Aquarius Sail Owners

On Saturday, May 6th, 2023 the 69th annual MUG Race forecast was for light and variable wind conditions, but like most weather forecasts it was wholly wrong. Shortly after the start, the wind picked up leaving the river completely covered in whitecaps. The conditions were ideal for setting a course ...

The HIN may have also been attached to a metal plate that was screwed or riveted to the hull. If there are numbers molded into the hull, don't confuse the hull/mold number with the HIN. The HIN will always start with 3-letters representing the manufacturer.

The SC15 was originally marketed in two configurations - UniRig (Mainsail only) and Sloop (Mainsail & Jib). Depending on your weight and experience you might want to sail it as a UniRig if you're going out by yourself. Without the self-tacking Jib you might have difficulty trimming both sails, e...

I suspect the issue in both cases is symmetry of the rudder profile... I suspect both rudders are either asymmetrical in the same direction OR one rudder is symmetrical and the other is asymmetrical. This would result in Lee helm on one tack and weather helm on the opposite tack. This would also hol...

The rudders are identical, no difference between the port and starboard side. The original super cat rudder had three notches, up, down, and a mid position for going out through the surf. I don't recall when the change was made to remove the mid position, but I'm going to say it was probably before ...

Hello, Your experience with weather helm on one tack and lee helm on the other is not all that uncommon. You are looking at all the right things and I suspect you will find the problem with one of two things. Either one or both of your rudders are not symmetrical and the pivot point is not correct a...

The Standard 19 and the Supercat 17 both share the same mast length. The main difference between the two is that the SC19 mast had spreaders, the SC17 did not.

Congratulations on your purchase of the SuperCat 19. The parts you mentioned are unique to the SuperCat product line, however many of them are common with other model sizes. Rudders are common with the entire product line, daggerboards were common between the 20 and 19. The mast profile was common a...

Revintage, The cable was 1/4" Diameter 1x19 SS. Not sure on the diameter of the sheaves off hand, but I believe they were 2" diameter. If I am not mistaken they were a standard catalog wirerope sheave with a plain bore, ie: no bearing. Or if there was a bearing it was just a plain bushing,...

Revantage,
I would say you want to keep it to a minimum. On the old cable traveler, the slack was sufficient so that when under load the traveler car cleared the beam when near the ends. This meant that there was an inch or two of extra clearance when near the center of the beam.

The Traveler track should be screw "Through" the beam and threaded into a 1/4" thick backer bar inside the beam. We used 1/4" thick x 1/2" wide 6061 aluminum flat bar for the backer. The other option is to put nuts on every screw, feasible but a little tricky as you get towa...

Use those too. Hang the board horizontal, trailing edge down.

Drain plug

Seriously thou, the screw was used to hang the board during painting. When the paint is cured the hole is filled with 5200 and the screw is inserted.

Interesting, I too have never seen the rudders rigged like that.

Robert, Keep in mind on the H18 w/ Comp tip and the A class the masts are quite bendy and the downhaul has a major effect on the sail shape and mast bend. The mast on the 22 is significantly stiffer and as a result, downhaul has a much smaller impact on mast bend and sail shape. If you put a large e...