http://www.catsail.com/feature3.htm
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<br>Try these. Look good and cheap.
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<br>Doug Snell
<br>H17 Sport #6325
<br>"Stress Fress"<br><br>

Paul, take a look in the August issue of the Catsailor magazine. On page 46 there is a article on how to build a set of cat trax. They look like they would work pretty good. You could use them to launch and the Heinz thing to park and you should be able to keep your boat like new. I made my Heinz thing with 3 , 10 foot pieces of 2 inch pvc. Cut one in half and use the two 5 foot pieces as the side rails, and attach them all together with four 90's. It works well, and can be used at all angles to keep it pointed into the wind.
<br>Good luck, Heinz<br><br>

Here you go on the link to On the Wire:
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<br>On the Wire
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<br>Great site!
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<br>Fair winds,
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<br>Tim J.<br><br>Hobie 20 #541
<br>Bald Eagle Yacht Club, Fleet 52
<br>White Bear Lake, MN

Paul,
<br>Check www.catsail.com
<br>Greg
<br>H14,H16<br><br>

For making the Heinz thing, is there any advantage to using 3 or 4" PVC over 2"? Also, what about separation: is 4' better than 2'? I guess this may depend on how wide your trailor is, because I'm thinking of putting the Heinz thing between the hulls on my trailor (I don't have a box yet).
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<br>Thanks for the help,
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<br>Paul
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<br>H20 #714
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Paul:
<br>I was wrong. I did use 3, 10' sections to make mine. You need it to be big enough to allow it to drop over the cat box, and my cat box is almost 10' long. Also, the extra width beyond the sides of the boat are what allow for you to turn it into the wind.
<br>The diameter of pipe is important for getting the hulls above the rocks. Too small and the rocks will stick up past the Heinz thing. Too big and your boat perches so high it rocks back and forth. 2" seems to be perfect. It is large enough to keep the thing from sinking into the mud , but small enough to be manageable with the other considerations. Mine is 1 1/2" and is really too small unless I clear some rocks away from the area and stay out of the mud where it just sinks in... 2" is also the right $$.<br><br>

Use a foam FUN NOODLE with a rope through the middle. loop it around the front hulls while you're rigging, acts like a boat bumper from the bottom up. $2 apiece at Wally World or Target or K-mart, easy to clean/store and replace when worn out.<br><br>Hobie 17
<br>"MISTER LUCKY"

If you use bunji through the noodle and tie it at just the right length you just stretch slightly and "slip" noodle and bunji ring over hulls (make 4 then you can have one at each "corner"-
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<br>Kirt<br><br>Kirt Simmons
<br>Taipan #159, "A" cat US 48