Well Gang, I agree that I should have been more careful with the hulls. Cat Trax are a bit of a hassle especially if the shore drops off quickly and the wind is blowing. Between the $500 Cat Trax and the $100 cradles I always worry about someone taking them while I'm out on the water. I bought 5 ten foot pieces of 2 inch PVC and 6 elbows and 6 T's. This will make 3 rectangular sliders, one 2' X 10' and two 4' X 2' . The T's are to have on opposite corners so that the frames fill with water and don't float away.

I know it's hard to believe that I wasn't crashing up onto the shore, I always got off and walked it up. I thought it was Kevlar and that something was wrong with the Kevlar. It wasn't until 2 or 3 weeks ago that I found that it was a super light fiberglass construction. I don't think I said, "give me one tough hull and one fragile hull". I started patching last fall with Marine Tex but when I air checked, the patch was still leaking air. I was having trouble getting the F16 to sail the way I thought it should, H16s where shaming me. I've never bought a new car, believe me when those dings started showing up I felt bad, kind of like being kicked in the gut. I just couldn't figure it out, why is this hull cracking, I thought it was suppose to dent. I thought it was Kevlar, I was afraid to sand on it, I had read or been told not to sand Kevlar, I thought I was going to have to have someone else fix it. I don't know if there is anyone in the state experienced fixing Kevlar.

By the time I stopped sailing it this spring I had gotten a pretty good handle on making the boat go, loving those broad reaches with spin. I hadn't gotten everything figured out but the de-powering controls made it so I could sustain and sail pretty fast in strong winds and still be stable (I'm 145 pounds). I was getting so I could set the spin in white caps and at the other side of the lake snuff it with out taking a bath. I had a lot of fun sailing it this spring, especially the four days with Andrew and Elizabeth and their Taipan 4.9 at Heron Lake. The water was in the forties, I think. Andrew grew up sailing Lake Michigan so water temp was nothing to him.