Have you tried a mechanical or pneumatic impact wrench? Alternate tightening and loosening with a lot of penetrating oil. Sometimes the trick to loosening a nut is to tighten it a little first. If the tilt tube is still salvageable try a nut breaker, cold chisel, or a grinder with cutting wheel dep...

Any clever ideas to get the nut loose from the tilt tube before I cut it off? I've tried penetrating oil, hitting with a hammer to break it loose, and heat. I've cranked on it so hard using a large Crescent wrench and pipe wrench on the tilt tube that I've now rounded off two corners of the nut. I'm...

I was planning to replace my bow pulpit on my '01 26x, I didn't realize there was so much foam underneath the pulpit mounting area, looks like I'll have to rethink my approach. For not having done this before it looks great. Karl I accessed all the nuts for the pulpit by removing the foam blocks th...

I actually forgot about this thread. I made a new one to document the entire process start to finish. There is a good amount of detail and some pics of the process. It turned out better than expected.

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Wow, great deal if you can get the title sorted out.

The post has been removed, was this the one for $500 without a title?

Sooooo many people have the same question on FB, and I always post this as the answer. I have also posted my setup for emergency rudder kick-up, which is to use a 1/4" line for the rudders, and once they are hauled down, to NOT cleat the line off, but to wrap it several times around the cleat....

This may be a silly question...... I see people mention that it is hard to head up, the boat would rather head down in a blow, requiring a constant hand on the helm. I come from many years on Hobie Cats, the 26X is my first boat of this type, and have only had the sails up once. On the cats, we rake...

Congratulations on getting back on the water! After what you've already done fixing that rudder is going to be a piece of cake. Exactly why I shrugged it off as a learning experience, haha. It was really shallow, up near shore, I just cleated them up a few inches out of the water, not even sure why...

Finally! Our 1st trip to Lake Michigan was full of surprises, motor problems, shredded tire, burned up 4th gear clutch pack in the truck, cold weather, no dock at the launch (that wasn't fun to figure out how to load/unload everyone, and keep the boat off the rocks), etc., but we managed to sail aro...

That is some beautiful work. I can't believe that's the same bow you posted when you started this project. Now if you could just find out what they used to texture the non-skid areas you could completely hide that hinge repair. Thanks! I actually thought about 3d printing that texture pattern as a ...

Finally had a break from the rain yesterday. It's been raining/storming for the last week, and a high chance of rain every day for the next 10 days in the forecast, ugh. The motor and all connections are now complete, just need to mount the control box. Made new heavier duty rudder brackets. The oem...

Last night I laid a 2nd, thicker coat of gelcoat everywhere needed. I noticed my last coating ended up a little too dark, was way obvious once it dried. This time, I just left it pure white, it's so hard for me to get the color matched correctly. If I'm not too aggressive with the sanding (I usually...

Have you considered using a circular 3-4 inch hatch plate through the side of the anchor locker, one per side. If I cant convince my wife to put her hand into the hole, I'll need to use the 4 incher so my forearms get thru. Spent some time at home depot trying out different sizes. Got some funny lo...

Slowsl Thanks for your alternate approach to accessing the rear legs of the pulpit. I kept reviewing your repair of the deck where your front pulpit legs pulled out. When your repaired the area of the front legs, how did you remount the front of the pulpit? I see no access hole to reach the bottom ...