this happened a few years ago to a guy on catsailor called airborne after he'd spent a lot of time and $ fixing a ratty old 5.2 into something that lo...

some excellent info in this thread Now that Bush, Henrik, Dave and I have our boats sailing, mods made and dialed in, and others like Munt have are...

my 2 cents my copy of cat sailing in the 90's says outhaul is very important when sailing uni rigged, as the airflow doesn't really want to stay at...

good forward edge should be rounded enough that 200gm? glass weave should lay over the crack, better than rear edge anyway if you have enough access...

forward edge, rear edge. side? you should probably be able to repair from inside the hull and then drip? some resin down the well to seal the wet sid...

the all glass boats seem safe from the dreaded soft spots of delamination so if the hulls look good they probably are of more long term concern with ...

the 5.7 is a very fast cat in a straight line with no daggers and long, pitch resistant hulls but it's relatively high handicap number shows it strugg...

i would think a rig from an 18-19ft boat would be about right the best may be an F18 rig as you would have some great sail choices, but that would ...

keep in mind that beach cat designers generally only design in just over 100% buoyancy into each hull that is just enough to fly the other hull and...

catfever wrote: I am thinking the beams will be between 14-16' wide. I figure I can go a little narrower because the boat will have double trapeze. ...

also some very nice design drawings by chris osterlind of lunada designs and a bigger homebuild the L7 Edited by erice on Aug 22, 20...

start working out the dimensions and ratios of other popular tris like the farriers, weta, seacarts even the rave foiler and other beach tri projects ...

i've just stumbled upon a stash of nacra 5.2 stuff, mainly decals, stickers and badges on the other side of the world from you all and am thinking o...

best thing i did when getting my 5.2 was search the forums for "nacra 5.2" threads copy and save lots of text google the web for info and pics sa...

not going to be finding many 40-50 cat owners on a beachcat site...

congrats, a small tramp hole is not very important, neither is the kite in the 1st year and a close visual of the mast rigging should allow you to us...

when the 5.2 came out it had just the single trap line swagged to the sidestays so there were only 3 ends at the D? shackle at the single mast houn...

i think the traveller track would need to be moved forward somehow which would mean drilling and moving a few items and that you would end up ...

the funny thing on my 5.2 extension is it has 2 holes at that end but only 1 rivet i was going to put in another rivet until someone pointed ou...

petefromtn wrote: Anyone made their own harnesses? What is the fastest anyone has gone on an 5.2 nacra? i use an old windsurfer waist belt...

i taught myself to sail in a 420 clone and then 2 years later bought an old 17' nacra 5.2 which i solo on a small it must be sail so it can ...

if; the 5.7 is in better condition than your 5.2. or if you go in and out of the surf or if you often sail with 3 on the boat - go for it but if the ...

be aware that that tuning guide is for the later nacra 5.2 with swept spreaders they made a few hundred of those most of us have the 5.2 that n...

even with a jib you can still get stuck in irons when the wind is high, as well as 1 day you could blow a jib sheet/block etc so you should practice ...

really rough ballpark figures to get the thread flowing... more than an 80's nacra or hobie, so say bottom price $2000 less than an a 00's f18, so s...

when sailing uni rigged - be prepared to blow the traveller in tacks so all the momentum can go to getting the hulls across the wind - if you d...

probably not, it all depends on where the mainsheet blocks are when you have a boom it doesn't really matter where boat end of the blocks are as the ...

ok, measured the 5.2 rudders at 700mm pivot to tip, so total length about 800mm, 30" that should be the same for the other daggered nacras from the 80...

thanks Ed, those are monsters now i just need to take a tape out to my 5.2 it's rudders

i would guess that my 5.2 rudders have an overall length of about 27inches, 700mm would have thought the 5.0 and 5.7 rudders had an overall length ...