Google a product called Poliglow, it's a clearcoat designed for fibreglass hulls with gelcoat. I just finished removing the oxidization from my '79 H1...

In your situation with just 3 days left to sail, if your circumstances allow it, get as many people as possible to help you raise the mast and then le...

I thought as much, it's all part of the learning curve. Check out my "build your own mast-step setup", under photo albums look for Beachcats Technical...

Just to clarify, what broke? the mast base on the bottom of the mast, or the mast step rivited to the cross-bar? Either way, best to replace whatever ...

Dan Check out this website, www.cat44.com, scroll down to "Hobie 16 repair tips" and look for "How to fix Hobie 16 hull bottoms". Hopes this helps ...

Hey Kenny Great website thatspent hours there laughing at the unbelievable stupidity, someone has a lot of time on their hands to bait scammers like ...

Hi Dan Welcome to catsailing and to thebeachcats.com. All the info you will need for all your questions are here on this website. Top left you will...

Go to Photo Albums at top of this webpage, go to Beachcats Technical and look at Build Your Own Mast-Step Setup for ideas on how to step a mast on any...

Let me add my dimes worth. I sail mostly solo and have dumped my H16 3 times, each time there has been a motorhead around to help me upright the cat c...

I,ve been here in HHI for 4 days now and what a beautiful island, and what a great place for sailing, the beaches are perfect for launching and run N-...

Damon I'm surprized too, I thought they would definitely have the Wave at least, maybe even the Getaway. I called a couple of marinas, all they have...

Anyone out there?

Hey Pepsi I still use the term "torch" when I mean "flashlight", I also use the term "robot" when referring to a traffic light. Football is played ...

Just a quick thank you to Doug for his post, I have been searching all/many forums for just this info. When I realized I would have to remove oxidizat...

Hey yellowhulls, did you forget about me? I'm not too far from you. I was also wanting to go sailing today, Friday Oct 23, temps outside now are 46F, ...

This is my second year using these same bungees for my mast step setup, they are the flat rubber type and made of good quality rubber, I inspect them ...

If you just bought this H18, how sure are you that the mast is watertight? Do like Andrew suggests. Better that than turning turtle.

I use the Sextant OR (original), it's pretty heavy, I attach it to the mast with a lanyard cause if you lose it it sinks being made out of brass. Only...

Yowza, how did we go from solo mast stepping............. to girls :-O Don't you guys know better than to bring work with you to R&R 🙄

OK you guys, just finished uploading all my data to Beachcats Technical under photo albums, check it out, hope this will give someone a winter project...

I built my own mast step system and it's worked really great. I checked out the diagram that Andrew mentions, the one on the Murrays website, and buil...

Thanx Yellowhulls Next time you come up this way, drop me an e-mail, maybe we can hang out together, pun intended. I will definitely use Mark Twain L...

Thanx Andrew I looked at a Mystere 5.5 on e-bay, as well as a couple of the Nacra's, I think the hull shapes are superb. Also the fact that they do n...

Jon All the replies give sound advice, remember this, to power up your vehicle, 👿 you need to adjust the sail using your boom, thats where the ...

Jon I had a quick look at the Dingo on the sail MFG website, pretty clear to a cat sailor, the question is, are you familiar with the terminology use...

Cat Righting Bag System from Murrays---------$185 Power Righting System from Murrays-----------$259 My own system---------------------------------$5...