Aquarius Sail Owners

Waiting on sails Mac ?!?!? Heck man use what came with the boat for now and get that beast wet !!! You will also have a good idea of how well the upgrades work at making it a faster boat. But it looks AWESOME !!!

Can't use a standard jib with a self tacking set up, main would will work though. Sails should be here by the time I'm ready to go.

Mac...did you get those sails yet !!! Lets see this beast the way it is meant to be seen !!! on the water with wind at its beck and call !!!

The finally came in, but I haven't been able to get them out on the water yet. Next weekend is the plan. Here they are, along with a picture of the finished boat. Tom is building a forward triangle tramp for it, that'll be the last thing I plan to do to it. I'm pleased wi how everything turned out.

I did get it out on the water a couple weeks ago, but with the tall rig I picked up. The first test sail went well, the boat felt good and had a nice helm to it. I forgot to take pictures though. I'm planning on bringing it to the Duck Cup next month, if your coming you can get a first hand loom at it!

Can't wait to see it in action!

Took her out with the tall rig briefly for a shakedown sail. still taking it easy,making sure everything is as it's supposed to be. I didn't have my bigger purchase blocks due to an issue so had to go with 7:1, couldn't sheet in near where I needed to be.

That tall rig is quite intimidating, lots of power!

http://youtu.be/UdvbEIGmCSI

Great project.
What is the black material applied to top of the hulls?

http://www.hydroturf.com

I bought it in sheet form and cut to fit, took 2 sheets.

I checked the website, which exact product did you use?

http://hydroturf.com/products/Closeouts ... ts_of_Turf

I bought the stuff in the close out section, the B grade stuff. I couldn't find anything wrong with it and have ordered 5 sheets all together over a 2 year period. The exact pattern I used is the molded diamond 'B' stock part number SHTB.

Here's what it looks like up close

Mac....

She looks great !!! I am sad that I will miss the Duck Cup this year !! I will have to see if I can still beat that SC20 with my SC15.... I already have once.

Let's hope that record stays with the PREVIOUS owner!!

Agreed Mac ...... I will say this they were handy capped by being three up on it and I was solo on my SC15. Nice spin recovery to by the way.

Very impressive restoration. I am thinking of adding the hydro-turf to the hulls of my SC20. Did you purchase the material with the 3M adhesive pre-installed, or did you glue it with another product? The website states the 3M adhesive "not for curved surfaces". Thanks.

I bought the 'B' stock without adhesive amd used contact cement. The hydroturf on the newest 20 is still in great shape going on 2 years.