Sounds right, although not related to new rudders? The helm is completely tied to the COE vs CO...something else...sigh. It's like you said above, c...

I've paid my sail repair guy to cut out some black vinyl and stick it to the sail. Anything visible that works, works.

Aye, mast back.

That cavity probably doesn't have room for any filler unless you clean it out. You don't want to add too much thickened epoxy as you can make the boa...

The 5.2 loves to have her nose in the water with no keel showing and only an inch or 3 of the bow above the waterline and spray keeping the crew cool....

File the edge off of the entrance to the lower track a bit, and lube it. That should help.

That's quite a bit of epoxy..

The best rides are when you can get the hull just out of the water and point higher to power up and point lower to depower. I've found myself chantin...

More complicated than what? Since the main is essentially the backstay, you don't need to hold the mainsheet, and in its place you have the kite shee...

bacho wrote: There is color options for laminated sails. Here is my new jib Is Dimension-Polyant the only sailcloth manufacturer with the new funky...

I enjoy 1 mile runs w/ my spin up. I don't think I'm overstating saying that being trapped out solo with the kite up is exhilarating. Highly recomme...

10 mi by 10 mi and it isn't worth the extra trouble I'm no math major, but isn't that somewhere around 100 square miles? I don't know how any one co...

I noticed it down earlier..

Have you checked that your jib sheets to the same place on each side?

I grab the DS to prevent it going right on over, then realize I'm being drug, so fast I can't get my legs forward of the beam in order to monkey up th...

=) Glad it worked out.

I like mine. The vinylester is pretty strong -- I've hit rocks, hard, with a few boats now. I'm not aware of anything structural design-wise. (don'...

I'm far from first class, and I don't know if the accessibility of the main or the inaccessibility of a large jib is more significant. I've got very ...

The hot boats do not like weight (additional wetted surface and longitudinal resistance) in a much more pronounced protest than a big truck like our H...

Damon, have you tried soloing a 5.8? It's quite a ride and you've got the weight to not be totally insignificant.

Ahh, I actually see a notice (notice of change) now. It didn't show until I changed the results style. I assumed I hadn't missed any search results ...

DamonLinkous wrote: Speaking of searching Craigslist.. I used to use SearchTempest to search multiple surrounding cities at once, but Craigslist didn...

bacho wrote: I *think* Schurr makes the sails he designs. I just ordered and received a set from smyth for my N20 (gone open 20) His sails have not ...

I *think* Schurr makes the sails he designs.

I don't doubt I stand corrected, but I really thought the 18 and 18-2 used the same sails.

$5. For sails? Am I missing something?

18 and 18-2 have the same rig, but different beams and hulls. Consequently, the 18-2 is more of a boat IMO, at least it makes better use of what it's...

Toilet cleaner?

To add to my depression, I missed a 5.0 on Craigslist in Texas that is an exact duplicate of my 1987 5.7 by two hours. Same sail pattern same setup, j...