Squares are uni-rig with 11 ft. beams. Clearly not pictured. The SL is sloop rig. You can see the jib blocks and the jib bow foil, which was the de...

Sounds like you're just learning the boat, or the boat is new to you. I suggest you just leave the rotator sheet off for now. With a boomless main, ...

You have it backwards. You should reeve the sheet to "induce rotation". The 5.5 is boomless. Rotator arm forward of the mast. Rarely will you need...

Sam, Regarding item 1. I believe he said that he has a beam sleeve made from a beam extrusion. As long as it is extends from the end inward about 2...

That's "Undecided". The boat has a very very long and colorful history.

Let me add that those are not gelcoat spider cracks, that is damage. This is a foam core boat, which means possible water intrusion in the foam and m...

If you are looking to sail this boat . . . PASS! If you have storage space, buy it for parts. By the time you replace the front beam, get sails, bu...

Lars, Like Ron and Sam said, your 5.5 mast base should be the same as all Nacra carbon mast bases. Newer AL extrusions from Nacra are wing mast prof...

tamumpower1 wrote: I think I remember reading that for rudders the profile is very specific to the speed the foil is meant for and that a thicker foi...

klozhald wrote: Any recommendations on who offers Catamaran Insurance?? I have the boat combined with my house and car insurance. It's under $100 per...

leeboweffect wrote: The rudders in the pic are my "junk" set which came to me used. The previous owner didn't shim them so the amber areas you see h...

leeboweffect 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 crus...

tnell wrote: But for some strange reason my dogs like to lick it up. I sprayed some on a yard art windmill and they were all over the drippings. I'm...

leeboweffect 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 wa...

nacra55 wrote: You guys are way overthinking things. Your pull down lines are too long, shorten them and tie a stopper knot or knot and twig ball or ...

MN3 wrote: Easy to address with a braided cover. I use synthetic standing rigging and it is FRIGGIN AWESOME! I'll see if I have a pic of the covers....

MN3 wrote: note on synthetic stays: most don't use them due to the shafe that takes place between the side-stays and the hound/trap wires you need to...

tradisrad wrote: I am surprised that this failed Your kidding? tradisrad wrote: the other shroud has one broken strand in the same location. Also...

Wow, a lot posted here from a single picture, very entertaining. I was actually reading these posts from email notification (no pics) and never realiz...

There has been a lot of mis-information the last couple of weeks regarding boomless rigs. Simplified illustration, boomless rotators "induce" rotatio...

This failure is likely the result of having inspection ports BOTH forward AND aft of the main beam, not saw cuts on the "lug". Nacra starting install...

Juana's dates are set in stone and it's a great event. RTI . . . you would want to contact them directly. As of lately with RTI, you don't know wha...

Here are some pics. This should help clear up the above description.

Hey Piatro, You're on the right track. Nacra upgraded ALL boats with daggerboards to a better side loader system, and it works perfect. The two par...

Your good. Step and rake the mast and adjust with the spin rigged. Make sure to add a stopper ball above your bowline.

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Two ways to do it. Here are a couple of pics. Blue bungee line.

I'll be posting all things AC35 here.

Great thread!! Keep it up guys.

Spinlocks for the spin halyard won't just fail, the will disintegrate. (and usually at the worst time). Got the t-shirt and have seen it many times.