For the past few years I've been driving a van route for a school. Twice each school-day I'd pass by this house and see a pair of NACRA bows in the backyard, all dirty from disuse. Until today, I could never get ahold of the owner. Today I swung by after my route was done and was fortunate enough to catch him leaving the house and flag him down.

He says it's a Nacra 17, and he's replaced some of the rigging (I believe he meant running rigging), some of the blocks, and added the spinnaker kit. He said the mainsail is in good shape. I believe it has the aluminum mast, and not the carbon-fiber one.

The boat comes with a trailer, and he would help me clean it all up, put everything together, and fix anything that was broken so I would end up with a fully-functional boat and trailer.

I've been looking to get into racing, and this could be the perfect machine to do it. (I could leave my G-Cat on the beach, and this boat on the trailer!)

So, in good condition, what is the value of this boat?


G-Cat 5.7M #583 (sail # currently 100) in Bradenton, FL Hobie 14T