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ne-sail2

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Posted: Aug 15, 2021 - 05:38 PM

Does anyone have good photos they can share showing how they rig their Nacra 500 jib halyard, jib sheets, and traveler?

If you have videos showing how you do it, even better!

I bought a used Nacra 500 and have found that the Nacra manual, which covers several different models, doesn't do a good job showing how to rig the 500s jib halyard, jib sheets, and traveler. I've been able to find some videos and photos online, but nothing that really clearly shows how to do it correctly.

Any help would be much appreciated.
shortyfox

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Posted: Aug 15, 2021 - 08:54 PM

According to my owners manual most of the jib halyard is 1/8th in. that you run down inside the zippered luff as you raise the jib. You disconnect it using sister clips from a 2 ft piece of 3/16 th that stays tied to the tack of the jib. Take that piece and pull it real tight through the jam cleat that is part of a special fitting at the apex of the bridle. Not a good system in my opinion, there are much better alternatives if you're not racing.

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Bill Townsend
G-Cat 5.0
Sarasota
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shortyfox

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Posted: Aug 15, 2021 - 09:10 PM

Sorry, I forgot to mention that as well as that 1/8th piece, the majority of the halyard is wire and you have to stuff it in the zippered luff as well, the short piece of 3/16ths is is tied to a thimble at the end of the wire.

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ne-sail2

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Posted: Aug 15, 2021 - 10:12 PM

Thanks Bill. Forgive my ignorance, but what are sister clips?

Is this the owners manual that you have? https://www.nacrasailing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nacra-500-570-blast-i-17-i-18-f-18-i-20-manuals.pdf
Or is there a different manual that's specific to the 500?

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Nacra 500
Maine, USA
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shortyfox

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Posted: Aug 16, 2021 - 07:55 AM

Pete, Sister clips are little pieces of hardware used to attach two pieces of line together, faster than tying knots. The manual I had was 2006 and it was generic for several models. You mentioned the traveler for the jib. On the 500 it's on the main beam like a Hobie 16. You can open the slot by moving the jib blocks. The sheeting angle can be adjusted by changing the height of the jib or the 3 holes that are usually in the clew plate.

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leeboweffect

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Posted: Aug 16, 2021 - 11:18 AM

ne-sail2 but what are sister clips?

https://www.mauriprosaili…s/product/RON-RF536.html

The clips assemble side ways at 90 degrees to each other, unfortunately I don't find a video anywhere maybe I'll make one when one "when I get time."

In the context of this thread you would use them to attach/detach the jib halyard so that it can be remove once hoisted leaving only a pigtail to tension the jib downhaul. The pigtail (perhaps just 18" long) is then cleated off to a clam cleat at the tack of the sail (usually), but some folks (you gotta really want to) run the pigtail (extended) up to the tramp so that the jib downhaul can be dynamically tensioned while on the water.

https://youtu.be/WXJf-FhyG6U

Hope this helps

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ne-sail2

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Posted: Aug 17, 2021 - 05:26 PM

Thanks so much for the help. I think I've got it the jib all sorted out now.

That video by Joseph Bennett was quite helpful. I'd watched some of this other videos but hadn't seen that one.
jimshepp1

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Posted: Aug 10, 2024 - 11:57 AM

I noticed that on some of the videos I found with the NACRA jib ring hook system only one of halyard lines (the one tied to the hook) is through the ring and the other end is not in the ring. In some NACRA manuals they say to run both ends through the ring. I think with my prior halyard I only ran one side through the ring but this year I tried to build a continuous halyard where I did run both ends through the ring and I've had little success...the hook is hard to seat and has also come off the ring under sail (I think when the forestay loses tension). Best practices? I'm ready to ditch the continuous line and go back to a regular (?) halyard, maybe with sister clips to detach the slack end when it's up and only run 1 side of the line through the upper ring...