Nacra 5.0 in FLA

Ed, Can you elaborate on this?
I got my 1991 Nacra 5.0 late last year and I haven't got on the water yet and would like to learn from others and prevent possible disaster. The U bracket on your picture is mounted horizontally, on mine sits on the top of the tiller bar. My understanding is that when you turn the rudders, that U bracket has to rotate with the cross bar. Where or when is the possible binding?. Should the wire be wrapped over bracket and tiller or cross bar?

Sorry, I missed this post.
Mine was originally mounted vertically, you can see the bolt hole if you click on the photo to enlarge it. You are correct that in that case, the fitting needs to rotate as the rudders move.
There were two problems with that setup. first, the fitting got in the way of the rudder lock down line.
Second, with a vertical bolt, you have a lever effect. Everytime you work the rudders that bolt is shoved to/fro. It ended up enlarging the hole, & resulted in slop. It also meant the tie bar was 2" higher, than if mounted the other way.
You are correct, if mounted vertically, it cannot jam, & you don't need the safety wire.

Edited by Edchris177 on Apr 22, 2013 - 08:06 PM.

matt922 wrote:
I have been trying to find some albums on beachcats of a 5.0 and i can't say i saw one besides a few random 5.0 pics taken by nacraman57.

Be a hero, make one with lots of detail pics and rigging tips.

Instructions for creating albums (do it in the technical album) are here in the FAQ
http://www.thebeachcats.com/faq/Photo%20Gallery/how-do-i-upload-photos/

Thanks Ed, that makes sense. I saw the proximity of the PIV brackets and possibly rudder line jamming or wraping but I haven't thought of lever effect. Will keep close eye on it. Thanks 😛

Be a hero, make one with lots of detail pics and rigging tips.

I started a combined one of the 5.0 & the 5.7...just have not got it finished. Hopefully this summer it will appear!