I recently cut down a used main in excellent shape to fit my Gulfstar 37. It has a headboard and every main I have ever had has had a headboard....
One of these days am going to have downsize from my beloved Gulfstar 37 to a smaller boat. Getting older does that to you. I thought that I had...
If I ever sell my 37' gulfstar I plan to go to a 23" to 25" trailer sailer that will be converted to power only. Probably an Aquarius 23....
My SGC 230 auto turner is not working again and I don't want to spend what SGC wants to repair it. SGC repaired it once at a cost of over $300...
As some of you know I would like to have a cat ketch. One thing that concerns me is how do you determine if you have sufficient buoyancy forward...
I must have too much time on my hands. Any way I have often wondered if you could make an elipetical shaped birds mouth mast. In playing around...
In considering different sail plans for my pipe dreams I often think of using an elipetical mainsail. I know that you can always draw the sail,...
One of the things that I have been researching off and on is the bending strength of edge loaded plywood. Every study that I have found except...
I really like cat ketches and wish that I could have a high performance cat ketch. Since my finances don't allow that all I can do is study and...
I was doing some research online and came across an article that indicated that the leading edge of a keel should have a rake of 15 degrees to...
I have friend with a 3 cylinder volvo diesel in her sailboat. Boat hasn't been run much in the 3 years since her husband passed away. It starts...
Thinking about making a new fiberglass dinghy. My current dinghy is plywood stitch and glue and after 5 years of hard, 24/7 use and my mistakes...
While you guys have been enjoying the good life over the last month, I have been sweating away in a very hot, humid dusty boatyard in Guaymas,...
One of my up coming projects is to add 2 aux fuel tanks to my Gulfstar 37. These tanks will only be used for long passages or if I run across a...
While talking with some of the other boat owners in the yard where I am hauled out the topic came up as to whether or not you should thin bottom...
Some of the boats that I am considering for my next boat are single engine power boats in the 35' to 40' size range. Because help in the case of...
Hi all, A friend just hauled his ferocement sailboat and discovered that his diesel tank had been leaking and a small portion of his hull is...
First I would like to thank all the posters here for all of the information that they so freely provide. It has been a real education. I...
Are there any guidelines for the sizing of a steading sail for a displacement powerboat. I'm looking at the 35' to 40' size range. But I would...
Stabilizers that you drag through the water have been mentioned numerous times as a way to control roll. But I have not seen anything the...
