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I break my back only thinking about putting it on its road trailer, beach dolly, in its birth or on its side singlehandedly. My experience is that the less appealing these activities are, the less inclined you are to go sailing.
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Chairperson, I second the above statement.
I have owned a Nacra 5.2 since last year and it has given me lots of aches, bruises, some cuts and a busted shoulder (awful!). Not once because of the on-the water handling which is simply excellent, but from dragging it back up the beach after hours of fun sailing.
I have to motivate myself to go out because of the terrible on the beach handling and I need to co-ordinate my return at all times so that I can get help and don't need to wait for high tide to beach the boat after 18:00 hrs... (kinda s_cks to explain to the wife I came home so late because the tide was out!) (it s_cks worse to have to come in early!)
My next cat will probably be an F-16, but first I need to get my sailing abilities up to par in the school of hard knocks!