I don't carry a throwable when on smaller inland lakes and/or racing as everyone (including me) is wearing a PFD and land or a crash boat is always ea...

Here are a couple of things I have done to reduce the rudder down line jam problem. Based on Nick Drapes suggestion I tied my bowline at "just the rig...

mhirte wrote: Also, people point out it is nice to have some steerage and not have the rudders fully up. I too like the bit of steerage idea when app...

P.M. wrote: All the same, the bourbon was excellent. 😎 +1

dmgbear55 wrote: Looking at the first picture makes me wonder about the chicken or the egg conundrum. The sides of the rudder above the knot are clear...

P.M. wrote: When I read this I had to scratch my head and go fix a double bourbon. There is no way a center punch like these are going to crush/deform...

At some point I plan to also incorporate a brace between the mast ball and mast to further reduce bouncing when going down the road.

klozhald wrote: Suh-weet build, leeboweffect! Thanks!

Thanks to all those who responded above, all possible as a solution. I think this is the best one I've had yet from Nick Drapes on the FB Nacra 5.0 gr...

martyr wrote: Wow, here in Bama we don't have to register boat trailers, just the boat has to have registration. I just went to the Gulf Coast in Flor...

My experience in NC is plan on at least 8 hours (adding up all effort:learning the requirements, phone calls, blah, blah, blah) and several trips to t...

tnell wrote: The owners forum at Aquarius Sail has some info on this since almost all the Supercats are boomless Thanks tnell. I will take a look at ...

tominpa wrote: I believe Murray Sports can replace the shroud, and considering the failure mode here, I would replace both. They built new wire for my...

P.M. wrote: There has been a lot of mis-information the last couple of weeks regarding boomless rigs Tell me about it: So far not one response on ...

Edchris177 wrote: It's pretty simple, i have spares of all the parts if you want to give it a try. Thanks for the photo and parts offer Ed.

MN3 wrote: Secondly - this would be a good time for you to move a hole forward on your clew plate - have you tired this? does this reduce over rotatio...

Great project and nice work dmgbear55. Thanks for documenting your work and sharing it with us here. If there were an award for inspiration and persis...

Edchris177 wrote: Ha Ha, you went by that little monohull like he was at anchor. That guy and his wife are friends of mine and I always try to buzz t...

FloridaRoadie wrote: I want to go play now. Do it and post your videos so we can all learn something from them. When I got the camera a couple of mo...

Here is a variant of the tool some folks (including me) use. You can make tapered wooden dowels which work well, but these work just fine too. I do...

tnell wrote: I think so....so if it's stuck, it's REALLLY stuck Yes, and PTL I've never had to deal with one like that,,,,YET.

saltlife77 wrote: I have been following this thread because I sail a Nacra 450 which is boom less and I am never 100% sure I am using the right spot o...

The sleeve (called a compression tube) fits inside the crossbar. The sleeve ID is the same as the diameter of the hole in the crossbar that the DS pos...

Great input and photo arch. Yes, I get it that when off center and sail filled the angle would be less than 90 deg.. Just asking a simple logical (to ...

Thanks bacho. Here's what the geometry looks like with the mainsheet system in the front clew plate hole for both sails.

Dogboy wrote: You're kidding, right? No, not kidding. You will crush/deform the tube slightly if you're center punching it. This is just thin wall 606...

Thanks MN3, but, MN3 wrote: sans boom, you probably do want a little more angle to help push your sail forward, induce rotation and increase draft - ...