It's a hobie 18 movement! Is their boat any good? I mean I showed up to race after only sailing like 5-6 times and still had fun. You can't learn how ...

There's an 18 that races every other weekend at a club down here I'm going to try to go meet and get to come so that might bump us up another.

You need to make the larger 1.5" ball with the old nacra thread on it. I'd buy one. That way for me to update to a captive system I don't need to get ...

Eh I've gotten mine salty and grungy before and just let them soak and repeatedly tried to activate them until they worked.

We could just take the 3D printed part, cut it in half and use it to make a sand mold then slap a little molten aluminum in there. Everyone's got a ba...

I sewed together a water bag that if completely full would weigh 250lbs. I usually only have to fill it about half way. I have a loop high up on my ri...

I used to work next to a company that had one of the metal printers that would laser a metal dust bed and essentially weld together the model. Somethi...

What about printing big stuff like rudder castings. Might have to beef up some areas or just design your own style that fits existing rudder mounts. T...

Yea if it's still there in September I'll grab it when I'm up there for a few races. Between the wings, furler, beams boards etc, it's a steal

If you order a new bolt make sure you call and have them measure to make sure there is 2" of thread. Pull out a good bolt and measure the bolt length ...

If you made rudder cams, I think there are 2 sizes. One for the 14/16 and one for the others you'd probably sell a bunch. The hole is always wallowing...

I don't understand what you are saying to do. My current spreaders are indeed one solid piece inserted through the mast with wire holding the diamond ...

Did you personally play with mast rake very much for different conditions. I'm assuming the reason the little guide is calling for rake is to help out...

Yea so the previous owner who got second at nationals in 87 with the boat says he always ran the stock perpendicular spreaders and pretty loose diamon...

Under sail I have a radio, spare pins, a tube of epoxy putty to seal up a reasonable sized shark bite lol, a multi tool for whatever, standard shackle...

Yea beam end caps with like a 1/4" hole with a beveled radius so people can pass a downhaul line through the beam.

Nice link to the Australian site. This one guy on there is my hero with the boat name. I might have to copy that haha. I guess I'll look out for som...

When the tornado design was implemented and people were backyard building them who was the official mast supplier since there wasn't a single OEM maki...

samc99us wrote: That is a good looking boat. With a modern square top, it would be killer. Tilt trailers are all a pain in the rear. Need to counterw...

Dang thats pretty sweet. Not sure where to get struts that long. Might be something I mess with for fun. and yea the previous owner(owned it since 84...

ha no right now it doesn't trailer flat. Its a take down setup only. That's why I want a tilt trailer for going around town. Should be able to rig one...

I gotta glass up some cradles for them. I got another set with the boat that isn't connected by a bar. It's like an individual pair of wheels for each...

I have beach wheels for it. The dude made them out of ATV wheels. They are the most beast beach wheels you've ever seen lol. But we stop on islands ar...

I'm right with you. It wouldn't be horrible, I just feel better beach sanding off a 40 buck paint job the first season than stepping up to the expensi...

MN3 wrote: cool buy it locally? paint? not gelcoat? what type? Nah I had it delivered from Houston. The previous owner was a big racer so had strippe...

MN3 wrote: how long have you had the 18square? ever use it? 2 weeks. Now that the mug race is over I'm in the middle of a full strip/repaint/rebuild ...

MN3 wrote: i don't know about different nacra masts, but i certainly know there are large differences of rigidity between brands - i.e. hobie vs myste...

The end caps are held on by the dolphin striker nuts. Most likely they are stuck on there pretty good and take some nice oil and banging with a mallet...

MN3 wrote: great write up Matt! Question: does your crew handle any of the sheets? The crew only handles the jib and in wind like this even 2:1 on th...