It's been a long time since the Arriba was available, and it cost under $200 in the day. Great stick, and I still use one. The PowerStick seems to be ...

The PowerStick telescoping carbon tiller extension is $275 from Murrays. You can shop around.

Really nice video work with the drone footage and some fun Illinois sailing. I sail with a P16 and H16 so we are an odd 3 cats on the lake as well. ...

The exploding head rivets work great and you will never have a problem of the track pulling. I was always more worried when raising the mast and putti...

I have a bunch of them leftover. If you have time to wait until I'm at the lake, let me know how many you need and pay shipping and I'll send them al...

My trampoline was pulling free from the hull and standard blind pop rivets would not hold in the fiberglass. My solution was to drill out and replace...

I am 68 and my body has held out well in spite of being over-weight. Unfortunately at #270 I can crew for two. My main handicap is getting out on the...

Worth the price if only to sail in Dunedin for a bit! I have to say it would be a privilege to be your sheet and helm crew, just to see your modificat...

i'm not familiar with boomlets, so I hope the collective will correct me if wrong. My conventional battens are longer and allow me to stretch the sai...

If the boat has cored hulls, gel coat can be covered with barrier coat to the water-line. This will prevent water intrusion of any kind, and can be l...

11 lbs on your hull is like carrying a 6-pack of beer. It is not going to move around and provided it is not concentrated near the bow, may not be not...

The Harken mini boom traveler is not cheap. I love the concept, but my 37 year old cat is not racing these days, so I'm sticking to things that make s...

Thanks for information on the boomlet. I had never seen one rigged and didn't know how they worked. Good to hear the clew plate works as well, but th...

Well, if I ever get the coin to build a sail, it will probably be the clew plate. What I'd really like to do is get a furler for the jib and get that...

Speaking of expensive sails, they offer a laminate tri-radial sail with the clew plate I'm familiar that attaches to my 7:1 with S-hook, and this boom...

carbonc wrote: Tom - one of the guys who works in the boat cover shop at SLO used to sail Nacras a lot. He had mentioned they do Nacra jibs and mains ...

We have a member that is selling a Nacra 5.7 with jib roller furling and, including beach wheels and trailer in Pensacola FL. I have owned mine since...

I have never added antifreeze to the Nacra 5.7 hulls. Even if water is present and freezes, there is a lot of expansion space upwards. Anyway, never...

The whole sale thing because you're moving is confusing to me. My boat has moved with me from Ohio to PA to CA and back to PA over the years, and gone...

Nacras in the 80 were mainly sold through boat dealers that assembled the boats prior to sale. I'm sure that there may have been a direct sales channe...

Rungi, my preventer is held up by a bungi that runs from the eye on the front of the mast, under the preventer and back up to either the eye for a low...

carbonc wrote: +1 on the preventer. Tom - Your mast stepping pin is in, presuming you took this picture right after stepping or just before de-steppi...

The best way to prevent it is to use a preventer. A bungi cord stretched across the front crossbar is lifted for form an A-frame. The jib sheet is ru...

If there is any way to apply a small fitting to pressurize the mast with low-pressure air from a balloon pump, you can use a soap solution to identify...

Thanks Carbonc, I will check. I have had a no luck finding a sailmaker familiar with the N5.7. It will be nice to clean the old sail, but it is overd...

Old thread, but I just passed by Sail Care and dropped off my sails for the Nacra 5.7 and the monohull Precision 23. The P23 sails are a much newer v...

The S-hook allows for very fast rigging compared to using the bow shackle. When raising the sail and connecting the blocks, it is much easier to captu...

You can put water in the hulls to see if it leaks through. Normally we test for water-fastness and leaks by slightly pressurizing the hulls with a fe...

I agree with Jonathan. I have trailered my 5.7 nearly coast to coast with the rudders attached, but secured. To avoid a very expensive repair, neve...

The image you posted as finish work looks a bit rough. Did you do some sanding, fairing and finishing of this?