coastrat wrote: i've had 3 ladies on my boat with me with no problems and it didn't suck at all! There's a joke in there somewhere. 🙂

you say the 5.0 has a track on the hull for the jib, but mine isn't that way. (not sure if its supposed to be or not!?) mine is just an eye hook on th...

Forgot about booms on the 5.2/ Which is a PERFECT reason to go with the 5.0. The boomless sail was a nice touch vs. the hobie's I've sailed. Less chan...

FWIW, I just got my first cat (sailed hobies a few times in the past, like yourself) about 3 months ago, a Nacra 5.0 (without daggerboards) and LOVE I...

This is a fairly small lake, we shouldn't have much of a problem getting back to shore. Maybe I should trade him in for a lighter model friend, that...

what a great idea. And is that a line to pull up the rudders? did you get rid of the bungee system? If so, I've been thinking about doing that, do you...

I've had that problem already, where I couldn't steer. So I am guessing you must drill a vertical hole in the arm for this upgrade, correct? And do y...

I saw all of those items on murrays, and am probably going to purchase them all (because I love new crap to do! yay!) however, the adjuster and the up...

mine is an 87. And now the plot thickens, haha.

I see, but the angle is a horizonal angle, not a vertical one, correct? I realize that looking at the parts list, the arm has an angle for the 5.0, bu...

stupid question, but.. if they are both bent in 5deg, how could they be used for either side? I would think that would make them only usable on one si...

Agreed with above. I'm new to cat sailing and this forum, and was worried a bit about being 'flamed' as the 'new guy who doesn't know what's up', but ...

Wow, this is all great advice. Mummp, noted. I'll keep that in mind as 'shit not to do on a cat that I've done on a single' Wolfman, it wasn't raked...

However, if I was getting MASSIVE weather helm WITH the jib, I can only imagine what it would have been like without.

Scott, I thought of about 50 feet out in the water. 🙂 It's a good point though, it would also probably help move the force towards the stern a bit to...

and eddie, rudders can't be reversed on a nacra because of how the crossbar is hooked up for the tiller, so at least I know it wasn't that. Really, ...

eddie, yes, weather helm. The odd thing is that it almost seemed like I was getting lee helm when tacked to the other side. (New development!) I belie...

I was traveled out probably around 1/2 way with the mainsheet as tight as I could get it from the angle I was at. I only have a 5:1 on this thing at t...

Thanks for the tips guys. Im still just worried about the bow diving. I mean, I was as far back as I could get and so was my crewmate and it still w...

hokie, I actually tried EXACTLY what you said (before I saw this post unfortunately) today after a few times. I had issues with my job sheet as well w...

Also.. While somewhat unrelated, the clamcleats don't hold very well. Is it more likely the line or the cleats themselves? I've never replaced items o...

b the halyard is pulled back throug skarr1 wrote: Is 3 a cheek block? From the mounting angle of 1 & 2 they look like main sail. Start at 1 and g...

skarr1 wrote: Also on the port side of the mast should be an eye strap and a jam cleat. On the starboard side there is just an eye strap. Star...

my thought... And correct me if I am wrong. For downhaul, line should start at starboard side eyestrap next to the cleat (1), go through a sheave of a...

obvious top of mast in both of these pictures is the front... item 3 and 4 can be seen from both sides, hence the duplicate numbers.

Andrew, makes complete sense. I plan on having this boat for a while so I don't mind putting some upgrades into it. Ironically, the previous owner (wh...