Finally finished up the video from last fall's Dauphin Island Sailing trip. "bad Gybe" I posted a while back and got much feedback :) I'm new so take it easy on me

Anyway let me know what you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KRajUITZ6g

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1988 Nacra 5.2
YouTube link to see boat in action:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddinE6IorSrPpZrlvcwAjRzSIQsKYPG1
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Nice video! It reminded me of the last time I sailed with an A class cat that did circles around me.

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David
Nacra 5.5SL
Nacra 5.2 (sold)
San Diego, CA
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Nice video! It reminded me of the last time I sailed with an A class cat that did circles around me.

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David
Nacra 5.5SL
Nacra 5.2 (sold)
San Diego, CA
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Why are posts being duplicated?

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David
Nacra 5.5SL
Nacra 5.2 (sold)
San Diego, CA
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thanks for watching

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1988 Nacra 5.2
YouTube link to see boat in action:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddinE6IorSrPpZrlvcwAjRzSIQsKYPG1
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Charlie, please check your Private Messages, top left hand corner, have sent you PM's and noticed you have not read any of them

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hey renovator, I responded, though I'm not sure everything with my account is working correctly. let me know if you got my message. Little late now. sorry I missed you.

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1988 Nacra 5.2
YouTube link to see boat in action:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddinE6IorSrPpZrlvcwAjRzSIQsKYPG1
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SICK 5.2 man! A lot of work went into that boat.
Who made the sails?
The only thing that I saw was when the wind looked like it was up there was still a lot of shape in sails, flattening out in heavy stuff might make you a less vulnerable to big puffs.
Also notice that your main doesn't have a batten at the foot like mine does, which is interesting, I might try mine without that batten to see how it does off the wind in lighter air, I can't get enough shape in it when i need it to.
Nice work on the video!

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Cesar (Cez) S.
Hobie 16 (had a few)
Nacra 5.2 "Hull Yeah"
Vectorworks XJ - A class (not named yet)
West Michigan (Grand Rapids/Holland Area)
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I might try mine without that batten to see how it does off the wind in lighter air, I can't get enough shape in it when i need it to.

IMHO that's when you want to tighten your batten up - to induce shape in your sail

I'm with you there, I've had them pretty tight this season, still kind of flat though. Just going to play with it and see what happens.

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Cesar (Cez) S.
Hobie 16 (had a few)
Nacra 5.2 "Hull Yeah"
Vectorworks XJ - A class (not named yet)
West Michigan (Grand Rapids/Holland Area)
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I might try mine without that batten to see how it does off the wind in lighter air, I can't get enough shape in it when i need it to.

IMHO that's when you want to tighten your batten up - to induce shape in your sail

I don't know enough yet to debate. However I was in SUPER low air a week ago and the battens would not flip over on a tack or a gybe at that. I'm thinking they were a bit too tight for light air. when I say light air i'm talking like 3mph though. it was a paddle day here and there lol.

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SICK 5.2 man! A lot of work went into that boat.
Who made the sails?

Thanks!! The sails are Whirlwind. I can't give any credit to myself for the looks of the boat. I bought it this way from a guy I sorta knew. He did put tons of work in. We are going a bit over the top to try to keep it that way, I do love the way it looks.

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1988 Nacra 5.2
YouTube link to see boat in action:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddinE6IorSrPpZrlvcwAjRzSIQsKYPG1
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