wow, best looking 5.2 i've ever seen! can't wait you do with tangerine dream

MN3 wrote: I think the fore sail on the weta is a reacher Out yesterday. Had a blast. I was able to open spinnaker on. Weta. That was fun. 😀 ye...

thanks mumpp, noted shouldn't be a sticker, the TRRAxxxx number should have been moulded into the gelcoat on the top, outer corner of the hull just b...

the last 2 numbers are usually the year produced so yours may be a 1983 my cheap and dirty nacra register Santa Ann, California factory - solid gla...

the grey deck looks nacra as does the front beam seat perhaps the excessive sweep of the bow is a camera effect of a too-wide lens

MN3 wrote: we have a new weather item to watch out for lately (3 in the past 3 days) even a beginner would try and sail around that i think

all sorts of ways with no captive base if you only have to do it once a season you can even roll the platform on it's side, prop it on a ladder put t...

at 14' x 12' the weta platform gives a lot of stability and with a shortish carbon mast there's not a lot up top to pull you over either however you...

i'd be tempted to leave it on and NOT try to straighten it as taking it off looks like it's going to be messy...

the nacra 5.2 replaced the rolland alpha cats, which were made in a few different lengths no one nacra was ever produced in especially large numbers ...

pretty good history here With more than 30,000 boats shipped,[2] the AQUA CAT was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2001 nacra 5....

are there any other cat sailors locally who could lend you a smaller beachcat jibs that would fit for a test sail?

removing the jib should produce a lot more weather helm as the sail plan centre of pressure moves aft some boats don't handle very well with the jib ...

if, when tacking and gybing, the mast automatically rotates as the wind hits the other side of the sail with mainsheet released it's ok

do you have the standard chainplate adjusters on, you can use longer ones or even double up if you have to ? can you lower the mast ball? the mast n...

i would assume that nacra went from a partial bulkhead to a full bulkhead in such a short space of time because they found the half bulkheads weren't ...

any little scratch is going to show white... $2.5k is halfway to something like a hobie tiger if you want a crewed boat, and you'd get your money bac...

middle of the deck shouldn't be that highly stressed, much better than forward of the main beam presumably they were put there to repair the back of ...

i can't really think of a bad place to add a bulkhead... best would probably be about half way along the bow to help keep the stringers in place and ...

hi keith, yes people have put bulkheads in...there were pics on the web somewhere of an australian 5.8? that got new bulkheads once bow decks are of...

i found bungee by itself didn't stay tight enough, long enough but bungee and cheap stick down carpet strips together work very well the carpet at f...

a very basic old pic of a 1982 5.2 here basically you will need a small floating block and a short length of lineEdited by erice on Jan 27, 2013 ...

the dangerous rod is the early mast rotation 1975 - 1977??? my 1982 has a wishbone with a crimped end and a small block, sharp and still dangerous ...

not on my 5.2 either where do the nylon lines go?

^ so when beachcat tacking in strong winds one must be careful not to let the main weatherdik the hulls "into irons" hey it works! happy new year ...

^ it's the automatic, family safe, software setting;o) if you try to say male chicken, as in weather****, it also kicks in

looks a bit like cat that came up in discussion some time ago that had some link to hobie...?

2nd the hobie wave, just to keep mum happy pick up a 2nd hand one and when they and mum are bored/happy with it sell it for near what you paid and...

if your lake is reasonably small the 20m2 of the 5.2 will be enough no spin required and a 5.2 gives you a better chance of righting solo click vid...

^ crossed a frozen alpine pass on a big bike dropped it on the ice a nice woman stopped to help me get it back up and ripped the rear indicator rig...