you could have the wings in, for friends and family out, for racing

with a cheap beachcat you can have any 2 of your 3 with a $25,000? f24 trimaran you can have all 3Edited by erice on Jul 12, 2012 - 06:33 PM.

why not build the quattro with slightly fatter hulls 2cm should be enough

it shouldn't the nacra masts of that period seem to be simple bare alloy, no anodizing or painting if it's rough and pocked inside the track from y...

nacra did have some failures there and i think i sleeve used to be available that would go inside to spread the loads maybe worth contacting nacra de...

$2000? the 5.5 uni was the replacement to the nacra 5.2 nacra said at the time that it was slightly lighter, though i struggle to believe that goin...

good repair and write-up looks like this lost cat found the right home

1 of the 2??? nacra 36 built in australia is called malice and will be doing the 2012 multihull regatta in airlie beach apparently will be trying o...

that sucks beach cats are like motorbikes in many respects even the passenger has to be an active component in their control and be prepared for a c...

when uncleating the main and jib it also helps to uncleat the downhaul anything to stop water pooling in the sail and prevent the mast and sail brea...

the h16 seems to work well with 1 continuous line the nacras seem to prefer a separate traveller sheet ymmv

on a 1982 5.2 put the jib blocks on the jib wire so they can freely run up and down the wire then run a line from the jib block back along the jib wi...

have a good look at the pics on the site, not sure there are too many 5.0 pics but it shares parts with other nacra like the 5.2, 5.5, 5.7 and 5.8 yo...

better pic of the sail marking might help unless it's a rig off a sun/sailfish

sounds like catamaran racing for the 90's would help you out used for $16 the yellow bible for new cat sailors esp. those with cats from the 80-9...

sorry not much help to you now, but maybe to future soft-spot repairmen ideally of course you don't try and drill 50? 3mm deep holes with a 40mm long...

nacra 5.8 doing 19knots 2 on the wire here

goose marine in australia seems to have the best collection of nacra tuning guides on the web

well done for displacement multi's my rule of thumb is 1knot per foot should be possible in big air on a broad reach 5.7 is 19' i think but well don...

not listed in the 1977 popular science edition on beach cats if you create an album here called spirit 17 others will eventually find it with goog...

if it's been cold and damp, slow cure will be SLOW if you're not pushed for time you could leave it another week, inside a garage best, bone dry with...

same theory

i think bondo absorbs water best not to use it on a water sealing repair　

very nice view

makes me appreciate my old heavy 80's nacra castings

if the last 2 digits are 89 i think that means it is has foam-cored hulls look inside the hull walls at the inspection ports, if large stringers on t...

hmm... letters should be first in the current code and there appears to be no date there 1700 could be length??? this list correctly shows the old...

had similar here yesterday i left my 5.2 on the beach, even if i could have survived it i probably wouldn't have enjoyed it took the 14'x12' weta tr...

looks a great buy! i'm no pro but if it were my boat i would use an angle grinder and wire wheel or #60? grit sanding discs to carefully remove the ...

apparently the mast broke and the main got shredded....expensive! but having made all that effort to get there and pretty much everyone knowing cras...