After wanting a catamaran for the last 4 years it finally worked out. I am the owner of a 1977 Nacra 5.2. Took her sailing last Wednesday for the first time. I have a few questions and need some recommendations from more experienced NACRA owners.

Rigging Question
1. Where am I supposed to tie off the halyard for the mainsail? I feel retarded asking but for the life of me I couldn't find any cleat or place to tie it off. Took a look at the manual and that didn't help.

Care and maintenance
The previous owner told me that he had the hulls re-glassed in 2001 and also replaced all the wiring. It looks like the gel coat was put on in a rather poor fashion. Along the bottom of the hulls the gelcoat is missing in a few spots. Maybe about 5-6 1 inch by 1 inch spots on each hull. After sailing for 2 hours the left hull barely had any water but the right had taken on more than a few cup fulls.

I'm going to need to keep it moored on the water. This means making sure to seal up all the leaking. From what I have read, if the fiberglass is in good condition all I'll need to do is find, seal the leaks and put a fresh gelcoat on the boat. How much should I expect to pay to hire a professional to do this?

When putting on the mast the socket(on the bottom of the mast) that fits on the ball started to pop out. The screws came out and the socket stretched out of the mast about 2-3 inches. Luckily it did not crack.

If someone can give me some guidance on he main halyard and the repair of the hulls/mast that would really help. I'm going to start calling boat shops this week. If anyone has any recommendations in the Seattle area that would be great!