Oops, never mind, misread...Edited by wlrottge on Sep 04, 2020 - 11:43 PM.

Check out this link, middle of the page. These are the only two styles that I've ever seen on a Tornado br /> Use Google Chrome to translate to Engli...

Do you mean this? Edited by wlrottge on Sep 01, 2020 - 03:18 PM.

You should look at the Tornado Measurement Guidebook. There are a lot of mandatory dimensions that must be followed and those are spelled out more cl...

It's all a matter of how the sail was cut; what mast was it made for, the crew weight, etc. etc. etc. There's plenty of data out there for sail measu...

A friend had his I-20 just sitting next to his house on the trailer when Ivan came ashore right where he lived. Boat moved six inches....

Given the size of the cracks and location, I suspect this is more than superficial and the foam core is damaged as well... possibly the inner skin too...

Neil Pryde

If you want a good explanation, Andrew Landenberger wrote a good article that's been posted several time in various places.

You could probably go with the old style forestay and use a short spin pole with a strut (think P-19 MX) and run the big jib very cheaply and pretty e...

Rake and bend are separate adjustments; rake is just your forestay/shrouds and moves the center of effort forward/backward relative to your centerboar...

Try putting the sails up and taking pictures of their shape. Also, lay one on top of the other and look for differences. The most likely area that y...

gahamby wrote: A green pad doesn't remove the anodizing on my mast. Might want to check your math on that.

You have to ease the main sheet to take the pressure off in order for it to ride back up.

ctcataman wrote: Probably biggest hurdle will be modifying an overlapping jib. Likely better off buying a self tacking jib. Keep an eye on BNR, Land...

Nacra has used that section for every boat after going away from the round tubes. I think the only question/problem you might have is the location of...

dssaak wrote: Wings start to be an necessity when you get to my age. Late 30's they are a nice to have. Late 30's???? I'm early 40's and couldn't i...

For the Tornado, I break it apart. I can have it from trailer to sailing in 1.5 hours rigging it my self. guessing that since it isn't a sport, that...

Yeah, but... he said they are '90's, is that speculation, or based on the HIIN; just throwing it out there.

If I remember correctly, Coleman built what is referred to as the "red line" boats. Those are sought after because of their weight (light). You can ...

I'd argue that you don't need to even look to scale or attempt to correlate data sets... honestly, I think that might lead to bad decisions/assumption...

You all do realize that you can't trust the numbers published for the US either, right??? My wife is a CCRN and an active duty military officer. Her...

Sam gave some good advice; only problem with a Tornado though would be transporting it (10' wide) and durability. From an on the water perspective, d...

To elaborate on what Sam said, I've seen people just make an extension for the box by getting a PVC flange, bolting it to the box, add a piece of tube...

I'm also in San Antonio, but have not joined LCYC as the club isn't really setup for beach cats. I have plenty of friends in the club and have launch...

I've had a couple of trailers with torsion axles; in a previous life, I had a 28' gooseneck horse trailer with tandem torsion axles. It was nice rela...

The SCHRS data set would be a good place to look. br /> According to that, the luff of the Tiger (VLM) is 9.05m (29.7 ft), so your sail probably isn'...

Looks like the problem wasn't lack of adjustable trap.... more like dyneema was 0.5mm too small

If it's heavy and wet, but the glass feels solid and you don't mind a project... buy it, open it up at the deck joint, remove old foam and add new two...

I almost forgot about catsailing.net for Tornado specific parts.