Hi Gang,
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<br>This site looks like an awesome resource! I'm glad I found you!! I've owned my boat for about 5 years and have loved every minute of it!!! I've noticed a few of you have Nacra 5.2s as well, so I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions?
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<br>I haven't been sailing much for a couple of years because I was burning the midnight oil at a startup, but now I've gotten the boat back out and refurbished quite a bit of it and am greatly enjoying being back out on the water. (Lake Travis, Austin, Tx) My questions are rigging related. The previous owner used it for a pleasure sailor, not a racer, so they disabled all non-essential, tune-related rigging. The outhaul and Cunningham/downhaul are knotted up and non-adjustable and it looks like there's some sort of block arrangement on the front crossbar out by the hulls that has been disabled as well. Was this a jib outhaul? (Please excuse my improper terminology, Ive been sailing solo for a long time and forgotten what the correct terms are (at least I didn't say "rope" or "doohickey"... )
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<br>Do any of you 5.2 sailors have any pics of the correct rigging or can just describe the function of the mystery blocks. I have figured out the outhaul, but what about the downhaul? I recall seeing a block arrangement on that on another boat, but mine is currently rigged like a laser, I don't even know where it's really supposed to cleat off!
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<br>I apologize for my ignorance that's why I came to you guys for help. I really am a decent sailor, I just got this boat in a stripped-out fasion and am trying to get it right
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<br>Thanks a bunch! If any of you are from Austin, I'd love to meet up w/ some more cat sailors!
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<br>-Scott<br><br>Nacra 5.2