Congrats on a nice restoration!

Yep, this is key! My first concept didn't work to well, so I'm working on others. Needs to be light, removable, and not take up much space. Have you ...

Even though the weather didn't totally cooperate, it was a great time! It was good to put faces to names and share stories. Thanks to Jay and OSYC ...

Diet?

In the Nacra line, you'd probably be looking at a 5.0, 5.2, or a 5.5. All have more bow volume than the H16/P16s, so are less prone to pitchpoling. ...

+1 on what Pete said. For the price, performance, ease of sailing, and overall grin factor, the P16 or the H16 simply can't be beat.

Another option:

I'm looking at Fig 39 in this link:br /> Look closely and you'll see that the forestay is connected via a pin at the top hole of the chainplate. The...

Check out step #53 in the below link. It's a pic from the Vintage Nacra assembly manual. I think it shows your setup, although it's not the greatest...

Thanks, Jay. Registered and looking forward to it.

Congrats, Tom! I have a friend in FWB that I was going to send over to get them if they were still around. I had pure motives - sell them at a profi...

You're welcome! PM sent

RF49 is the closest to mine. 5/16" diameter, 1/2" opening (measurement A on Ronstan site), and 2 7/8" overall length.

I'll measure it when I get home and let ya know.

One more thing that I just thought of - when you rig the line for your traveler (whether you use your mainsheet or a separate line), make sure to tie ...

It looks like Ed took care of you with his picture. I'm using a hook similar to the 9651 you mentioned above. Hope you're on the water soon!

Congrats on the purchase!! Here's a link to the manual:br /> The pics of the main block assembly are pretty poor. You'll want a 6:1 block setup. T...

A friend in Houston has 2 and would probably be willing to sell one of them. If you're interested in traveling that far, let me know and I'll check w...

You're lucky, it's the rear hole. You can cut a hole aft of the strap and install a port/cover. Here's an example:br /> There are other threads on ...

Thanks for the info, guys. Kenny Boudreau suggested Gulf Hills Hotel & Conference Center. Their normal rates are $109-129/night. I just made reserv...

Looking at your pictures, you should totally eliminate the pulley, shackle, and the blue line. Run the white line that exits the furler drum straight...

Sounds like you're hooked! The pull on your tiller is most likely a function of the relationship between mast rake and rudder rake, not rudder alignm...

Here's a link that shows how to rig the main blocks to the traveler. Look at pics #10-13. All beach cats are rigged pretty much the same way in this...

For reeving your blocks, just do a Google search for "Harken Block Reeving" and then look under the images section. There are several good examples o...

This is the book i have been reading. Read the first few chapters, then go out and sail. What you've read will become much clearer once you've been...

Another great book that will help you get your feet wet (and your body dry) is: br /> Stick with it, it comes quickly!

Nice vid!

With the pneumatic wheels, the depth of the sand doesn't really make much of a difference. They tend to ride on top of the sand. Lugging a H18 up a ...

Kind of tough to see if they're in good condition from the photos. Guess this guy in Houston has a lot of cat parts. Can't help you on which ones to...