When I was in my 30s, I could drop the NACRA mast on the water, paddle under a causeway bridge, and raise the mast solo on the beach. I was a friggin' Superman. I can raise the mast solo on the trailer now, but it takes more thought and a moment of psyching up for it now.
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Tom
NACRA 5.7 (1984 Sail 181)
Pennsylvania
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