not quite sure what you mean.... but i have 2 ronston orbit auto-ratcheting gennaker blocks lashed/tied to the rear beam of my weta trimaran, as pe...

not too old to run but probably too old to sail as hard as when it was new... you can generally do a fair job of hand sewing the tramp with heav...

if you are a techie, a $100 GPS and some time on the computer analysing your tracks will help you race faster

- if the hull serial number starts with a T then it's a solid glass boat - if it starts with an H it's a foam core boat - the normal way to get in...

ryman522 wrote: thanks for the reply, ill check into reefing points. I was considering it for 25 + mph wind conditions. I had a nerve wrecking experi...

rather than lash out several hundred for a new full sailing trap harness see if you can pick up an old half windsurfer harness for $10-$20 many come ...

according to to the only people who seemed to have left a tuning guide on the web for racing the nacra 5.2 you want the factory spreaders to be swept ...

at a guess start thinking about another sheet 8ft? longer than the old, 4ft per side from jib block to forestay? it probably doesn't have to be the ...

nice recap using screws to hold the layers together....aaaahhhgg happy my old nacra is solid glassEdited by erice on May 20, 2011 - 08:41 PM.

any cheap cat that is ready for sailing is a good deal in my book 14' esp. good for a 1st cat not long ago there was a keen young lad posting on a c...

17' nacra:o) fastest is hull length, so longer is faster, generally more power, bigger rig etc. hobie16 may be able to reach faster than a nacra17 a...

matt922 wrote: anyone have "cat sailing from the 90s" book sitting unused? i bought a hard back copy of rick's previous book, "catamaran sailing" for...

virtual sailing a nacra 5.2

gcamick wrote: Righting question... Can a 170 lb man right a 5.2 with a knotted line mechanism (i.e. line attached to mast base over hull)? in the oc...

try a search on "solo mast raising", supercat likely to be much the same as hobie16, hobie18, nacra 5.2 etc

"a well used H16"........... if it's sloppy around in it's castings you will struggle to wind some people epoxy the whole platform together...

there are also differences in the sail plan the nacra 6.0, old school with pinhead main, big? roller furling jib, for better reaching? inter 20 wi...

2. with all the rigging tied to the mast, (probably not in your case), the mast base is heavier than the top and with an overlong load you have more ...

i transport my 29'? nacra mast on the top of my van 40km twice each year with red flags both ends 2 things i've noticed 1. the oval mast wants to bo...

if you want to convert from old shallow/dangerous mast base to the newer, deeper, pin-able system you need to buy and use the whole 5? part kit this ...

where are you going to be sailing out of? the 5.2 is WAY better at weight carrying than a hobie17 BUT, as they were first produced in 1975 some of t...

presumably a dagger-less, boomless, nacra 5.7 good boat fair price

never heard of a p-cat and i've never heard of jib sheets going outside the stays either try inside do you have any idea where the blocks should mo...

sounds like a good idea have you run it up the calcat mast yet?

sorry can't answer the Q and have never seen a supercat of any flavour in the flesh But, if you do a search for the texel rating spreadsheet, downloa...

the factory suggested 5 degrees of rake should be your start without a jib you may eventually find that zero rake gives you a more balanced helm BUT...

above is a link to the 5 pics you shouldn't need to put a screw through the f/glass hull for the dagger side-loader bungee. mine has 2 stainless sadd...

halliske wrote: SORRY THE PIX LINKS WERE NOT ok AND DONT SEEM TO BE WORKING. CHECK OUT THE Catsailor Photo ALBUMS 5.2 RE-DO Hal can you prov...

congrats on the new boat think we would probably all love to see some pics when you get her sailing never seen 1 in the flesh myself but from the pi...

cool! my daughter just brought it in from the post box, 11.50am 🙂