Had a great time today on Arkabutla with Tim Grover. I haven't had my Nacra out in a couple years at least.
I've been going through for a couple weeks to get everything up to snuff. We discovered a couple issues that are/were easily resolved.

The deep skegs make it difficult to get all the water out so I've always been concerned I may be taking on too much water. Also, not being completely sure of the age of the rig I wanted to get some more time on it in a fairly controlled environment with other folks around.

Well we pushed her really hard today and I'm pleased to say other than a balky rudder downline, everything worked great. I'm completely confident in the rigging, and when we were done we tipped her up real high to get ALL the water out. Happily there was only a very reasonable and normal amount.

So all in all it was a perfect pre-Juana's shakedown cruise with just a couple little issues to tweak.

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Tim
Collierville (Memphis), TN
Supercat 15--sold :(
Hobie monocat--given
Vanguard 15--traded for...
Nacra 4.5--sold
Nacra 5.7
Hobie 14–sold to make room for...
Supercat 17–sold
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Oh yeah, the zipper on my jib disintegrated and my spare jib was at home. Thanks to Tim we learned a Hobie 16 jib works just fine on a Nacra 5.7 and really pulls!

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Tim
Collierville (Memphis), TN
Supercat 15--sold :(
Hobie monocat--given
Vanguard 15--traded for...
Nacra 4.5--sold
Nacra 5.7
Hobie 14–sold to make room for...
Supercat 17–sold
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I had my jib zipper reinstalled last year at Sail Care in Ford City, PA. They did a great job (looks like new), and the price was very fair.

Glad you had a good day. The 5.7 is a gas. I'm on my 30th year of ownership.

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Tom
NACRA 5.7 (1984 Sail 181)
Pennsylvania
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The bad jib is going to sail care soon..my spare is actually in pretty good shape. It was going, but now the other one will have to.

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Tim
Collierville (Memphis), TN
Supercat 15--sold :(
Hobie monocat--given
Vanguard 15--traded for...
Nacra 4.5--sold
Nacra 5.7
Hobie 14–sold to make room for...
Supercat 17–sold
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Tim: One of the "regulars" at Juana's is a guy from the Mobile area on a newer N570....he had an older N5.7 for years before that (and other Prindles, etc. for decades before that). If he's there this year, you might want to pick his brain for some tips....he's a really nice guy and is smokin' hot on that thing!

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Jerome Vaughan
Hobie 16
Clinton, Mississippi
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Jerome, I'm sure you're referring to Ray Brenneman who I got the boat from a few years ago actually in Mobile. I know he upgraded to a 570 when I bought the 5.7.

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Tim
Collierville (Memphis), TN
Supercat 15--sold :(
Hobie monocat--given
Vanguard 15--traded for...
Nacra 4.5--sold
Nacra 5.7
Hobie 14–sold to make room for...
Supercat 17–sold
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I also had an eventful day out on my 5.7 last Sunday. Turtleman and I got a new 5.8NA jib because the old jib wasn't cut properly for a 5.7 with a bridle foil. We got out on the water only to have the jib halyard break immediately as I sheeted in. We had to go back in and jury rig a halyard with some ropes we had. Finally we went back out and the difference between a s***** jib and a correctly shaped jib was like night and day.

The sail was fantastic, there wasn't much tiller tug and the boat pointed several degrees closer to the wind. Nacra rules!

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Zach
Yorktown, VA
1984 Nacra 5.7
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the boat pointed several degrees closer to the wind. Nacra rules!

Never forget the most important rule of pointing with a skeg hull
BURY THE LEE HULL
get your crew,&yourself up at the front beam. Make that lee hull sink, & you will almost equal a dagger board boat in pointing.
Solo on my 5.7, I can point equal to my neighbors H17,(centre boards), if I get that lee hull down. Don't worry about pitch pole, you can put that lee hull down to where water is flying off the front beam, at speed, & it will come back up.

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Hobie 18 Magnum
Dart 15
Mystere 6.0XL Sold Was a handful solo
Nacra 5.7
Nacra 5.0
Bombardier Invitation (Now officially DEAD)
Various other Dock cluttering WaterCrap
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Good post by Edchis177. I have never pitch poled the 5.7, but I have traveled via trapeze harness from the windward stern to the dolphin striker.

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Tom
NACRA 5.7 (1984 Sail 181)
Pennsylvania
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I once had a potential customer out for a little ride on the 5.2 when it was a bit breezy. Had him out on the trapeze when he did that same maneuver going way out and then getting slammed back into the DS. For reasons I never understood he decided not to buy a Nacra. Guess I'm a crappy sales guy, or a crappy skipper. Either way it was still a fun boat ride.

dg

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dg
NACRA 5.2 #400
This End Up
Original owner since 1975
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dmgbear55

I once had a potential customer out for a little ride on the 5.2 when it was a bit breezy. Had him out on the trapeze when he did that same maneuver going way out and then getting slammed back into the DS. For reasons I never understood he decided not to buy a Nacra. Guess I'm a crappy sales guy, or a crappy skipper. Either way it was still a fun boat ride.

dg

Word! It was okay in my 30s, but I think in my 60s this would not be a good experience to repeat.

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Tom
NACRA 5.7 (1984 Sail 181)
Pennsylvania
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Have any of y'all managed to pitchpole your 5.7? I've been 3 up (Over 500 lbs total) in 20kts of wind and buried both hulls to the point that the crossbar was probably 18" underwater. She just slowed, popped up, and started screaming downwind again. LOVE this boat!

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Tim
81 Hobie 16
87 Nacra 5.7
Austin, TX
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Have any of y'all managed to pitchpole your 5.7?

Yes, it can be done. My buddy was driving appx 20mph wind, he decided to crest a steep wave, down the trough & straight into the oncoming one with both of us on the wire.
We went azz over tea kettle quite quickly.
That's the only time on the 5.7
The 5.0 is easier, especially downwind in a hard blow, but still, you've got to work at it.

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Hobie 18 Magnum
Dart 15
Mystere 6.0XL Sold Was a handful solo
Nacra 5.7
Nacra 5.0
Bombardier Invitation (Now officially DEAD)
Various other Dock cluttering WaterCrap
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