The jib halyard runs through the ring and hooks to it.

I'm no expert but I'd try raking the mast a little and finding a way to tuck the rudders a little farther, like Damon said.

Congrats!

For $1300...make sure it will sail, make sure there are no soft spots. I wouldn't worry about anything else.

Nope, straight spreaders, double holes. 1982. An owner before the guy I bought it from did some fixes and upgrades. He may have changed the hound.

IMHO the 18-2 is an awesome boat, although I've not sailed one, just closely inspected a few of them. Like wolfman, I also love my 5.2, which is almo...

I switched my P18 to this style, which I found much easier to use.

andrewscott wrote: The difference makes no sense but is true (as far as i can tell) even though the ronstan is rated at 300% stronger, i have seen t...

Couldn't resist: I suppose this way if it frays I'll have an extra. I like this block better (30mm - same size), and with the thimble there's no wo...

My nacra came with the adjustable 2:1 systems and I yanked them off of the rear trap liens. They just seem overly complicated and unnecessary in the ...

Here's a pic...you have to use a bit of imagination, though: Obviously, you'd just have one stopper, but I put on two to show the 2 ways to run the ...

I could be wrong about this, but I think the holes in the stoppers fit 3/16" line, not 1/4"...man they're all of 6 feet away from me, yet I can't forc...

Between the two cats I've had, the three trap adjustment lines that I didn't proactively replace snapped and dumped my crew in the water. The cost in...

4' is most likely long enough (depends on your trap line lengths obviously) for the rear adjustments. The front ones really can take a lot of adjustm...

Yep, you got it exactly right. You'll have no trouble w/ 3/16" sta-set supporting you, or the stopper slipping. I never have.

3/16" sta-set, its about $0.35/foot - i'd start w/ at least 20' and see what it takes. The front ones should have more adjustment than the skipper's....

My theory tells me to have the main and traveller cleated until the mast is in horizontal position, for the sail to act as a huge centerboard. We did...

Yes, I've had to do it a few times. I don't remember being able to pull it off solo...not quite sure, though. With two people stand on the hull as c...

Wind on the tramp will definitely turtle it quickly. So will sitting on the windward hull while it capsizes and staying up there wondering wtf just h...

Awesome...congrats. I think its really amazing these cats last as long as they do considering how non-serviceable parts like these are from the fac...

My bungees...well..everything on my rudder system is new or redone in some way. Every rivet, line, gudgeon, etc. The bungees basically balance the r...

oh right.. This is the style I have. I never thought about using the others for line instead of wire.

when you release the pull down line it has a tendancy to recleat itself after you let it go, so if the rudder doesn't pop up the whole way it gets stu...

I've got little 1/8" ronstan thimbles, but that block is fixed, so there's no way to get a thimble onto it. I didn't want to add a shackle to the mix...

No, nothing that fancy, just heat-shrink. I wanted something to protect the eye from chafing on the block. The edge of the heatshrink may chafe the ...

Here are the two splices up close.

Someone just (couple months ago) posted a pic either here or on the other cat site after having removed their deck lids with, apparently, the mast rai...

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