If you can get into shallower water with a helper you can just lift one side while the other pulls on the trap handle, then just lower it right over. ...

If you can avoid having to use the bag it will make your life a lot simpler and you can save the time and energy required to pull the f&%king righting...

Oh. Thanks. I made one of these in my first and only attempt at a soft shackle. I didn't have instructions, though, so I pulled the entire length o...

Page 13 of the manual describes it...no block, but two pigtails and it runs through the ring on the bottom one, loops back on the top one and back thr...

mummp wrote: You're doing it all wrong. Use a brummel splice and bury a few inches after tapering it. You only need to taper a few inches. . . . . ....

/agreed. If i could have any, but only one, cat I'd take an F16. No crew worries at all, but it'll hold'm if they come along.

Do any of use a block on the pigtail to run this through or do you just run it through the eyelet of the pigtail? IIRC there's a block on the mast. ...

I just wrapped the excess tightly around the bridles and tied it off until I got some sister clips to do it the way the manual shows. If you get some...

CaptainCurt wrote: Andrew, Very cool. Thanks. Any idea where to get a deal on a pair of those to replace my "danglers" ? Love the jargon thing. Don...

andrewscott wrote: i think he is refering to a block that can pivot as seen on my mast (blue downhaul) Exactly, thanks.

andrewscott wrote: a good splice will have a nice long tail/tuck that has been correctly tapered and the transition is extremely smooth. Mine is fu...

I was looking at the APSltd site. Looks like I could taper to an amsteel line and then put an eye splice in the end of the amsteel to connect to the b...

Wolfman wrote: Most dyneema blends cleat fine, pure dyneema braids don't cleat well. Most web sites will tell you whether they are recommended for Ma...

The handle has to face the bow however or you will never get it off without raising the mast again. This is important. You need to make sure the (bi...

I use 10mm Salsa tapered to 1/4" vectran. Works great. The single braids are incredibly easy to splice. I can vouch that the salsa is incredibly so...

A tapered mainsheet would fix the diameter running through the smaller block pretty easily. I think the 3/8 recommendation is b/c of the ratchet, t...

I put ronstan flip flops (its late..) in place of the jam cleats so that I could adjust the 6:1 from either side, anywhere on the boat. I think that'...

I posted pictures of my 18's downhaul in these forums last summer at some point. Changing from the 5:1 to 6:1 is really simple and sounds like yours ...

I don't know anything about the dangly blocks. You can just use one long line that goes the route you stated above, with each end going through the j...

No way to know which you'd be happier with, but coming in to shore the 5.2 has no trouble sailing with the daggers up. Most times I raise the windwar...

I would definitely go for it, although by this time it sounds like you already did. I've sailed a 5.2 and a 5.5, and crewed a 5.8, never even seen a ...

@Andrew: Its from Colorado Bag co's ebay store. The line is 3/16 Sta-set, the block is the block from the Nacra trapeze system...actually I use that...

My opinion - Go with the standard 'stock' type adjusters and get the little rubber covers so they look clean and work fine. Then spend the money you ...

Here's mine. I used some trapeze parts, a cheap snap shackle, and an SS D ring. Works perfectly. also dont forget to tie a stopper know in the li...

It blows me away that some people can go seasons without capsizing...I think I flipped every day I sailed my first season. Anyway, on my 5.2, which l...

I would think you can use the same ones since the turnbuckles give you some play for length, and the distance from the mast should be roughly the same...

I'd imagine that you'd be hard pressed to notice any difference in that change. I've gotta agree with Hullflyer. In my limited experience of one pri...

The rigging I got from salty dog is covered. I'd also read that it is common that covered rigging rusts at the edges of the covers, but I chose to go...

I have no local place for line as well, so I've bought tons online. I use APS' and hallspars' end of spools for line, they both have tons. I used sa...

awesome, perfect. It's on sale at amzn right now for 65.