I understand that an adapter is available that lets you carry two boats on a Kitty Hawk. Does anyone have any info about or experience with this? What does it look like? How well does it work?
Say, for example, passing the bungee under the hiking strap, back through the board eye, and then forward to one of the 'approved' locations? A single line forward, doubled going astern?
I think the problem is that the bungee and the daggerboard brake are mutually exclusive. The bungee pulls the board away from the brake. I think the bungee is an afterthought and that Kirby/Bruce expected the brake to work by itself. Like everything else!
Next time out I'm going to try passing...
Also, I highly recommend putting that steel plate at the bottom of the mast step.
You might also want to check the cockpit drain fitting. If it's original, its plastic. My boat developed a leak there ans I replaced the plastic with the brass fitting after sealing off the leak. Some of the...
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You can get a 15:1 vang by adding 2 micro singles and a micro double with becket to the old vang. I have a pic posted in the 'show off your laser' thread, if you're interested.
Can you tell me how to get a decent class legal sail for $125?
I did it over the winter. It's only been in the water once, so far. I managed to hit some rip-rap while launching with no damage to the paint, though.
I have concerns about how well it will hold up too. I know it will be more fragile than gel coat. Scratch repairs should be easy, though...
Thanks, 132. Here's a couple more pics and a 'before.' Can you I.D. the boat in the foreground? They're hard to come by.
I painted it myself, using cans of spray paint (!)... Krylon Fusion, 'specially formulated to bond to plastic' topped with UV resistant clear coat. Krylon seemed to holds...
120 grit is WAY WAY too coarse.
What you need to do now is re-sand using progressively finer paper. The rule of thumb is that you can only double the grit number each time, so if you used 120, you can go no higher than 240, followed by nothing finer than 480, etc. You'll need to go to at...
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