Hi Derrick,

The fixes/improvements I done haven't cost much in $$$$s but have just taken a little thought and some time. It gives me something to do after dinner in the evenings, also I was using the P19(MX) for doing point-to-point distance races here on the Chesapeake Bay .... no safety boats ... rough conditions sometime ... so when something important broke I fixed it and tried to strengthen/improve it. I had heard of previously of front crossbars failures on NACRA's and some Prindles ... when mine failed after I had up-graded to a MX rig and 25sqM spin I thought ... you've increased the loading from increasing the sailplan ... what did you do to increase the strenght of the platform itself to handle the increased loads???? Hence the reinforcing of the front crossbar and actually it was easy to do requiring the old broken crossbar for material, a Bosch Jigsaw, a 13lb sledgehammer, couple blocks of wood and a solid backstop (concrete curb).

And I did most of these, one improvement at a time ... over the years as I fixed what broke.

As for the rudder blades my first "elipitical" set split in approximently 40hrs of sailing ... the replacement set (of the replacement set) followed suit after the same amount of sailing. So I wasn't going to buy a third set and I couldn't locate a set of P18 Blades .... into the garage after dinner I went ... again not much $$$$, just some 3/8" dowel stock, a 3/8" drill bit, a little Epoxy&cloth, sandpaper and elbow greese(cold beer?).

I'll try and locate that thread where I reviewed how I strengthened the front crossbar.

Enjoy the process of rebuilding your P19 .... it makes sailing her all that much sweeter .....

HarryMurphey
TheMightyHobie18(Mag)/P19MX