Sorry forgot to log i ! I’ll try again. Sweet rig! We have a growing group of cat sailors over here in Plumas Counry, not far away. Send me a DM and...

I would recommend wrapping them in Electrical tape especially if you sail barefoot. I never sail barefoot… but what would the electrical tape do?

Couldn't justify buying straps, so made my own... for free. Used the webbing tails that I cut off the ratchet straps I use to strap the boat to the t...

The weld on the bolt brakes, once it brakes on both sides, the crossbar will rotate. There is a position where the rudders will lock in place and you ...

leeboweffect wrote: In preparation for installing my new tramp it appears as though the front crossbar must be unbolted to thread it. Looking things o...

Thanks Ed for confirming the aluminum rivets as OEM. That was my gut because the SS rivets pull so hard without backer washers that you could pull all...

IIRC your front width ends up appx 1/4" bigger than the rear,(measure from centre seam to centre seam). When the rig & wind loads are applied, the bow...

or quite tight, so that the foot doesn't enter the strap very far that's what I went with.

Maybe just one far aft, so when the boat sends you foward, you can hang on with that aft foot? That's what I'm thinking, and what I've most commonly s...

The straps are even more useful for handling the boat on the beach than they are in the water. Didn't think of that, but makes good sense. Though no...

Al, PM sent, thanks

arch wrote: sierracat, even if you don't have the big hole in the middle, don't you have 2 holes in the mast hound? But how can you increase the len...

mrvideo wrote: Here is another way to attach trap wires to mast hound all using one shackle. Hey, thats pretty cool!

nacra55 wrote: On a 5.5 SL the wires are the same length and the crew (front) goes through the main beam. If I were you, I would measure what you have...

arch wrote: Sierracat; i know you don't want vinyl coated trap wires but i wanted to share what can happen with vinyl coated trap wires if the coating...

Andinista wrote: So that the shock cord is not too tight when using the trap and too loose when not used. I might add… as long as my shock cord hold ...

Andinista wrote: Consider to improve the shock cord arrangement. If you increase the shock cord lengh you can have a more constant tension: it will ex...

Finished! Maiden voyage last weekend was in very light winds, but enough to test everything out, and it went very well. Rigged quickly and without i...

I bought a cheap Walmart extendable handle paddle with a small blade. I hide it stuffed into the centre lacing on the the underside of the tramp on ...

Yes, I have 10 ports, is quite ridiculous. Six on the port side and four on the starboard side. I'm guessing someone needed a lot of access for repair...

I like the idea of the spreader bar. I don't have a local shop, not even a regionall sailing shop that I know of. I try and support physical stores wh...

Hi Lupus, welcome. I am new to 5.5's and I am currently fixing one up, and you can see my many questions and answers This thread might help you fin...