Lipstick on a pig....So you wanna put Lipstick on a pig.... Here is my effort... 35 year old epoxy/wooden A-cat with Hobie 18SX chute (I got it free). Results were qute good- 6th place in Mug Race pictured here: with 162 other boats competing.. I have also had up a Posey Supercat17 chute (terrible), 420 chute, a tiny postage stamp- (useless), Hobie 20 North chute used inteh Worrell 1000 (too big but nice if there is a breeze._ F18 chute (shape wierd, needs adjustment of pole, leads etc.)_ I built the pole: 13 ft of a carbon fiber windsurfer mast bottom (free), also ss 1x19 small wires midpole to the bow (free), 2 lines to the front end of the pole (free). Other old used parts..... Its a hoot- great fun and has never been turned over yet-even with all singlehanding.
Last edited by dacarls; 08/12/0808:20 PM.
Dacarls: A-class USA 196, USA 21, H18, H16 "Nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work"- Thomas Edison
