eBay for nothing. Honestly it wo...

br /> Some ideas in there. Mine is the first group of photos with the red netting. I don't use it anymore now that I got a second boat. When we go on...

So if you get thrown off the boat how to you reach the shroud extender with the hull way up in the air? I could see pulling it before I jump down if I...

I didn't mean that taking the boards all the way up was a faster vmg downwind. More just imagining being say 100 yards from the leeward mark and inste...

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All day man. I have, or had a home made water bag the same size. Friend lost it in a race last month, gotta make me a new one now. You won't need it b...

Have you looked at an AC60? Theres one for sale in Miami right now, plenty of room for the family.

Why did the on the wire mag only go a year?

I think usually there's more open stuff there, we just had a big increase in H18 boats the past year and it looks like this will be the most we have h...

People love to register last minute. It's like girls at the dance. Whoever shows up last is the hottest. I was wondering if they were going to make a ...

I don't understand why they work the winches/pedal constantly. Do they never get the sail trimmed and just leave it where it's at for a moment?

What I did was go on Craigslist and look for repetitive ads where people were selling full setups in multiple ads, aka they buy and sell gear. Then I ...

You could probably get a piece that would work from a metal yard basically for free. Even if it was solid round bar it would still work and weigh near...

You tie the rope that pulls the car out to the pin. When you pull the pin head up to release the car you tie a fat knot around it so the pin cant slip...

My buddy with a 16 has that exact jib car setup with the bungee pulling it back. While sheeting does pull the car back a bit, due to the friction from...

Pretty sure that's a barber hauler hook at the end of the beam. Middle pic for the main.

Problem is the sling is going to rotate the boat close to upside down before releasing it so to get mast clearance it's going to be a bit of a problem...