The simple and best answer to your question is to hire a surveyor. They can be anywhere in the price spectrum, just like any other boat. It depends on the care...
Does anyone have any info on tuning the mast? I wondered what the recommended lbs are for the fore & aft stays and the three shrouds? Can't seem to find that...
Brian, Eloise and I are planning on being at Yellowbanks, Santa Cruz Island on 8/14 with our Fleet One Group. How are your plans coming? Touch bases. Ken ... ...
Hi Ken, Its been an interesting but hardly relaxing first week of vacation; got the bottom painted, discovered the broken gudgeon which has been replaced, got...
Hi, Let me know the details of the Aug 14 trip. This would be good for me since I have to be back by the 21st for our anniversary. I am free the week before...
Ivan, I echo your comments...Bob, thanks for everything....we made it back to Rye in record time. Steve, did you make it to Block Island? Gunther s/v Catherine...
Doc & Brian, This sounds terrific!! I' been checking my charts trying figure the best course for you. If you had the time, a stop at Paradise Cove just...
A couple of years ago I went from Alamitos Bay to Marina Del Rey to see Charlie and Margaret. Then went to Paradise Cove and anchored. Didn't have trouble...
I am looking at a 1988 model and trying to decide if I should wait for a newer one made with the vinylester resin.How important would this be if the boat has...
Ted, Thanks! Just got back online and caught this reply. Had a good breeze on Sunday and went for a couple hour sail with more willing crew, got her up to...
Just passed the pretty little Flicka, Katrina on my way to my slip in Alamitos Bay. Who owns Katrina? Doc SWAN Visit our web site, www.arholub.com, to get the...
Doc, If it had a black Mercury 9.9 on the transom, it was a gentleman who has sailed it down from Portland, OR..... he went as far as Oceanside and then...
I was at the PSC factory the other day giving a tour to a new boat buyer, and we discussed both resins & balsa cores with Don Kohlmann. According to him, the...
Wow! These work well. PSC rigs the Jib Downhaul to port and it works instantly to completely lower the headsail full down and hold it low and tight. Then...
There may be two seperate situations that have some similarities that relate to coring and hull-to-deck connection and seal. Several PSC sailboats have been...
... Randy you really should try to make it to one of the Flicka Rendezvous. I can't think of a better way to learn about these cool boats. Consider yourself ...
Hi Randy, Here are a few comments/answers to your questions: 1) I am perplexed by the suggestion that '88 was the last of the solid/ply decks. I was told by...
Wow!! Thanks Scott for the in depth answers!! I know I want a Flicka I just want to find the right one for me.Know any good surveyors in the Tampa St.Pete...
... Flicka ... in ... Thanks, Randy Scott: Great summation on Flicka construction. I'd add that there are differences between factory completion and owner...
We were advised by Rod Bruckdorfer (formerly of African Moon) to use 420 lbs for the uppers and 320 lbs for everything else. It seems to work well for us. We...
Hi Mike, Thanks so much for the info; I'll go back and check what I tuned it to last week. I did as best I could with some guess work and she sailed just fine...
Had a fun sail single-handing back from Put-In-Bay, Ohio to my slip in LaSalle, MI. Wind 15-25 was from the NE and I pulled a long single tack all the way from...
Just a reminder . . . This weekend (Saturday and Sunday Aug. 14-15) will be the San Francisco Bay Flicka Rendezvous at Marina Village. Tony Simi is organizing...
I am in the process of buying a Flicka and need to transport her. Does anyone in the northeast (Maine to Washington, DC)have a Flicka trailer for sale, rent...
... Does anyone in the northeast (Maine to Washington, DC)have a Flicka trailer for sale, rent or to be borrowed? Thanks ... Stu, you are very unlikely to...
The Flicka is located in Maine and I live in Arlington, VA (Washington, DC). Estimates for transporting it are about $1000. Thanks for the info. Stu...
Stu, Does your Flicka have a cradle??? If so, it should be no problem to rent a flatbed trailer, set the boat, in her cradle, on it and haul it home. Here's a...
... (Washington, DC). Estimates for transporting it are about $1000. ... By the time you find a trailer and a vehicle to pull it and then pay the rental plus...
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