I suppose you could use it to barefoot ski behind your Mystere Mr Scott..... 😆 Turbo

Dan, I looked carefully at your pics, don't quite see what you're referring to as there is line wrapped around each pylon. If you're referring to the ...

Another cheap option is to go to Wal-Mart and purchase a 4' painters extension stick, works on the same principals as the tiller extension, twist one ...

Nathan, check out , if you don't like the rudder setup you have then by all means go ahead and change it out, your choice. Talk to the technicians at ...

clearcoat better than wax, check out , might help your Nacra go faster than my Hobie. 🙄

The good news is that you will be blowing away any H16 you come across!! I must say there isn't a more satisfying feeling in the world. Dream on Da...

Chris, with the mast off and laying on the grass in your backyard, take the sail and slide it up in the sail track on the mast,you can do it by hand o...

I can vouch for the sealer/clearcoat. Here in the midwest most of the lakes are mudpools, when I 1st got my H16 I used 800 grit waterpaper to remove o...

Initially foam might seem like a good idea, but foam will soak up water in time to treble mast weight, not good. Better to seal mast creating a sealed...

toddster, nothing to worry about, put it on your to-do-project list, unplug vent. Also on your to-do-list, take sander as in above post with 800 grit ...

I second that, get the P16. Motion is carried, do I have a 3rd. Turbo

Hey Jim You spotted that one too did ya, I e-mailed the guy, he does not know what it is, I asked him to measure the length of one hull, he never g...

Love the shape of the Boston Whaler, checking this one out....... edited by: turbohobo, Mar 17, 2010 - 02:33 AM

Ditto Culley! There is always the argument for or against, but we must be careful not to let our bias, what we feel is the best for a particular perso...

at176, welcome to thebeachcats.com, a website that can get you up and sailing with a much shorter sailing curve. First let me ask you to fill in your ...

Ahh! I see what you mean, there is a tripod setup to the mast, forestay and 2 sidestays, what stops the mast from falling forward? The 2 sidestays are...

check out how to thread your mainsheet through the blocks at....

Correct! the main sheeting line attaches the boom to the traveler car for control purposes, there is a camcleat on the mainblock.... but it is hard...

Thanks Scott, I hear what you're saying, there are tremendous forces at work when raising the mast and we're using the principals of leverage when we ...

Now if we could just rig Barbie's catamaran with a jib..... 🙂

you guys are such Barbies.....how did you get into such a manly sport like sailing?...... 😕

That's what I like about you Andrew, you have a sense of humour........ 😆

In other words, the pivot point (head of gin pole) must be higher than mast head when it is in the horizontal position by at least 3 feet, more if pos...

This is the orbital sander I purchased from Harbor Freight, it was on clearance when I bought it for $7

Sanding machine from Harbor Freight about $7, Waterpaper from WalMart about $4 for 8 sheets Sander has rubber bottom and clips on either side to ho...

WOW! Andrew, did not realize it irks you that bad that I came up with a cheap, proven reliable system of raising the mast solo, I apologize. 👿

check it out .....

If you look at the transome on my cat, you can see the original oxidized gelcoat Here is a contrast of old and new. (not my beer bottle) finishe...

Dustin I understand what you're saying, I was hoping to be able to use the "image" button on this website to copy an image from my pics stored on "...