As I said in that thread, I got this boat from my father after it had sat on a trailer in the Virginia woods for close to a decade. I have essentially no experience sailing, but a lot of experience fixing things, so I'm doing my best to research the proper terminology and methods as I go.
Here's the boat as it sat the day I picked it up last November:
I promise there's a boat under there.
Here's me hauling it back to my place, after getting it loaded up to the truck. No tags, no functioning lights, no registration. Don't tell anyone.
It was close to an hour on the interstate. I stopped twice in the first few miles just to recheck straps, tires, etc. The drive went fine.
Once I got it back to the house, I hooked up my pressure washer on a low setting and did my best to get the worst of the gunk off. Here's what I found underneath:
I gave it the coveted spot under the carport for it to over winter. Then, this last weekend I spent about 4 hours with some simple green and a host to try and do some more cleaning and recovery. The end result:
It's a boat! I still have a long way to go, but there does seem to be a decent cat under there. I opened the storage box underneath and found two mainsails, a jib, two tillers, an oar, the boom, the mainsheet and blocks, the sidestays (I think) and a toolbox full of extra stainless steel bits for the boat should anything break. It certainly looks like everything is there.
My plan from here is to get a new set of running rigging - all the existing ropes are getting frayed or sun damaged or moss-infused or some combination of all 3. I don't want to remove any of the existing rigging until I have the new to replace it, or I'll never figure out where everything goes.
This thread is really just an intro to the boat. I have some specific items I have questions on that I'll be posting in the future.
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Erik
1979 Nacra 5.2
Central Virginia
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