https://pensacola.craigsl…atamaran/7395642371.html



Edited by rungi on Oct 18, 2021 - 07:52 AM.

Are you selling the 5.7 you just got?

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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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If you are selling your 5.7, please let me know. Thanks.

It is listed in the classifieds.

https://www.thebeachcats.…7395-1984-nacra-5-7.html

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Pete Knapp
Schodack landing,NY
Goodall Viper,AHPC Viper,Nacra I20
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A couple small things that will improve your boat.
Get rid of that pelican hook used to attach your mainsail blocks. It’s too long, you are losing ability to pull the foot of the sail. You don’t have the low profile blocks, & are already losing some distance.
Main sheet tension is job 1 on a boom less setup. Use a simple short 1/4” bow shackle.
Restring your tramp. Having a drum tight tramp is important. Go back to the assembly manual, item #14.
Note the photo, & how it states to “return the line through the same eyestrap”.
https://www.nacrasailing.…tage-assembly-manual.pdf



Edited by Edchris177 on Oct 23, 2021 - 07:39 AM.

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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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Thanks for the suggestions. I tighten the tramp. How could you tell it was loose? Do you always keep the bow shackle attached to the same hole on the mainsail? It is easy to hook and move the pelican hook to different holes on the main and you cant loose it. A shackle is a lot more difficult and slower to attach but I see what your talking about. I decided not to sell the boat yet.

You do not have a bow shackle attached to the mainsail on your setup, you are using some sort of clip.
Once again, look at the two manuals, or photos in my album.
Factory setup is an “S” hook that drops onto the mainsail.
https://www.thebeachcats.…f706f4a609ee4835cadcb8a9
Many attach it directly to the upper blocks.
Your pelican hook is attaching your lower blocks to the traveller. It might make tear down 10 seconds quicker, but you’re losing the ability to go “block-to-block”. Boom lees rigs LIKE main sheet tension. Your mast does not use a rotator to control mast rotation, the mast rotated correctly automatically, BUT, it requires tension. Anything you do to give up that ability affects performance upwind.
The lower block attaches to the traveller with a short bow shackle. In this photo, Notice how I could open the “S” hook, & attach it directly to the upper blocks. I have a low profile system, a fair bit shorter than yours, so I don’t bother, but in the N5.0, (without low profile blocks), we do it to gain a bit.
https://www.thebeachcats.…ictures?g2_itemId=103257



Edited by Edchris177 on Oct 24, 2021 - 06:11 PM.

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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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why even bother with the hook?

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 capture the sail with a hook. Similarly to completely depower the sail when beaching or in the event of a capsize, just detach the blocks from the hook.

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Tom
NACRA 5.7 (1984 Sail 181)
Pennsylvania
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Or to readjust on a different hole during a tack, if conditions have changed or you will do a long downwind leg after going upwind, for instance

Boat is back up for sale. I am sad to be getting rid of it but am moving. It is awesome and ready to sail. Easy to sail solo and easy to step mast solo. I have been sailing every weekend and days off. The boat hauls ass even in light winds. I have sailed it in the Gulf of Mexico and bays around Florida.
https://drive.google.com/…ryGx8A2/view?usp=sharing



Edited by rungi on Nov 09, 2021 - 05:58 PM.

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Edited by rungi on Nov 09, 2021 - 06:17 PM.

rungi

Boat is back up for sale. I am sad to be getting rid of it but am moving. It is awesome and ready to sail. Easy to sail solo and easy to step mast solo. I have been sailing every weekend and days off. The boat hauls ass even in light winds. I have sailed it in the Gulf of Mexico and bays around Florida.
https://drive.google.com/…ryGx8A2/view?usp=sharingEdited by rungi on Nov 09, 2021 - 05:58 PM.

Looking at your video, there is an important aspect that you can improve (for when you get a boat again after moving...): Especially on skeg boats like the 5.7 and 5.0, it's important to keep the bows on the water, for that wind it would sail much better with you sitting close to the front beam. As the wind picks up you move aft, up to trapezing behind the rear beam, with two on board you may often see the crew trapezing aft or behind the skipper (not sure on the 5.7, I have sailed the 5.0 and it was that way). With that your boat will point higher, something important to pay attention with the 5.7 and 5.0, I think that tacking is also improved.

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 on trips all over the Great Lakes and east coast. The 5.7 should not need re-homed if you choose to keep it.

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Tom
NACRA 5.7 (1984 Sail 181)
Pennsylvania
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u cant take boat to another country
i would if i could

regarding keeping level i understand completly. i used to windsurf all the time
the learning curve is fast on nacra 5.7
i sail it every weekend

a good method to learn weight distribution is to tie the tiller straight when winds are 5mph and waves are small
walk to the hull bow by the bridle and steer by walking to stern the boat piviots you can ride anywhere with no helmsman solo.
hope this helps
dont fall off. i

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a good method to learn weight distribution is to tie the tiller straight when winds are 5mph and waves are small
walk to the hull bow by the bridle and steer by walking to stern the boat piviots you can ride anywhere with no helmsman solo.
hope this helps
dont fall off. i

DO NOT DO THIS
THIS IS A FOOLS GAME

that is because you cant balance?
and are not comfotable on your boat.
it teaches boat weight distribution.

And, the boat sails off on it's own if you fall over - so bad; real bad.

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Chuck C
NACRA 500 Mk2
Hobie 21se (sold)
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hanging from wire on mast?
could be called a fools game also

rungi

hanging from wire on mast?
could be called a fools game also

I know of a few people that I would consider to hang from a wire on mast…

rungi

that is because you cant balance?
and are not comfotable on your boat.
it teaches boat weight distribution.

not exactly
I have been sailing for 45 years

it is a fools game because of the risk of falling off and the boat leaving you stranded

you don't need to take stupid risks to learn how weight impacts your helm
you could...... move forward, move windward , etc


I have a good friend that used to get behind his boat in 1 knot of wind and get pulled by his rear crossbar, until the day he had an issue and his boat left him, He was lucky someone saw him and picked him up before it got bad

Also, you can helm with just your trim, no rudders, also a good skill to learn incase you have 2 rudder failures

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hanging from wire on mast?
could be called a fools game also

what do you think the odds of falling off a pointy bow with no one on the helm vs. the odds of 1000lbs steel wire or harness failing?



Edited by MN3 on Nov 15, 2021 - 10:19 AM.