I too, am in my second season of sailing the H16. Last year, I experienced severe problems with heading up in winds over 20 kts or so, and responded ...

What are these "beaches" that you speak of? We have water or rock and nothing in between. The nearest access is a boat ramp in a state park, at the ...

Has anyone spent much time with one of those "Adventure Islands?" It seemed attractive to me at first, but the load capacity was listed at about 300 ...

Headphones. Please. Although, come to think of it, the subwoofer might be just the thing to push the H16 up to the wind-shadowed dock at the lo...

Some kind of boom vang was one of my guesses too. (The downhaul being kind of weak.) There's an attachment point on the boom, but I don't see where ...

Um... what's this thingy? This small piece of rigging has been down in the bottom of the boat bag, but doesn't seem to have any obvious place on the ...

Well, the stick isn't the problem, it's the bracket at the crossbar. The existing bracket is only 3/8" tall, so just drilling a hole in the stick won...

Anyone want to post a pic? I've been messing around with "found objects" for an hour or so and haven't come up with anything that seems strong enough...

You know... all of these mast-stepping threads had me kinda worried when I first got the H16. Maybe it's not the heaviest one around, but I've never ...

Yeah, my downhaul is a 2-foot length of 1/4-inch line and a cleat on the mast. I could rig up a block system, but it might rip the cleat out. And th...

PDS624 wrote: I am guessing it was a microburst that blew out my jib but what sucked the boat under still has me baffled. The spouts were a couple of ...

I dunno... I'm finding that if the wind is much over 20 (most waves capping) the H16 will not head up at all. Forget tacking, I can't even get it to ...

H16. Fortunately, the hull volume is now slightly less, due to scraping some more gel coat off on the rocks.

Had an embarrassing performance today, with an appreciative audience on the beach. Loose all the sheets, check. Swim the bow into the wind... no. w...

It depends on the state, but usually, you just apply for a new title, and it takes a long time. Generally you need to take it to the state police for...

I found references to something vaguely like that, that was made back in the 70's, called an "R21." Might be somehow related? Sounds like a "used" p...

New Dumb Question: How stiff is the frame supposed to be? Today I beat up into 2-3 ft breaking swells for about 7 miles (setting up a couple of swee...

Is the mast not water-tight? Adding weight without adding volume = decreased buoyancy.

Yes, I've gotten a couple of sunday afternoons in on the water. Haven't found any real issues with the rigging & etc. but the winds have been mostly ...

Most people around here wear them for kiting, but usually buy oversized, to fit over wetsuits. You drop them when you're on the beach. My Dakine spr...

Thanks guys. So far, I've tried the Barkeep's Friend treatment. As you can see (pic) it cleaned up the surface deposits, but did nothing for the mot...

Three feet? I'm thinking something that looks like a large teeter-totter with a nice counter-weight to make the tip effortless, and a winch to make h...

Thanks guys. My impulse is to get it wet ASAP, although the river is still a bit... brisk. Strange, I looked right at this several times without see...