[quote=tumbolo]Hey Everyone, I just wanted to thank everyone on this forum for great posts and lots of awesome useful knowledge. Not 4 months ago I bought used Nacra 570 and entered the race to Alaska. Before that I had sailed H16s a handfull of times. Yes, a big learning curve for me and my crew but after 300+ training miles, lots of generous people and all the valuable knowledge I learned here we are ready to go! We head down to Port Townsend tomorrow before the race starts on thursday. Here is a pic of the boat ready to go!
[img]http://www.thebeachcats.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=118793&g2_serialNumber=4[/img]
Mods I made to make the trip quicker and less miserable include:
-Custom made screecher
-Solar and electrical system
-Reef in main and roller furling jib
-Pedal drive capable of about 4 kts
-folding dodger (makes for a little shelter when sleeping, its up in the pic)
- small forward tramp on stbd for gear storage
Thanks again and keep up the good work! And a word of advise to someone getting into beach cats for the first time: buy a boat and go sailing! I have never had more fun on a sailboat than on this machine.[/quote]
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