Aquarius Sail Owners

Bill We just had the Hobie Nationals here in Galveston. One of our cat buddies with a H-Tiger got 'roped in' to rounding up volunteers for week-long week-day event. Sadly there was very little 'show' by the manufacturer as well as the local dealer, which begged the question: "WTF?" :roll: ...

SAM's Club optical dept here in Houston is cutting polycarbonate 'prescription' polarized lens for me to be put into a pair of Zoggs Predator swim goggles for catamaran sailing. 8) I carefully removed the 'blue' Zogg lenses and SAM's was able to make a digital drawing of their shape (left and right ...

Bill The few times we have flipped the ARC21, opening the Shroud Extenders 'only' (not using the wire extenders) was all that was required to right her. The 'factory system' is as advertised .. 'Excellent'! Climbing back on , however, (as Kevin wrote at the beginning of this thread) was the hard par...

Kevin I think your 50" Lindy "Drift Control" Drift Sock should work fine as our cats are no where near the weight prescribed for a 20ft boat in sizing sea anchors. However, the windage of our sails laying in the water and then being 'power-righted' may prove me wrong. I too need to fl...

Kevin What is your opinion of the 'quality' (fabric and stitching) of the Lindy "Drift Control" Drift Sock you have? http://www.wholesalemarine.com/lindy-dr ... -sock.html I bought some 6mm FSE Robline Racing Sheet (no core vs 'pro' racing sheet w/core) on Friday's West Marine bulk rope sa...

How poetic it would be for "Sir" Ainslie to wrestle the Auld Mug away from Larry in 2-3 years and take it back to England. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/sep/26/ben-ainslie-britain-americas-cup "The struggling American team reacted by bringing Ainslie on board in place of the t...

Save 40% Today ONLY Friday 27 Sept on all Ropes at West Marine http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SiteSearchView?Ne=2000000&beginIndex=0&view100page=100&Nao=0&langId=-1&storeId=11151&page=CategoryDisplayLevel1&N=377+710+4294952598&Ns=Most+Popular%7C0&...

Bill, In addition to 'size' of Sea Anchor, from where do you 'deploy' it (from bridles at the spinnaker pole or from bridle at in-water/down hull or other?), and how 'long' is your line? Here are Sea Anchors available at Academy Sports http://www.academy.com/shop/browse/_/N-0?Ntt=Drift+Anchor&Nt...

Here is the link to the "Power Righting" thread. http://owners.aquarius-sail.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=145&p=611&hilit=righting+system#p611 As I am now owner of ARC 21 #2101, this is a VERY interesting topic. Great righting techniques never can be addressed enough. :wink: ...

An Interesting Read: 'The Peacock and the Raven' Larry Ellison's vision of the America's Cup comes to life in San Francisco. But is it too bold for its own good? "You can be a rooster one day, and a feather duster the next, mate." :shock: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9682283/america...

J Drew
No worries.
Even with an ARC21, I am envious of your SC20.
We should meet in N. Florida (brown-water Galveston sucks after a while), invite other SC/ARC sailors, and flaunt our fuller rounded hull "Ladies" around your mates
franklin VIOLA

Re: Fuller Rounded Hulls When I made the move 'way' up from a Prindle 16 to an SC17, I did have trouble (at first) bringing her 'fuller rounded hulls' around into the wind and washing machine seas we sometimes get in Galveston Bay. However, after consulting with the 'factory' (Bill), we started putt...

First self-tacking jib appeared on the ARC22, though, it was 'earlier' on the SC19?

franklin VIOLA

"But it was Leg 3, the upwind leg, that changed fortunes for the Americans. New Zealand split off toward Alcatraz, where there was less current, and while Oracle Team USA was able to stay ahead at a couple of crossing points, New Zealand eventually crossed ahead with Barker's aggressive head-on...

Go Emirate Kiwis.
Beat Larry's Aussies!!


franklin Viola