If you can get a 2005 NACRA F-18 for $5K buy it... The F-18 has a modern hull design, set up for a spinnaker, will give you a great ride and can be sa...

Daggerbaords are about $500 plus for each so look to spend about a $1000.00 there.. that is if you can find them. There may be some used out there, b...

If memory serves me correctly, one of the black I 20 is in San Diego, and the other went east to Brian Lambert... Is this Brian's old boat? Dento...

klozhald wrote: John, Frenchy's is already in there. Bob Yes, but it has the wrong contact info...

No special order parts are needed, everything you'll need can be found in Murray's catalog Also, is your 6.0 mast set up with double diamond wires?

Edchris177 wrote: Not to put to fine a point on things, John, but isn't the Nacra prebend setting 3/8"? I would also leave the extra inch, you will ju...

To do this job right you're going to need to do a few things. I don’t know what the instructions are telling you but this is pretty much what I was i...

IMPO there is not cheap way around this project... You can try and rig up a a repair but in the end you're probably going to need to get a new, or us...

Here is a pick of 2 of 10 a few months after its rebuild I also have a pic with it right next to my NACRA 5.8 and you can see the difference.. tha...

Tom Roland (designer of the NACRA 5.2) just had one of these delivered to our local yard for a retrofit/rebuild... Wonder if this was the boat.. I ...

I never used it on either of the 18-2 and rigged up a system on the front beams similar to what I had on the 18 classic

No not a tough crowd. I have never done this on a beach cat. There is a lot of information here on beachcats. Look up Buzz or Ron Waterstreet, Al...

Hey Dan thanks for the compliment and the dinner after as well.... You got yourself one awesome boat and I look forward to coming down next week an...

Are there any fibers coming through? If it it we me I would build it up using cloth and West Systems or any other brand of resin..

golfdad75 wrote: So if I wanted to lay down a wear trip on my 5.2 (no damage just worn) Can I use the 3M filler and sand or would I do better laying ...

ohmsj wrote: what was basically BONDO, it wasn't red like the stuff you get in the auto parts store but looked to worked the same, the guy giving me t...

Hey Dammon, Once again the The Berachcats Classifieds has helped me clean out work shed full of some great deals on stuff others may find very use...

Isn't the F-17 mast is carbon fiber and the F18 mast is aluminum? As for the length F-17 mast is 30’ 4” and I believe the F-18 mast is 30' 1". May I...

I have good luck with 3M High Strength Repair Filler. I can across this when a guy at our yard was fairing his J24. Have used it to repair rudders,...

Dan, Shoot me a PM with your phone number as I am usually down in your neck of the woods and would be more than glad to help. Did you get the one t...

You are using rudders from a boat with no center board vs one the has them.. You may want to look at using the rudders from a Inter 20 or Inter 18 as...

may want to try a set of nacra or prindle (long) rudders...

Change out the valve stems, this usually cures the problem about 80% of the time...

davidsd wrote: This race sounds interesting. Who do I talk to about doing it? David Nacra 5.5sl Dat be me..... shoot me a message with your email a...

Take one of the files I sent you, open it in Google Earth, and you should be able to get the headings etc.... and the data in those files is very acc...

Hey Bob, I have been using the Garmin GPS 96C with an Aquapack for this race for the past five years and it has worked well..... My crew last yea...

When I was back there again in the 90's I had to register the trailer, but not the boat and yes AAA did do it... but it was something like $50 for eve...

I think there are only 3 out of 10 still in existence. One for sure is in Oz, upside down so to speak, one is in Canada, that leaves one other somewhe...

Where did yo find this one?