Has anyone installed a Telo-Cat bridle vane on a prindle 16? Any issues or other vane suggestions? Thank you!
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J.D.
1981 Prindle 16
1978 Y-Flyer
Akron,OH
USA
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Prindle 16 bridle vane
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Posted: Jul 18, 2016 - 12:17 PM
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Posted: Jul 18, 2016 - 02:38 PM
Issues: pretty fragile, and not really needed
Solution: string or old cassette tape tied to bridals (i hear van hallen actually makes your boat sail faster, not sure of the physics involved)
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Posted: Jul 18, 2016 - 04:40 PM
I am sure I have some old van halen tapes along with many others that might qualify in a box somewhere! I think a mast vane is too awkward to look up at and the winds are shifty so some tape/string etc on the bridle should do it. Thx -
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Posted: Jul 18, 2016 - 04:42 PM
I am sure I have some old van halen tapes along with many others that might qualify in a box somewhere! I think a mast vane is too awkward to look up at and the winds are shifty so some tape/string etc on the bridle should do it. Thx
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Posted: Jul 19, 2016 - 09:05 AM
I have had a few wind vains. they were ok but easily beat up or destroyed
I have been using tape for over a decade. works great, easy to carry an old one in my tool box, I have a lifetime supply of it from my youth
If you can get your hands on an old reel to reel... they are much thicker, easier to see, and more durable. I hear 8 track is real good too (Rick White claims Abba is the fastest 8 track for a catamaran, I can't back that up) -
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Posted: Jul 19, 2016 - 11:08 AM
+1, but for me these days it has to be either Bob Marley, Tom Petty, or Bruce Springsteen. When I started sailing a cat, I still had functioning cassette players, so I went though four tapes of Spanish lessons.....best use I ever got out of 'em!
Edited by rattlenhum on Jul 19, 2016 - 11:09 AM.
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Jerome Vaughan
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Posted: Jul 19, 2016 - 11:18 AM
se navega muy rápido ahora con la música correcta -
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Posted: Jul 19, 2016 - 11:30 AM
bueno, la musinca correcta es lo que he estado perdiendo, gracias.
Since I am located in NE Ohio Akron I will probably go with DEVO, The Pretenders, Black Keys, The O'jays, Eric Carmen, Michael Stanley....Thx -
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Posted: Aug 01, 2016 - 04:46 PM
OK, so put new tape on the bridles this weekend. All I could readily find was an old cassette of a Stephen King movie music track.
That was a crazy scary ride!!
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Several Sunfish and Sunfish clones
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Posted: Mar 09, 2017 - 05:43 PM
I think you have to use Beach Boys tape on beach cats.......
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Dustin Finlinson • Magna, UT
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1982 Prindle 18
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Posted: Mar 09, 2017 - 08:59 PM
Use some tape from a RUSH cassette and you will definitely sail faster!!!!
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Marty
1984 Hobie 16 Redline Yellow Nationals, "Yellow Fever"
Opelika, Al / Lake Martin
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