All 5.8s are boomless. It seems to me like you should have a block on each side under the tramp that your rotator line goes through, that allows you ...

This setup is common (in overall design if not execution) on the Inters...probably more boomed boats as well. I don't think I understand using it on ...

the speed of separation is incomprehensible I don't know what it was blowing that day, but even in what I'd call medium winds this is extremely true....

Yeah, I've got/had the preventer on all of my boats that ran a jib -- I'm very familiar with the typical setup (and had the typical setup on the 5.5) ...

I tried adding shock cord to my 5.5 the day I crashed it. It was to be a preventer line for the jib sheet (I have the inverted triangle rotator) but ...

That one doesn't have it, but that can't be the original bolt. It spent some time in the ocean but that looks like the titanic. I seriously doubt it...

I'm just an inland wuss, but that looks remarkably dangerous. Ditto on what Philip said, and also no chicken line? And why isn't the crew holding on...

The base casting will pop off with minimal effort. Here's a pic of what I found inside a 1991 mast.

Anyway I doubt most authors whose books are still in print would agree to an on-line version of thier books. Too much time, effort and research goes i...

havliii wrote: 48 rattle cans of rustoleum, play sand in the paint for the non -skid areas. Kathy (in crew seat) designed the logo. Whoever r...

You can use line instead of wire.

^^ sexy

Here's an album showing a few different sails for size comparison. I put a few quick notes in the summaries. Feel free to ask any questions.

I took pics recently with a few sails laid on top of each other to see the leach/luff/foot differences. I'll post them at some point. Basically the ...

Congrats! Take a picture out of spite. ..and post it so we can see, please.

Hope that works out for someone. The 'NO PHOTOS' is very strange to me.

In my limited experience, wrecking a boat is far more poignant of a concern than wearing through the keel. Go sailing.

You're likely trying to go too far down. Ride the puffs down, but the rest of the time you're on a broad reach if speed is your goal. I can't mainta...

The difference is size and weight. If you've got the wallet and the sack, I can't imagine a good reason not to go with an F16 given your criteria abo...

There's one in the classifieds here that's not too far from you...you can try cathouse or new england catamarans, too. I think the current sample of ...

The F17 was originally designed uni (which could certainly warrant a longer mast) and has a much higher aspect sail than the 5.8, so I could again see...

I do get out to California, careful what you offer. =) I made an album. It's not super thorough, but hopefully gets the point across. 5.2 jib trav...

I don't think that the rudders and rake will affect each other at all in this case. The rudders may feel a little heavy but I don't think your rake w...

those look to me like they'll work great for his 5.5. It looks like they're a touch longer (makes sense w/ skegs from the 570) but I doubt that's an ...

got pics of a 5.5 rudder next to a 570 rudder? Is the 570 a skeg boat?

I like it. What did you use for the rubber connections between the arms and xbar?

I think the F17 switched to aluminum mast as standard shortly after (1 or 2 years?) it became the F17 from the I17. That's a mildly uneducated guess,...

IMO, since the rudder isn't currently usable (so you don't lose time on the water no matter what you do), you should drop about $150 and get all the p...

I like a bunch about a foot back from the luff up and down the sail. I'm sure I'd benefit if I put any on the leach but I never look there, so why bo...

I know, I know...that just sounded like a lot of effort. I'll try to make a beach cats album for it tonight.