Viz,

I'm sorry for your loss and happy for your gain.

Maybe you should name your new boat with a chinese character that translates into "Mom's gift"

P.s. - Is the extra $$ going to bump you into an X or M???

To summarise for those trying to get a handle on this.... Fastest verifiable report - 15 minutes Slowest (not counting mishaps) 120 minutes So I report the middle as roughly 70 minutes with a fast rigger taking perhaps 35 minutes, and a slow one 100 minutes. Let me see if I got this right... Blue h...

I've probably watched that Mac Factory (55min) videos more than 15 times already and like the boat more an more every time. I was wondering what you guys that actually trailer the boat often think about it. How easy and time consuming it is to set up everything ans start sailing. Am I looking at 30 ...

Just make sure you don't try this with the laptop keyboard...

I just keep looking and looking as dreaming and wishing are still free. But I know that if we get one it will be in a while. There are just too many things going on right now. We do live by Riverside (about an hour from the Macfactory) now but should be moving to Irvine (CA) shortly. My idea is to k...

I dropped my mast with sails... twice Bought a '76 sailing dinghy and took to the local lake. On out 4th time out the port shroud exploded and the mast went "kerplunk" taking a big chunk of fiberglass from its the base. Off course we were downwind from the launch. I have a little oar that ...

Hi all, I have been checking this site daily for the last few months and I'm amazed with the amount of information, creativity and skills (mods) and camaraderie that goes around here. I have been sailing on and off for the last 15 years but never got into anything bigger than a one design dinghy. Di...