I've never seen a spinnaker pole but is there any reason you couldn't go to your local metal supplier and get a new tube? Removing the fittings and r...

revintage wrote: If you have the wire traveler, I would really appreciate some images when setup. How is this? The line was being used to secure t...

revintage wrote: Is there more or less fabrication work, whether you use stainless or synthetic 😉 ? Still nice, that you are keeping this boat on th...

revintage wrote: To dissmiss synthetic rigging on a small beachcat, shows unwillingness to adjust to the modern world. Using materials like DM20 makes...

Edchris177 wrote: Oh, come now. A bit of ice & snow should not mean putting your Cat away for 4 months. An undocumented bonus is how easy it will be ...

My Supercat 17 is now registered. I've got a quote from Aquarius for new standing rigging. 2022 will be the year of the Supercat.

wxguy wrote: Take off your rudders people! You are exerting a lot more force on the transoms due to windage. When I trailered boats backwards, the r...

Here is another mod I made to my backwards trailering setup. This is more for storage than for trailering. I made a wood support out of a 2x4, and i...

charlescarlis wrote: How is yours handling with those? Good

charlescarlis wrote: Those having replaced springs - what load rating did you use? I'm tempted to go to no more than 1,000 pounds; light springs. I w...

shortyfox wrote: Monohulls can always point higher, ever notice how when your windward hull starts to leave the water you can point higher? I've nev...

revintage wrote: What about moving the weight back of the H16, might solve the pitchpole-problem 😎 ?Edited by revintage on Nov 27, 2021 - 05:06 PM. ...

MN3 wrote: Sorry to say, but they will not help much against pitchpoling, only added volume will. What will happen when you nose dive and the angle of...

It is actually pretty thick metal, not very slicey. I rounded/deburred all the edges to an aviation standard. To bend the material tight enough I ha...

mikekrantz wrote: Rudder winglets would be more effective and less dangerous. What are those? I have a hard time getting my rudders down and locked a...

revintage wrote: Nice, what temperature did you have? In Sweden it´s below freezing point today. So you added the pitch pole helpers anyway?Edited by ...

Also, here is the video - I know it's in the anti-pitch pole hydroplane thread too.

So we tried them out yesterday. We were not even on a reach, we were just tacking upwind. The wind and boat were pretty stable, and the bow dipped. ...

Lake Geneva is becoming a regular spot. We have been twice. It's very crowded during the summer season but we are going to give it a try. One of my ...

Congrats. I lived in Jupiter for about 3 years on and off. A buddy in Palm City gave me an SC17 last year. He was friends and neighbors with Bill.

Or how about San Juan? Anybody? I do see a kiteboard place in San Juan.

No replies yet, but I've got to ask - what is double grommeting? I went with the lengths at Murrays.com and I think I used 1/4" braided line from Caj...

I've decided the easiest way is going to be if somebody on the forum figures it out and shares it with the rest of us! MN3's sail seems to be perform...

Andinista wrote: In the last 18 years of cat sailing I've capsized about 5 times, plus one for testing. The amount of times I've not capsized is ap...

MN3 wrote: death race 2021!!!! Add a fire throwing bow sprit! Could be the solution to the kayak problem!