ouch, looks like you can even see 5.2 on the hull stickers...

as said multihull sails have become more high aspect over time so even though both the nacra 17 and the nacra 5.2 are the same length and have about ...

12" or 300mm pipe sections cut in half fit 5.2 hulls perfectly, without the need for any heating or bending i used angle cut wooden blocks to hold th...

this is almost a year old so i guess it's gone but the ad is still up... SuperCat 17 Wonderful Catamaran needs a little work on the rudders and s...

it could be rough old nacra 5.5 or even a 17foot 5.2 but still, the trailer could be worth that!

imho as the H16 halyard goes all the way to the top and then back down to the horn cleat you don't want a cheap stretchy halyard that the downhaul wi...

that's right search for catamaran soft spot repair

if it's called catamaran racing it's the old book if it's called catamaran racing for the 90's it's the "new" "yellow cover" version if it's ...

i 2nd that imho the f18 only has 1 significant advantage over an f16 they can be bought cheaper 2nd hand, from $5000?

very nice a friend made a small extension to his floating dock in a similar way, but for flotation used 6 old windsurfersEdited by erice on Apr 05, 2...

if you do go a H16 trailer with rollers for a H18 think about adding some kind up hull cradles the H16 doesn't really need them as it had very stron...

looking at your drawing you might want your 4 mainsail luff telltales at least 2 foot, 60cm back from the mast as otherwise they will be badly af...

the dutch texel ratings speadsheet shows lots of info like; beam, weight, sail area etc for most beach cats you'll need to go over the "complete li...

Edchris177 wrote: Thanks for the intel Damon. I have not decided whether to sell them, or keep them & put them on my boat. They work better at locking...

how about light grey awl-grip? on the decks? light grey was a standard deck color for nacras so it shouldn't look out of place

most of the 16' or 17' cats ideal i'm another happy 5.2 owner but get the best condition boat you can afford that is local

lots of places you can mount if you are willing to do lots of edits have mounted to the rotating mast just under the boom mid-boom main beam and a...

we used to have a "fathom" club if you could stand in a fathom of water and the top of your head was dry, you were a "fathom" if you couldn't do tha...

back in the day i remember working on the tail fin of a 747 and finding out that my 3/8 spanner was a size too big so what's 1 size down? 2/8 is a 1...

the z-21 is basically an r21 afaik so 300-400lbs per hull?, say 350... specs LOA: 21' 0" LWL: 20' 2" Beam: 11' 0" Beam (On Trailer): 8' 6" Deck...

in that ac45 series of incidents in plymouth? i think it was green comms fluffying around in the strong winds that led to 2 collisions, some injuries ...

looks to me like team stray cats carries some of the "moral" responsibility for that...

i grabbed this from some sail maker site a couple of years ago NACRA 5.2 MAINSAIL Luff 28.17*ft (8586mm) Foot 7.5*ft (2285mm) Leech-AftHdBd 28.74...

hobie16 is it?

hi Will, nacra have been around for over 35 years now so there are a few different decals about, can you provide a link showing which ones you are aft...

gotta dash but follow these links for 5.2 jib and lots more cat sail data Edited by erice on Nov 27, 2011 - 09:39 PM.

hi Bob, i've been happy with the reasonably basic garmin etrex line for many years. for modern GPS what you want to do is very very basic, you don'...

stuff got here this evening Chris, thanks, pm sent

video that shows a little what these big beachcats are like

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