Another hard learned lesson I can pass on. For a righting line run 7/8 or larger line underneath the middle spar. I got 10' of the non-stretchy blue...

ohh, I guess I misread that. My jib halyard that goes through the block on the mastdog and connects to the head of the jib is wire. The wire is conn...

So the forestay is not a wire coming down from the mast? Can you post a picture?

The rigging manual says to run a piece or rope through the hole in the mast step and the ball. This is how I do it with no problems. I use a 12" pie...

Have mine disassembled at the moment but it's just a single large stainless steel turnbuckle through the mast hound. Cable order is shroud, trap, tra...

Here's a pic of the hole: And here's a bunch of my buddies helping me get it back to shore and on the trailer. These things don't sail so well unde...

Sent you a pm. If you're interested in selling the G-Cat I might be interested depending on what you're wanting for it and how far away from Dallas i...

Well, here's a video I found of Hans sailing a G-Cat 5.0 and you can make out some of the rigging and a brief flash of the bridle and jib setup. Edit...

turbohobo wrote: The G-Cat 5.0 cleaned up really good, everything coming together nicely, 6 coats of Poliglow on both hulls and both rudders, the rudd...

Have fun man. Let me know how it goes. We've been at the lake since Friday. The park lets us keep our boats on the beach all weekend if we want so ...

Mine has the bridle wires too. The forestay (jib stay in the assembly diagram) attaches to a ring connecting the bridle wires with the portugese turn...

Yeah, the barberhaul uses the same blocks that an adjustable trapeze line uses. Cool deal. Luckily I have a sail loft here in Dallas that is pretty ...

I found the traveler end stops for the G-Cat 5.0. Ronstan RC61980.

I'll try to snap some pics this weekend when I'm out. I have them rigged the same as the assembly manual but I don't have the barberhaul yet. Afte...

Just took a closer look at your already posted pictures and you have the same traveler system I do. I bought a Ronstan PN# RC61910 replacement travel...

Can you post a pic of your traveler, end stops, and car? Maybe they're different from mine? The traveler car I have is riveted together and I don'...

What parts? I was able to get some aft spar endcaps off a prindle. The traveller car is a ronstan unit. I replaced a broken traveller cleat with a ...

Yeah, job looks repairable. If you need help with the rigging drop me a PM. I just got a G-Cat 5.0 myself so have it all figured out now. I tried w...

Looking at the assembly manual looks like it should be possible to run a 5.7 main on a 5.0 without the boom. Any thoughts?

On the weathered black plastic end caps, just rub on some vaseline, let sit for about 5 minutes, and wipe it off. Does wonders. How did you do the V...

Hey Kin, we spoke on the phone a few times. 🙂 I want the sails, spars, and boom. All endcaps to the spars, rudder castings and rudders, track ra...

I just got a G-Cat 5.0. Everything is there, tramps are good, rigging is good, mast has been welded at the base. Looks like it had some vertical cra...