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[quote=P.M.]Welcome to beachcats.  What's your name?

I recommend you look at the rear starboard transom and ID the V.I.N. which will reveal the year made.  Ron has a point regarding this boat and there is only so much you can tell from a picture.  I'm not sure what year was the last to manufacture the 5.2 was, but your rig has newer manufactured parts.  The extruded traveler on the rear beam is newer . . . (late 80's I believe), and Nacra did not change the hull lay up with the smooth white transoms until sometime in the (early?) 80's I believe.  Usually you will see black inserts for the transoms, and a bolt on black traveler track on the rear beam.

I would get the standing rigging right first.  The bridal to jib hardware is crap and is pieced together with parts out of the spare parts box.

Boats this old have long histories. The smaller tang could be for anything . . . I've seen them use for active jib downhauls on older rigs (before the jib furling).  Hard to tell from his picture sent but he looks like he has a sheet connected to it (white with blue tracers) ending in what looks like a jamb cleat.

Nice boat and it has nice bones.  You will love it once you spend a season sailing it.[/quote]

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