Aquarius Sail Owners

I agree - I often furl the jib with some of my "older" friends just to make things more manageable and less dramatic. My neighbor Steve wanted drama and we got a little more than we bargained for. Double Jeopardy is now safely in the garage for the winter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Epjtti2FTs Hi folks My neighbor's son, Steve, who has never been on my boat, came over a couple days ago and asked if it was too windy to sail. I said, sort of. I said we might tip over and in winds like this, 20 to 25, someone might get flung and something might get...

I've trailered my 17 a lot for many years and never had the rudders drop in transit. So, now you have given me something to worry about... Except I have the boat in a nice location and some years don't trailer anywhere... If I was going to drive several hours I'd probably remove the rudders and tie ...

That sounds about right.

With a 120 pound crew, I hit 21 mph a few times on a windy day on a broad reach. I'm not sure how accurate the readings are - Bill Roberts cautioned us many times to be very careful with gps data.

Here is me and a friend on a nice windy day

We are in northwestern Minnesota, nearest town is Battle Lake, MN. If you go to Google Maps to see our lake, it is Blanche Lake. You'll see a photo of my friend Chris and I double trapped in (almost) perfect form and just blasting along. https://www.google.com/maps/search/blanche+lake/@46.3479219,-9...

Since I don't like putting the boat away in the snow - this is it for me..

But, on a day with decent wind, and my wife on the dock taking pictures - I can still get it up !!

My cleat is on the tramp track on the starboard side. It's a jam cleat. The first one was worn so I replaced it to get a better grip on the line. One piece of advice, from experience: Never rely on this cleat except for brief periods when you are near the boat. Use the cleat, but then tie off the ex...

IMG_6690.PNG Nice day on Lake Blanche in Minnesota. My crew was a first time trapezer who came down when she saw it was windy and we had a blast. We double trapezed for a bit but I felt a little on the edge so we stopped, rolled up the jib, and she single trapezed for the rest of the time we were o...

My original Supercat had reef points in the sail - I seem to recall I ordered it that way. The logo on the sail looks original. Let us know if you buy it! And then take a week and read everything on this forum...

Looks nice from here but the photos don't tell enough. Sail could be old and bagged out but can't tell. Not sure why someone would put portholes way back on the hulls - someone else will probably comment on that. Replace the rudder bolts immediately with delrin or plastic pins with cotter keys on bo...

That is an impressive design. I could even understand most of the patent! If the sail provided more forward thrust during tacking, it would seem to me that it would also point higher. You didn’t mention that so I’m also assuming that even if it did point higher, the loss in speed more than offset th...

Except for crossing the Atlantic twice (on a monohull) I am a lake sailor and have no experience sailing in rivers or currents. I’ll bow out.

Hello from Cuba - bored at the moment so thought I’d take a look here - I have only seen Hobie Cats here so far. As for the photo I think I see boards up, one or both rudders up, weight forward, and sails trimmed in. I’ll even hazard a guess that the jib looks over-trimmed but it’s hard to tell. If ...

I realize this is an older post - but what the heck... The gin pole is the best way and will help as you get older and weaker. But, if you don't want to spend any money, here is how I raise my 17 mast - alone. ( I have used the gin pole, but sometimes I get impatient and just do it the fast, but har...

Hi Bill Thanks for your response and suggestions. I did release the Hayfield lever and then did pull the shroud extender pin. The upper hull then came over center as it is supposed to. I just could not get the mast to come up. The mast is water tight. As to the length of the shroud extender - now we...