I grew up on the coast in South Africa, a typical little surf nazi, did not have much money so bought a 2nd hand board and lived to surf, the bigger t...

Gerry, I mean no disrespect on your crab claw rig, quite the opposite in fact, I can appreciate the time and effort and ingenuity that went into the d...

With my H16, the boom is permanently attached to the sail, makes for easy furling of the sail around the boom, I wrap my main sheeting blocks in towel...

dunno if this might help, , stumbled across this website some time ago, was looking at purchasing something similar on e-bay some time ago, not sur...

not really dangerous, just real slow and not much fun like erice says, you will learn to sail on this and will very quickly want to move up to some...

Hey, that's pretty cool, glad to see that that album has helped someone out, thanks man. i also calculated the stress on my chain(you used cable) ...

go to Technical Help Gallery and check out my album "build your own solo mast step setup", it might give you a few ideas. The top of your ginpole shou...

Many of the 16' cats have a double trap setup and use them constantly, in heavy air, one is only too happy to have another body to throw some extra we...

1st, on your swivel cam cleat, I think there is a rebuild kit available, check with www.murrays.com, if not, there is a pair for sail on this website ...

Travis, see how the shock cord comes through the grommet from under the tramp, through the block attached to the tramp lacing and hooks into the loop ...

Once you remove that bolt, keep in mind that the bolt hole becomes a weak point, if there are no holes in the mast base then it has never been rivited...

I was looking at your pics, nice boat, I did notice someting though, your pic of the gooseneck (where the boom joins the mast) shows missing parts, th...

The reason why it is not a good idea to epoxy the mast base is that sometime in the future the mast base might have to be removed, for example, if the...

So the "through the mast" halyard is generally not done because it compromises sealing the mast Roger that, the mast essentially should be so water...

Cut as little off of the mast as possible, the mast base has a lip that fits into the mast tightly, it most probably also has holes drilled from previ...

I understand your dilemma, I went down to Hilton Head Island in December, I decided not to trailer my H16 down thinking I could rent one down there, n...

Or you can buy nylon shims from your local ace hardware store, dunno about that floating crossbar, all crossbars must rotate freely at the tiller conn...

You need to get very familiar with your rudder system, as you well know, sailing is a balancing act, you balance the angle of the wind on your sails u...

motorhead, not a good pseudonym for someone who now has no motor at all, welcome. Under Technical Help Gallery you will find an album H16 4:1 Mainshee...

I just checked, he had it listed on e-bay, it's sold, bummers.

up on the left side of this webpage, under catamarans for sale, there is a Prindle 18 for sale by sdbaymer out of Port Alto Texas, you might want to c...

catdan, any particular reason for the 7 lb sleeve.....?

sorry, let's redo the math P18-2 has 233 sq ft of sail 1 sq ft of water 1 ft deep (1 cubic ft water) weighs 7.481 pounds 233 sq ft of sail multipli...

gcw, how does the P16 compare to the H16?

In Technical Help Gallery, Quarath posted an album with the Prindle trapeze rigging setup. The trap wire ends in a teardrop shaped thimble, take a 4 f...

I made the same, cut a "V" slot in top, cut out a strip the entire length of the PVC, fits over traveler track, mast drops into "V"

I understand that the main should not have been cleated Like Andrew says with the main /and/or the jib open (and cleated) you are now trying to rig...

catdan, something seriously wrong there, if the mast is properly sealed, it should float, at least for about 10-20 min. I took my mast off my H16 last...