I live in Glenview and sail out of Glencoe. You might want to check out our sailing beach as an alternative to trailering. There might be some sand sp...

Are you on east shore or Lake Mi? If so The Cat House is a great Nacra dealer and should have quite a few nice used boats. Try putting a want add i...

Supercats...We have one on our beach. Never sailed on her but super expensive and beautifully made. However very delicate and definately not suited fo...

These things are highly engineered that's why they are expensive. They are weight bearing and subject to some pretty severe tourque forces under sail....

Gotta say this and I know I'm extra fussy about my equipment and its condition. Unless the seller has no idea of what a 16 should sell for, $350 for t...

Anyway to do a search of past classifieds on this site? Anyway, from what I hear they are not exactly growing on trees these days so if they are in go...

You might be OK. That has the built in pivoting dagger boards right? As long as you don't get small pebbles in there and they lock up! Guy on my beach...

Thoughts: Something is definitely not right if you are battling the helm. The 14 does require some elbow grease when its blowing and is a good workout...

I personally think that the Nacra boats are not built to withstand the rigors of "surfing". If I was sailing in these conditions on a regular basis, i...

Admire your energy and ingenuity. I won't succumb to the temptation to say you have a lot of time on your hands! Oops. Ignore that.... I'm jealous.

Unless you can find a sailing beach/club that provides sand spaces or a municipality that allows beach storage for a fee you are asking for trouble. T...

Make sure you understand how to right her. If possible flip her over on a calm day and practice, practice. Make certain she's equipped with righting l...

I used to toss my 14T over all the time. She was easy to right. I miss that carefree life! I flipped my N5.8NA first season with wife and kid in ho...

Had a late 70's H14T in mint condition myself for 20 years. Sold it before we moved to Chicago and have been kicking myself ever since.(Wish I still h...

Great explaination! This should be added to the tech help gallery!

Your repair sounds like cosmetic damage. The upper deck plays no structural role in supporting the rudder pin.

and the parts are super expensive!!!!

Couple of cautions. Very delicate and they can pitch pole. We have a big one on our beach and the owner has buried a hull several times and gone over....

Everytime I see a cigarette boat on lake MI, I cringe. I remember too well being stuck in light air in the channel off Toms River dodging drunken reta...

I live near Chicago and sail on Lake MI now but used to live in Central NJ. We used to trailer down to Seaside Park. Nice set up and friendly folks, d...

Personally I would avoid filing the castings. They should fit all rudders and thus the shim kits etc on the market. Methinks your problem is similar t...

Oh good point! This site rocks! Dumb of me to not mention. Guess all my maintenance is schedule challenged so I tend to make rush orders to my Nacra d...

Murray's . And yes a water bag is a good idea.

Brrrrrr. We had a bonfire/bbq. party down at the beach last night. Boats all tucked away and ice everywhere. Still low 40's and no wind and clear.

I am a huge fan of Marine Tex. Great for repairing rudders, dagger boards, hull boo boos and a suberb bottom wearstrip on our pebbley beach. Its good ...

Yes that has to suck. I think I'd take up golfing.

Still...Crazy...Crazy Crazy.

So... I don't have a spinnaker but what do "sail deep" "head down" mean?

Different Larry unfortunately. (And you definately don't want any racing tips from me!) I don't have a Spinnaker but I'm sure someone does. Might ...

It looked great! My idea of a fine afternoon.