[quote=erice]the hulls on the 5.2 have a lot more surface area than the h16 but have to weight about the same to be competitive with a h16, so they are pretty thin. esp. early boats with out the foam core
walking on them after a capsize does feel a little freaky however they seem tough enough
DON'T, however make blasting up onto the beach hobie style your normal beaching procedure or the hulls will eventual crack up
hobies have very thick bases and a strong triangular profile as they were designed for this, nacras and supercats etc were not
but those big round hulls support weight better than the vee hull on the h16
video from sunday with 3 adults and 2 children on a 5.2 in very little wind and no jib. probably 230kg, 500lbs and clipping along fast enough that the lubbers were happy. i suspect a h16 would have been a bit of a pig with that weight, though you would have been able to keep the jib on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ0WhsOR0Ds
early 5.2's had free floating universals? between the rudder cross-bar and the pintles. like all universals there is a position where they can bind and refuse to steer the boat. eventually nacra welded the parts together at a fixed angle. these can be bought from murrays...............or........you can simply lockwire the halves of the universals into the correct position with lockwire. experiment with string if you have to, there is very little loading and all you are trying to do is stop them rotating around to the binding position[email][/email][/quote]
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