Hey everyone,
Just thought I would pop in here and say hello. I am from Maryville, Tennessee and I just bought an older Nacra 5.2 for my family and I to sail on the many lakes and rivers local to my area. It is in decent shape altho it appears to have had some decent repairs done to the hull. I intend to enjoy it for a little while and then this winter take it down and re-gelcoat the hulls or paint them with whatever you fellas recommend. The hulls did not appear to take on any water after we had it out on the lake for about an hour today. I have not a clue as to how to rig the jib on this thing altho I managed to get around using just the mainsail today and back to the boat ramp. There was like ZERO wind out there and it was slow going altho there was a quick gust or two that kinda gave me a little idea about how fast this thing can be in real wind. I grew up sailing a Hobie 14 on the lakes near my Grandfather's home in Lake Worth Florida. The boat appears to have had a new tramp put on recently and it is a mesh blue tramp in good shape. SOme of the rope lines could use replaced and I bought some new nice life preservers and lines from Bass Pro-shops today. I am quite sure there are some more specific lines available for this boat but I hope to learn from you salty dogs here about what is what and how to do it right. I have fond memories of flying the hull on that 14 on the lakes with my girlfriend way back when and hope to be able to share the same exhilaration with my kids and wife now. The boat appears to be large enough for my wife and I and two small kids but not much more than that. It has been equipped with two trapeze on it and I hope to get some harnesses or make some harnesses for it. It needs some shock/bungee chords to keep them from flopping around. I simply tied them off when I test sailed it. I love the shape of the hulls and their knife edge profile. We are planning to move back to florida soon and I am optimistic this will be a great boat for the Intercoastal Waterway and the ocean once I get more familiar with it.
Anyways, I am glad to meet all of you and hope to learn how to properly rig this boat and get it ship shape and ready to enjoy. It sure is light and looks fast even standing still!!! Peace
Pete
