Aquarius Sail Owners

To keep beating this to death a little more, the previous owner said that my leeward bow digging in was a symptom of my barber-hauler being in too tight? Any veracity to that? If true how come?

I was looking for another post and came across this picture of Eric sailing his cat (scroll down): http://owners.aquarius-sail.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=170&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=mast+angle&start=15 That is what my SC-20 looks like when sailing it in a strong wind. That...

Thanks Matt. I am waiting to sail it in heavy winds (15-25 knots) again but what I remember going upwind we had everyone as far aft as possible because I felt the leeward bow was digging in too much. But after reading that post, you say that 2-3" should be up maybe I shouldn't have been so conc...

Since SC-20's look so nose high should we keep our weight forward or is it an optical illusion since this there is so much more volume in the forward section of each hull? I obviously don't mean when the leeward bow is digging in.

I have a friend keep telling me to move forward.

Finished product. The sail looks a little funny, I picked it up from a guy on Cape Cod whose SC-20 was destroyed in a storm. Kind of confuses people out here in Hawaii. I think it is the best looking cat in our club. We are still mulling over names. Best one so far I think is "Tuna Patrol"...

Thanks for the replies gents. I was thinking about using it for the main sheet blocks but talked to someone local and he didn't really recommend the Rachmatic. Dave, Sounds like quite a rig. Do you have pictures of the SC-20 rigged up? I would almost contemplate putting something like that on my boa...

Has anyone used these and how do you like them?

When I wrote this I did not know that the recommended adhesive (3M 847) was still available. I initially could not find it and used a 3M spray-on contact cement type trim adhesive that was available to me. I haven't used the recommended product but it looks like you just apply the product and slide ...

I know you asked this a long time ago but I was reading that you can spray a UV clear coat over the carbon fiber and it will protect it. This is a direct quote. "One of the benefits of using carbon fiber tubing is that it will withstand weather better than most other materials. Moisture and tem...

At the bottom of each saddle are 2 locating pins (allen screw heads) and a corresponding hole in the beam which prevent the beams moving inside the saddles.

Maybe yours got pushed in if the were not initially aligned correctly when the bolts were tightened.

George,

How far are you from Annapolis? I go visit my folks occasionally, maybe I can swing down and see how your cat sails with a spinnaker.

Kevin

I found an easy way to install the dagger well carpet. 1. Spray the adhesive on the carpet and the well. 2. Cut two strips of wax paper to fit the carpet. 3. Fold the carpet in half with the sticky side out and put a piece of wax paper on each side leaving about an inch of the sticky nose section ex...

I got an answer from Tom: Kevin, Yes you were told correctly. They originally were intended for that purpose. My first SC20 had them and I got my arm caught in it when righting the boat. Sort of exciting to say the least. When we starting building the tramps we removed them for obvious reasons. I wo...

Anyone know what the slits in the trampoline located near the side stays are for. I was told they were so you could reach through and release the side stay extender. Seems like it might be difficult to do that though.

So what happened? What kind of paint did you end up using?