Difference between Nacra 500 and 5.0?

mrich

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Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 12:00 PM

Hello,

I posted a few days back looking at a new (to me) boat. One thing and another I've ended up trying to discover the difference between a Nacra 500 and 5.0. Not having seen the boats in person, and not having much luck on the Internet. Both were built around the late 90's-2000. Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance
Wolfman

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Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 02:10 PM

There is no difference between the two except maybe the vintage. Performance Cat started calling the 5.0 the 500 in North America sometime in the early 2000s, I believe. It is still called the 5.0 outside of NA. Other than that they are the same boat.

Regards,
Dave

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Dave Bonin
1981 Nacra 5.2 "Lucile"
1986 Nacra 5.7 "Belle"
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erice

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Posted: Oct 25, 2009 - 04:38 AM

the nacra 5.8 became the 580 but had quite a few changes

the 5.7 became the 570, not sure any major changes

and the 5.0 became the 500

probably a few sail and rigging differences

things like daron to mylar sail and overlapping jib becoming front beam mounted jib etc but essentially the same boats

a few minutes doing google images searches should show you the main differences

google sea