We use 5mm Swiftcord, it's a single braid, and end splice with locking brummels, amsteel 3mm for spin halyards.

1. Pin one shroud where you want it for sailing, pin the other at the top. 2. Raise your mast and pin your forestay where you want it for sailing. 3...

Now he has it listed as a Nacra 5.5, it's grown 2 feet. Maybe it's the camera angle but a nacra hull, is much straighter, not swept back.

I don't think the bow is not straight enough for a 5.2. Ask the seller for more and better pictures.

DamonLinkous wrote: Thunderstorms with 80% chance of rain forecasted... Has the race ever been canceled, or postponed? Rain I'm fine with... Ligh...

freerangejeff wrote: What I am looking for is any advice on brands and weave styles for the hallyards, main sheet, jib sheets, and trapeze ropes I ...

Never postponed. Canceled the year of the oil spill. If the weather is bad, they could change the course or not sail at all. You have to show up and s...

The old style Prindle 18-2 and 19 rudders are several inches shorter and cut slightly different than the 15, 16 and 18 rudders. Could maybe get you ...

The 2009 finish N30 14.624 W88 45.430 2011 finish N30 14.780 W88 43.995Edited by nacra55 on Jul 02, 2013 - 02:20 PM.

Looks like Randy was OCS, crossed the line to early and didn't restart. 2.5 points penalty but that would give him 3.5 points and third place not 2.5 ...

watch out you stragglers! i'll be stalking you 😀 Oh No..... Coastrat's coming, watch out for the lightning.

Insurance is not that much, $90 per year thru my auto insurance company. They gave me some discounts for boater education courses and past ownership....

Hit the trailer tongue?

Could someone confirm these numbers with an Inter 18? 13 inches from bow to bridle 104 inches from bridle to shroud

landraider wrote: I'm registering up, and it is asking for a "class".... I don't have a clue! This will be my first Regatta. Open B would be my g...

jason88h16 wrote: Wife has no desire to race, she wants to keep it enjoyable and not competitive. Me on the other hand.... But she hasn't sailed arou...

cellguru wrote: What does a barber hauler do? When sailing off wind, with the jib sheet loose, the top and bottom of the jib will not work the same,...

Is this your picture? Looks like what you have is a barber hauler setup but it's rigged wrong. The jib sheet should NOT go thru the blocks on the beam...

Do you put your feet in the hiking straps?

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Yes, you need slack. It took 2 of us to do the 16 mast but you should be able to do a 14 solo.

Damon, I've actually done this on a 16 with a broken mast base, no way to connect the step link. Make sure you have the shrouds and forstay attached b...

1 & 2 - SealLine Dry Bag - 5 Liters, your on a prindle , loose footed main, attach it to the boom. 3 - Tie soft sided cooler to hiking straps keepin...

Your on your own, Jerome and I talked about it and I had the house reserved but I just can't do it this year, but will be at Island Hop.

The owner, Mike, has been sailing cats since the early 90's if not before.

The 5.8/6.0 boards are much longer, a little thicker and much wider and will not fit the 5.2/5.5 trunk. I had three pair of boards for my 5.5, trashe...