mat, 1) Get your rudders dialed in, will make a huge difference br /> 2) Sail with jib and learn to use jib to swing bows around, known as back-win...

Thanks Damon!

Anyone down here on the Emerald Coast doing any sailing, anyone? ⛵️

CS, tried sending u a pm, dunno if u got it, tried to get to the muddywaters regatta at Carlyle but was unsuccessful. Send me a pm with your contact i...

Staying at the Wyndham Resorts Destin, this area is a sailing Mecca, and I'm here with no beachcat :wallbash: . So if there is anyone in the area loo...

Damon Will be there for 10 days starting this week-end, just found out that the resort we are staying at does not allow boats, something about HOA???...

trying to contact robpatt or coastrat?

bumping this thread .....waiting for info 😀

Going to be down in the PCB - Destin area in December, was thinking of bringing my N5.2 down and sailing with some locals, wanted to know if anyone do...

With those incorrect clevis pins being too long and installed the wrong way, I'm pretty sure the diamond wire tangs were bent away from the mast, shor...

A shorter clevis pin with the head of the pin towards the mast would allow the diamond wire anchor plate to be adjusted closer to the mast. You might ...

Its not a matter of needs, its just lack of knowledge, there is no other cat sailor within 100 miles, never mind a club or a fleet. So why does one pu...

Hi Ken, I too picked up a N5.2, my very first dagger boat, it does not have any hooks on the hulls forward of the tramp so not too sure what you are r...

Rob, what news on that soft deck repair? R

dunno which is more amazing, the fact that there is a Prindle 16 in Uganda or the fact that you are prepared to sail Lake Vic, be interesting to see y...

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Niles, let me get this right, you are living/working in Uganda and you came across a Prindle 16 in the middle of Africa, where the Crocs grow up to 20...

Above are links to soft deck repair, please read carefully, it has pics to accompany directions, so easy even a cave man can do it. The core understan...

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most beachcats are rigged 5:1, 6:1, 7:1 or even 8:1. if there are 2 blocks on the boom, there needs to be a main block single, double or triple near t...

I picked up a 5.2 with similar issues, no pivmatics but it did have a set of clamcleats on the tillers instead. Have ordered the new style Clamcleat A...

So there are 2 options, fixed block attached to padeye just below mast hound, no tension on the fly, or running block to tension jib on the fly. Than...

Ed, I'm a trailer sailor, closest lake is over 1 hr away, no roller furling. From what I've read, 5.2 has a forestay, jib has zipper luff, I'm not too...

Bummmp!

On my N5.2, I want to remove the center post, I have straps holding the crossbeams, the question is:- will rivets hold the beam in place? I'm thinking...