I'll email you some pics -- I've got one set up in my driveway atm.

I'm almost positive I have an extra front deck. Where are you?

solarez looks interesting..

Be careful with ratcheting straps, you can easily make a bad problem worse, or just create a new problem from the force of the straps. IMO to do it s...

Aren't the originals 1/8" brass pop rivets? I replaced mine with pop rivets and it worked just fine...or at least better than the missing and destroy...

West on CSM w/ epoxy I've ignorantly tried it and had poor results. I'm sure it can be made to hold but it seems easier to me to buy some chopped/mi...

Gotta respectfully, and quickly, disagree here. 1st, don't use csm with epoxy. You can get or make milled fibers if that's what you need. For the '...

Where is the crack on the hull?

Since it's all on the bottom, and therefore likely to get little to zero uv exposure, I'd just use epoxy alone. Hard to say without pics, but for #1 ...

Actually, I did something really similar to this when adding speakers to my 5.2. I agree, you'll want a flat port, (or marine speaker =), not the cu...

I've seen it done a few different ways. What I did years ago, which I'd probably do differently now, but has held up beautifully to lots of abuse by ...

I've used these for a few years for all stainless and never had any issue...they certainly didn't break the bank.

Sounds ambitious. Good Luck!

Here's a pic of an inter rudder, casting and arm. I assume it's a 1st gen but I honestly don't know as I've never seen pics of all 3. I still don'...

Fair enough..

As for the 1st Gen Inter rudders, they will stall. They will stall on any boat you put them on. You could put them on a rubber boat in the bathtub and...

.The system there is has a continuous line that runs through cam cleats on top of rear beam does any of sound familiar? No.

The schrs page does as well.

^ I think the rudders are the same size between the 5.5 and 5.8. The stick is longer and the main larger on the unis than on the SL. I sailed my SL...

/drool I wish they'd call it a 5.3, though.

I'd get an extra if it's available, as its always good to have spare parts come summer. Then I'd fix the broken one as Ed has said. In my experience...

When did Coastrat make a judgement call on the value of the boat?

Can you straighten it with the diamond wires?

To hijack a touch -- I want some beach wheels for my ice chest. It's got little plastic wheels, but I want some knobby inflated replacements...Any th...

Aye, double braid splicing blows. Last winter I spent 6 hours one night trying to create one sta-set eye splice, and could never get the final step (...

Awesome, thanks.

Thanks. Endpole. I just leave the spin in the snuffer bag, so reefing the line involves an extra step in removing the sail and putting it back...tha...

I went to SD as well and watched the fleet racing. Awesome time. The Kiwis will race anything -- watched them run around with a moth on Monday or Tu...

Here's a good post from catsailor re: the patches.