by all means use as fresh as possible, expensive products if you can get and afford them... but if you all you can get easily is hardware store produ...

when you say size are you talking length in feet, width or what? what kind of prindle 16, 18, 18-2, 19? but whatever, if they fill the pockets, they...

epoxy is pretty much the way to go even cheap 2-part epoxy glues from $shop type outlets are probably good enough the last part of your question i d...

as above on the casting thread, maybe you have 1 old and new casting/ on the traveller it sounds like you've lost some balls or got small balls not...

about a year or so ago someone was selling 1 for about $100k??? from memory it was an original 1975? boat but had recently been substantially updated...

nice, and must be good to know parts should be available from nacra australia now once it's sailing he might want to add the super-long bench seats a...

if Dave doesn't want the 1/2moon chocks i'd go for them might be time to get rid of my tramp bar..Edited by erice on Nov 02, 2011 - 10:05 PM.

no rush on the sails Ed, when people and things travel standby for free, everyone knows there is no guaranteed delivery date and i'm sure i could do ...

yes, a jib furler would help depower it both the hobie16 and 5.2 have sails designed for booms and i think the nacra570 is boomless, so i doubt they...

the original tom rolland 36' beach cat on steroids! a veritable beast shown well in this video of the 1 on sydney harbour in the 80's nacra australi...

hopefully not a stringer or a compression tube but i can't think what else it could be! can you get it down to the bulkhead opening for a look for ...

great pics Ed, looks like the lower nacra stainless rudder gudgeon bracket was removed to allow that hobie casting to fit on and then an alloy hobie ...

looks like you were getting hit with the "ajax timeout too" for me it seems to mean the post has been sent even though it doesn't show for some time ...

rick white, who wrote the classic " catamaran racing for the 90's"sells a "hooter" kit for the hobie wave. people have also fitted similar furling hoo...

rick white, who wrote the classic " catamaran racing for the 90's"sells a "hooter" kit for the hobie wave. people have also fitted similar furling hoo...

like on the weta for a furler to work the spinnaker needs to be really, really flat so flat that it usually isn't that good for running deep and is...

a few beers under the belt now and a rugby world cup final and it occurs to me it's about the boat not you a tale of 2 bmw's i have spent mos...

ignore/deleteEdited by erice on Oct 23, 2011 - 04:18 AM.

a lot depends on the cat you have, i think it was andrew? on this site who now has a mystere but used to have a h18. he said the mystere was far eas...

a 1 up no jib 18'x12' i wonder if it's 1 of the defunct 18square class

i've never heard of an 18 either... maybe use the web to find the exact length of the 17 and and 19 and then remeasure yours or run the hull number...

because they were afraid the bows would fold in when the wind was at max strength and pushing the mast back and pulling the windward bow in the hobie...

there is a period nacra manual somewhere in the tech files the 5.2 was made from 1975 through to about 1985 the early models only had 1 set of trap...

very similar to the NZ 8.5mtr, (27'10") rule catamarans....but those are not easily trailered and cost quite a bit more...though they have a very good...

the jib sheeting position is vital on any boat if you want to point without the jib flogging the previous own of my nacra 5.2 had moved the jib sheet...

in the stronger winds try releasing the traveller as you go into the tack daggers should be all the way down and rudder should be held all the way ...

both sound good value, go see them with a view to buying the 1 in best condition some thoughts a 1976 5.2 is not much different to a 1982 5.2, i...

in the left pic there appears to be no dolphin striker, so yes, the jib-less, DS-less h14 good for up to about 190lbs total

i won't call myself more experienced but stuffing the bow in a wave is bad juju on any multi and something that fast multis really have to be very ca...