I own a Nacra 5.2 and usually raise and lower the mast solo. I rig up a double turning block to the bridle. A long (30') line goes from the bridle ap...

Congrats on your decision to go sailing, especially on a beach cat! I'd recommend taking some lessons or at least talking to the tcdyc folks or any ot...

"standing on the rear end of the hull will result in the boat turning into the wind" funny but on mine its the other way around! I stand on the bows ...

Erice, taking the center bar out should actually lessen the strain on the old tramp! The stress points are on the stitching just to the left and right...

There's a sewing machine sailrite sells that will do it. Either their zigzag or straight models will do, even the "unmodified" lots cheaper versions w...

I made myself a new tramp this past winter and I had a hard time deciding whether or not to add the center beam cover. I saved some material for it ju...

One word: Overconfidence! We get over confident because nothing bad ever happens to US! It's always the "Other Guy" and then we call it an error of j...

I wouldn't bother. Popping it out will definitely result in further weakening an already damaged laminate. It will give you a false sense of security,...

Rob, Nacra may have missed a layer of laminate or something. Looks like they did on mine. Below my rear beam there was no laminate joining the beam bu...

David, in the OP you seem surprised she would go over, yet you were flying a hull.. Anytime you are flying a hull that means you have almost no reser...

On my Nacra 5.2 the shock-cord deflects the jib blocks and prevents them from getting stuck at every tack. Wouldn't want to sail without it. I don't ...

I put one on my Nacra 5.2. Wouldn't do without it now, for all the convenience reasons mentioned above. Not being able to trim is BS as far as I'm con...

Why not shove a digital camera in through an access port and take pictures. You can tape it to a PVC electrical tube and use the self timer to get at ...

I'd just take some area off the bottom. You may want to add reef points also because you probably won't be able to flatten the sail as much as with a ...

Piece of rubber hose as linkage?

Very lucky PDS... if you paint over with 2 pack polyurethane instead of gel coat the stuff will blister if it gets wet for any length of time. I'd t...

Golfdad, I replaced my pull-up bungee with a line that is cleated just behind the auto-release. Works well that way. I now have a red line and a green...

Now you got me confused. Where exactly are those blisters that are bothering you? In the gel coat, the laminate between the laminate and core or what?...

I have passed locks lots of times, just never in a beach cat! Sorry, I should have said that beforehand! We have loads of locks in the Netherlands, mo...

With the cutout handles, wouldn't you run the risk of smashing your knuckles if you lowered your daggerboards too quickly or too far? The PVC inserts ...

LOL coastrat, You wanna see me kill myself. Well, if it gets a laugh out of someone; No problemo, I'll film the whole (or)deal for you. If it works ou...

I step my Nacra 5.2 mast solo quite often. Of course, if there's any help available I'm happy to ask. Solo stepping is slower and sweatier! What I do...

Sailrite also sells a non optimized model zig-zag (factory set-up) that is much cheaper and works well!

If you want to try a continuous main sheet-traveler setup without the associated investment, just tie the two together. It works fine for me and the k...

According to her he forgot to tell her to release the line attached to the big blue sail (Gennaker). My guess is he wanted to spare her the normal voc...

The MOB pattern I learnt is 0) shout "Swim" at MOB & assign a "pointer" to point out the MOB at all times; then: 1) Luff up to (almost) head to wind ...

I did my own tramp for a Nacra 5.2 before this season started. It has held up well, with two heavy adults and F6 (one rear beam mount didn't do so wel...

I sail solo all the time on my Nacra 5.2. What I do is set up the trap lines on the beach first. I set them up so I can sit on the hull hooked in and ...

Same drill here Greg (N5.2 also) , I do that all the time with no help. At 200 pounds my own weight is enough to stop the boat from settling with a bi...