If you don't like to read sorry I was in story telling mode... The morning of the race I pretty much couldn't eat anything. I knew how bad the wind ...

I'd do a race story write up right now but going and getting a jet massage in the hot tub is needed first

Looks like the strategy is to stop just before the finish line and wait for whoever to come up behind you before finishing so you take less penalty si...

I have those style wheels. Did just what you said. Took a paddle bit a cut a 2" hold in the side and poured in expanding post hole foam. Dont get the ...

Sounds fun. So this is pulled from all rudder club races or the last 5 years of mug results? And this is on an individual adjustment basis or all simi...

Looks like that storm is gonna clock it to a beam/close reach. Forecast keeps getting stronger as the storm is moving a little farther back on Friday....

MN3 wrote: I have heard (and read lots of posts) about how newer spray paints don't work the way they used to: that if you spray a coat, and don't wa...

Whether your stick bends easy or not if your diamonds are loose enough to touch to the mast 12" up it's gonna be a 0 on the gauge. All of us have bend...

If I put my diamonds to where you can touch them on the mast 12" up it literally measures a 0 on the gauge. That's on a H18. That's why you hear the o...

Don't worry Andrew. Me, Emmitte, and Hans have got the causeway crew covered. I wonder if Ron is going. His boat would do good in the air they have. ...

Who keeps track of the record?

Yea if I do it I'll have to sew on some extra dacron around the new clew grommet for sure.

bruiser wrote: Wow, scary stuff. Glad to see you are going to be OK. There is a point in big wind where any boat will pitch pole given more wind than ...

saltlife77 wrote: Dont go in the middle unless you can see boats ahead still moving. Hey tamumpower1, Thanks. Looking forward to it. When you say do...

Did it last year. Was my first distance race. I wouldn't miss it now. Dont go in the middle unless you can see boats ahead still moving. Never be the ...

Damon, I had a wetsuit on and trunks over it as the temps dropped a little bit this weekend to a high of 70 and the wind made it pretty chilly. I thin...

MN3 wrote: Everything was fine until I got distracted during a jibe and capsized hard catapulting the rat into the jib on the way over. next time l...

MN3 wrote: Or the evening either I imagine! you are correct sir! I have also learned that spinnaker and dates don't mix all that well i have lost 2 ...

About the only thing I typically need to say to crew is "You're sitting on it.." during a tack.

If you make the added square top area out of a clear material and the pin top shape out of something colored maybe no one will notice and you can keep...

Yea I was in tackle shack a few days ago and they had a few.

nacra55 wrote: What are you using on the ends of your rudder pins? Could they be hitting the hull? Back in my 16 days, 20 years ago, I had some small...

DamonLinkous wrote: Matt, Do you have the updated (post 1987) rudder castings or the originals metal cam ones? It's the updated ones. The boats sitt...

catmodding wrote: Don't know about the H rudder setup , but could it be a rudder popping out of its locked position only by a inch or so? On my old P...

arch wrote: matt, does is happen on both starboard and port tack? have you tried to isolate it to one rudder by lifting the windward rudder on each t...

I have ATT but was about to switch. Even with an 18% company discount it still double what I can get from other places. I don't know off the top of my...

anyone know what a hobie 18 formula 104 is? Interesting that they list a hobie 18 SX as slower than the base h18 Just comparing a few different cats ...

Same here. I could use some for anchor/beach cat/ dagger board lines.