[quote=tamumpower1][quote=samc99us]That is a good looking boat. With a modern square top, it would be killer.
Tilt trailers are all a pain in the rear. Need to counterweight the trailer which makes them heavy.
I'd be hesitant to do much to that boat, she looks in fine shape. If you just lift the bows up onto the beach there shouldn't be much wear. Maybe carry a par of throwable PFD's, these make good padding. Kevlar is very abrasion resistant but there are a lot of other issues, a big one is that paint doesn't want to stick to it.[/quote]
Yea I'm with you. I think I'm going to take the easy route for now and just re blast paint on it as needed before getting into exotic materials. I'm pretty good about knowing the shallows here locally and I doubt the hulls will ever get sanded too much. I've already stripped the gelcoat off the boards and rudders and filled them back to new and put a few extra layers of sacrificial glass on the tips for when they eventually carve a little sand.
[quote=nacrasailing]Not sure who you emailed within Nacra, but I didn't hear from you.
I'm guessing that what you heard about being one mast on those boats is right. However, over 40 years some things are bound to change in production.
Also you have to remember the company was purchased in 2007 and we no longer have anyone that was involved with the company prior to 10 years ago. A lot of our information was lost in the great minds of some of our predecessors.
We have a handful of extrusions in our U.S. inventory that we're not even sure what they are.
We're doing our best to support the older boats but it's really quite difficult! There was no internet databases back then that we can still access and most of the paper has been lost.[/quote]
Ah, that would explain the crap shoot on the reliability of old information. I'm not sure who emailed me, I might have saved it, not sure. My only reason for the whole thing was that I for sure have a floppy noodle mast and had hopes of putting my 18' sized spin setup over on it but with the mast the way it is it's mega questionable. To get a stiffer mast I'll probably have to retrofit over something from a modern boat instead of looking for a stiff older era mast and then having to lengthen it for the square. The spin idea is on hold for now. Not really in the mood of doubling the cost of the boat just for a newish mast anyway.[/quote]
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