@P.M.: thanks for this tip. I have exact the same jib sheet cleat and get always pissed off when taking of the it. I will try the inverted cleat later...

Thats true, it didnt pitchpole at all. But when the cat stops so hard in a wave that my crew is flying all the way around the trapeze orbit it isnt ...

Good point! Popping the jib sheet is nearly impossible with the original N5.0 rigging. I will take a few fotos the next days. There is no good way to ...

Sorry for my wording. I mean broad reach. When sailing with wind from aft everything is fine, smooth and slow. But the beam to broad reach is like h...

I upgraded my 5.0 in 2011 with a square top main. The gain of square footage is not the biggest deal (maybe under 1m²) but the force center changes. T...

Sometimes I watch some YT content. Ridiculous what the AC75 are doing. Especially turning on foil without relevant loss of speed seems pretty nice com...

Andinista wrote: That’s right, they allow a lower footing jib without adding stress to the hulls. But you can take this as irrelevant with stock jib...

Ahh ok. I'd thought the bridle foil helps keeping the hulls straight. My consideration was the following: the load pulls that heavy on the forestay th...

Are those bridle foil usefull on the nacras? I only see them mountet to topcats but never to Nacras. How much is the bend of the hulls during hard upw...

Every time I rig the boat (begin and end of season) i inspect all Terminals and wires. The was cleary a freshwater boat and has still no corrosion. Ma...

Is it a bad thing to use my standing rig since i got the boat back in 2010? It is probably the original on from 1993 😀 😕

ragebot wrote: So in addition to the original question about beach cats using a hook and ring to raise the main I am also asking which beach cats do,...

Sorry for slightly off topic but i had some issues with my Nacra 5.0 main when i buyed the boat ten years ago. The groove in the mast is O shaped and...

shortyfox wrote: The 5.0 has a boom and a mast rotation limiter. Could you post some fotos of your rigged boat? Would be great so see how its made....

Thanks for all the tips and inspiration. I'll build some kind of rotation device in winter 2020 and will let you know about it. If there is any 500...

I did it the most powerfull way. Proper tension measurements without expensive tools would be nice anyway. Tacking is mostly correct performed I thin...

@saltlife77 I'd also say that cleating in forward will flatten the main and other way around. Sailing without the jib in heavier conditions is quite ...

Downwind isn't my problem here, its more upwind. As I said, the mast nearly points 90° to the hulls. This makes the sail deep and give much of profile...