I just sailed and pitchpoled our P18, we are having 25 knots here now. :D
We were 3 and sailing on the edge!
Now I'm of to sail some blokart. :)

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Stefan, Denmark.
H14,H16,P16,P18,SC17,N5.8
Team StaySail
http://www.staysail.eu
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Pretty impressive to pitchpole A Prindle 18. Takes quite a bit to stuff those bows.

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Dustin Finlinson • Magna, UT
Member: Utah Sailing Association
1982 Prindle 18
1986 Hobie 17
1982 Prindle 16
1980 Prindle 16(mostly)
1976 Prindle 16(mostly)
Check out "Prindle Sailors" on Facebook.
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The thing rolls like an H16 the second the bow goes under...just takes a touch of effort to get it there.

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Rob
OKC
Pile of Nacra parts..
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Been there done that...More than once.....

Quarath

Pretty impressive to pitchpole A Prindle 18. Takes quite a bit to stuff those bows.

Ya I guess so... I'm still a bit of a noob. The most exciting air I have had so far this year I could not really take full advantage of because that might have meant dumping the wife off the boat. As it was she was pretty soaked. My 2 oldest boys seem to fly more than I do now that they can take it out themselves. They weigh in less than I do together. It takes a bit to get the hull up with me on it and it makes weight distribution tricky. I have to keep the crew up on the beam to try to keep the bows down more. Plus there is not usually very big waves were I sail.

Duly, I sure like that p18 your selling those sails look pretty sweet.

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Dustin Finlinson • Magna, UT
Member: Utah Sailing Association
1982 Prindle 18
1986 Hobie 17
1982 Prindle 16
1980 Prindle 16(mostly)
1976 Prindle 16(mostly)
Check out "Prindle Sailors" on Facebook.
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I can relate Dustin. I have had my P16 a month now and have yet to get it wet. The wife had a very bad experience the last time she tried cat sailing and it took some talking to get her to try again. I have been real anal about getting the boat right before we take it out. My first blow-boat was a 14 Chrysler that snapped a shroud the first time I took it out. Something like that would make me a single-hand sailor real quick. I get the weight thing too, I was skinny once, but I got over it.

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Mike Brady
Sugar Land, TX
Sailing off Magnolia Beach in Lavaca Bay TX
http://358degrees.blogspot.com/
P16 "Pooh Cat"
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@makinmajik: are you in touch with the TCDYC guys? www.tcdyc.com (texas city dike multihull guys) Support and friendliness abound with TCDYC

No Tami, from where I live TCD is a long sled. Lots of traffic no matter how you drive it. Magnolia is a longer drive, but very little traffic. I have been there before but not after the storm. I like Matagorda Bay, very quiet most days. I think the wife is more comfortable with the lack of a lot of boat traffic.
Once we are more comfortable, I might make the drive. I will check out the www though. Always good to have more contact with cat folk.



Edited by makinmajik on Jul 14, 2011 - 03:28 PM.

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Mike Brady
Sugar Land, TX
Sailing off Magnolia Beach in Lavaca Bay TX
http://358degrees.blogspot.com/
P16 "Pooh Cat"
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