texastuma wrote: I used an iPhone in a Lifeproof case; until I killed 2 phones in 6 months Scott, at the AYC Centerboard regatta, I forgot my phone o...

I agree with Sam, he just beat me to the response. A self tacker significantly reduces workload, frees the crew up to run the main and spin sheets be...

First, I agree with the suggestions about the short waisted vests for kayaking, but I think that the performance sailing specific PFD's have come a lo...

Those are cast aluminum and quite brittle, so... be gentle.

Looking at Murrays, a new gudgeon is $10 plus shipping. Personally, I'd rather change it than try to bend it back and be worried about it breaking la...

I've got a lot of miles using a windsurfer mast as a spin pole; the flexibility actually isn't a bad thing b/c if you break a bridle line, it won't ne...

Dogboy wrote: Definitely use anti-seize grease when reassembling. Use Tefgel or a good anti seize, NOT something with copper in it (you want nickel b...

I have an article saved somewhere that gives more details; will see if I can find it. I think you'd want to use something like Sikaflex. I'd go for ...

No need to drill holes and add a padeye, just tie the bungie to the bottom of the diamond wires

It's much more complicated than just taking the jib off. - M32, A-cat, M20, CFR20; were all designed as uni rigs. You'll notice that the main beams a...

lawyers for under $201 ? i would have never thought that was possible. It was essentially a flat rate service fee. haha - trying to do the right thi...

Back several years ago I bought a boat in FL where the seller didn't have the title. I found several lawyers that specialized in that kind of thing, ...

badfish wrote: I know in Texas they run a program periodically where people can dispose of unwanted boats. I don't know what they actually do with the...

Basically anything now is "mylar" because as you said, it has a mylar scrim on both sides with structural material sandwiched in the middle. I've see...

Regardless of pintop or square head, I've rolled them all the same; the difference was in which batten you rolled from. I haven't owned a pinhead mai...

Folding the sail at the batten puts a hard bend in it at that location. If it's going in the bag for more than a night, I roll it from the top.

Just remember that folding the sail and storing it that way is hard on mylar.

MN3 wrote: robline dingy control Unrelated to being a main halyard, but that stuff if GARBAGE for any application going through a cleat

I wouldn't use PVC, that's for sure!

pknapp66 wrote: The base at Murrays for the carbon mast is $135 and isn't the one that I have with the 3 sheaves on the base. I don't see mine listed....

For $120 you can get a new mast base from Murray's. Or, for free, you can just take a piece of line and tie it around the mast and to the front beam ...

MN3 wrote: any thoughts with this in regard to centerboards vs dagger boards? You're hosed... Kidding. So, since the boards are much lower aspect, ...

ericrayl wrote: I've read not to sail downwind with the boards fully down on an I-20, that they can break. Don't know if it's true, or why downwind w...

traphappy wrote: I have the bendy Southern Spars mast! I think the word most of us would use for that stick is, "tree trunk". For some perspective, ...

MN3 wrote: your jib was obscuring your view more than your spin? Well, maybe I should have also said that the main didn't have a window either.... B...

Those things are a pain; I'd fix the tack to the spin pole and use a piece of spectra as a halyard. You can rig the purchase for the luff tension any...

Yeah, almost sailed into the side of a 40-ish foot monohull at 20-ish kts with the kite up because the jib didn't have a window...

MN3 wrote: My buddy ordered from Landenberger One Design Sails in Germany he received his main and jib within 10 days - rolled up - this was for a g...

nohuhu wrote: Meant to ask, why are there twin telltales mid-sail? Lets you see under/over trim and which direction you are heading in that regard.

As Sam said, with Dacron, so long as it is cleanly folded... I wouldn't worry (but don't leave it that way). Sail it, roll it up for storage and they...