Congrats! I've got no new info to add to the veterans above, but imo if you're having to budget time and money and prioritize projects, use the fol...

Holy. Crap. Why won't it let me write '[lessthan]'?

lol, nice avatar pic. My hound (my guess is all 5.2's, although I've only checked a couple) has two holes, and the trap lines mount to the top, while...

Watching TV last night, making this: I noticed that two 2.75mm dyneema lines fit really well inside of a 1/4" thimble. It's too cold to go test fi...

Merry Christmas!

andrew wrote: A trap line is a good place for HM line... IF your setup will permit it. I know several Tornado sailors who use spectra (dynema) for tra...

those cleats look like they're for the mast rotator, although if there's more we dont see they could be for a barberhauler i suppose.

Wolfman wrote: I'm sure it will work fine! You may need to try a couple of knots before you find one that holds really well withot slipping though. ...

Glad you all made it OK above all else. Sounds like quite a long ride.

I'm not too concerned about this rig in particular. I'm pretty sure Ed knows its bent. I'm not concerned about mine either. I try to keep all my st...

I understand all the potential things to go wrong after a spreader fails, and I have to assume that the same forces that cause the spreader to fail wi...

Oh b/c the boom doesn't force the rotation of the mast? Good question.

Edchris177 wrote: Thanks Yurdle, I never finished engineering, wanted to go flying, so I'm not qualified to do a total stress analysis of the mast. I'...

The starboard adjustable spreader has been bent, it has been significantly weakened, and will fail, causing the mast to fold. I've seen it a dozen tim...

God no.

Edchris177 wrote: I went up to the cottage yesterday to build a rack to store the mast up near the basement ceiling, out of the way. I also took a few...

I would be scared poopless to sail in 30' visibility in the ocean.

Yep, I mangled my vectran the first time I tried to cut it...not HM for nothin I spose. Would a hot knife work on vectran or dyneema? I'll try the s...

get more than 10 feet. The 12 strand really is easy. I can take a picture of my first and only brummel, in which I didn't really know what I was doi...

aye, he hooked it up.

turtlecat wrote: Good question and I'm interested in hearing other opinions on it. Not that I have an answer, but more of a concern with the Amsteel ...

My P18 was soft on the tops of the bows in a few spots. Totally inconsequential. It went through 60mph winds...damaged or completely broke every lin...

I measured 47" hole to hole on the bridle wires. They're still attached to my boat, though, and I should be able to get a little more precision once ...

It would be neat if we could use something like a communal google mapmaker to be able to see them all at a glance and add/edit as necessary.

Why the roller furler? You adding a spin?

I've got new shrouds on mine, and its in the driveway. I'll try to measure them tomorrow....although I'm not sure a good way to measure a cable that ...

Awesome, thanks. Somehow in the last 10 years I lost my grease gun. Not sure how to lose something like that, but I guess if you don't look for it f...

Wolfman wrote: Yay! I did the same thing and apparently Santa lives at Whirlwind Sails! 🙂 Can't wait til the deep freeze ends now! Haha, he told m...

I paid 700 for my P18, put about 400 into it to make it sailable (needed a jib, a few lines, a sheave, and had to fix a transom), and another few hund...