I built a tripod using 10' by 2" PVC, top of mast rests on a rope cradle on tripod, bottom end rests on tramp, connect mast step link pin, use trap wi...

So you have an opinion too! 😀 I drive a Dodge Ram with the Cummins Turbo Diesel. Just funning wit ya boyo, lot of good-ole-boyz around here joshin...

the moral of your story aviator, never buy Dodge, never buy Dodge Ram, and certainly never buy Dodge Ram with diesel engine especially when diesel fue...

Hey Aviator, here's one for you, it's in excellent condition and it's only 8 hrs from you in Tarpon Springs, FL. :astalavista:

Hmmm! the rudder pins should not be that dificult to remove, as above, use penetrating lubricant, let sit overnight, clamp vicegrips to pin and rotate...

gotta add my experience here; the standard Hobie 16 jib is huge and fully battoned, generates massive push, in my humble opinion, this is the major ca...

I paid $600 for cat and trailer, cost me about $200 in gas to Ohio and back, $300 for a new tramp, $150 in title and license fees, and about $200 in o...

check it out guys, just started an album under beachcat members, restoring my 1983 P18 :dance:

The Hobie 18 was designed to be fast but rugged, it's ability to withstand abuse is legendary. Wings were/are available on the Hobie 18 on 2 models, s...

yeah! awesome new look. I too am wondering about the forum rankings

I hear you coastrat, in my case, I dont have the space to leave my mast on my cat, I have brackets on my privacy fence to hold my mast. After sailing,...

The forestay runs up a sleeve in the leading edge (luff?) of the jib, then the jib is attached to the forestay by connecting the thimbles (upper/lower...

I put my P18 in the water yesterday for the 1st time. Trailered cat up to the lake using the "pinched rope" method as suggested by nitrodub and coastr...

Have 8 sheaves on order, Tom at Murrays ran out to take a look at a P18 they had on site, he said there was no lower sheave on that one, it had the ne...

Bill, you have 2 sheaves on your lock release plate, waddup wid dat 😕

So when I went to order the new rudder sheaves, hit a problem, on my rudder setup there are 3 upper sheaves, 1 lower sheave on the lock release plate....

So when I went to order the new rudder sheaves, hit a problem, on my rudder setup there are 3 upper sheaves, 1 lower sheave on the lock release plate....

I apologise James, my suggestion would give you a fixed system, unable to steer, just a little South African humour. Seriously though, if the inner d...

The metric system is so easy, everything in 10's or 100's, 100 cm to a meter, so 5.7 meters = 570 cm. Dunno why the Americans have not adopted this, i...

😀 , green with envy......

Ahhh! surfboards, now I understand the name "ripcurl", grew up surfing in South Africa, it was a way of life. 😎

Excellent job on posting those pics ripcurl, next thing to do is to fill out your profile just in case there is a cat sailor in your neck of the woods...

Thanks for the pics coastrat, appreciate the time spent posting those up on the website, I like that mast holder. 😎

James, any way you could post some pics of your issue(s), if we could eyeball the situation, we could offer optons. Go to Technical Help Gallery and o...

FlyingTwigs, Nacra 570 is just another way of saying Nacra 5.7

Ed, had already thought of that one, problem is, the Prindle rudder setup is so complicated it would take too long to re-install rudders solo. Bil...

Just measure the length of the Nacra trap wires and if the P16 trap wires are close, go for it.

Thanks for the input Bill, appreciate it, I had a similar idea in mind,constructing a stopper for the blades, problem is that I have to drive 60-90 mi...

Ed, the rudder blade on the Prindles is held by a single bolt with lock-nut, but if you look at the pics at you will see that both the up-haul line (...