I almost have the nacra 5.2 done with many new parts and rigging. When I took the mast down all of the new rigging was laying all over the place. I have never trailered it more than a mile, and when I did trailer it was only with the mast up. The questions are, how do you store all the rigging and how do you trailer it with all the rigging laying around.

thanks airborne

coil up the shrouds and trap wires into one loop then ziptie the whole thing to the hiking straps on each side.

Do you disconnect the shrouds and trap wires before you coil them up?

Thanks airborne

I disconnect the shrouds and traps from the boat and tape them tight to the mast with electrical tape. It works pretty well, easier than taking them off completely.

I remove and coil all my stays and trapeze wires up before trailering anywhere. They are stored in the boat box, no chance of them coming undone and flying around then. Very quick and simple solution.

Get ready for the different opinions!

If I'm going to a local regatta that's within a 2 hour drive, I usually leave my rigging attached and coil it on the trampoline. With the mast down and it slid in place on the trailer, the mast hound is usually around the rear beam. I start there on either the port or starboard side - one side will have the forestay. I make a loop in one direction and then make a loop on the other side of the loop you just made. You'll have to alternate sides you coil since the cable will not want to twist (I know this sounds weird...but try it and it will make sense). Once I have most of it coiled about as far as I can go, I lay it on the trampoline under the hiking strap and use twice the number of bunji's I need to hold it in place (in case something breaks). Same goes for the other side.

If I'm trailering to somewhere beyond 2 hours, I remove the stays and trap lines from the mast and coil them separately while securing the coils with electrical tape so I don't have a nasty snarl to undo when I get to wherever I'm going.

I think those are pretty good ideas and suggestions.

Thanks everyone for all the help on my 5.2. I will post photo's when I am completly done.

airborne

I do like Jake and keep all the shrouds and trap wires attached. I use a piece of velcro to hold it all together.

-Rob V.

Trips to Pcola Beach (4 hours), I coil like above but I coil them so they fit in the daggerboard wells. I do tape/tie the coils but make sure they fit in the wells - nothing to tie to tramps, just secure by tension on the coil. Any trips longer than that, I detach EVERYTHING I can.

I used to use the bungee cord or electrical tape method to hold the loops of standing rigging as well, until I found my new love -

Electrical zip ties. I keep a pack of those in my gear box, along with a pair of dykes for snipping them loose (insert your own bad joke here). Not long enough? Chain a couple together. The things don't break and don't come loose, and are much easier to do than wrapping tape. The zip ties even work well for things like attaching the license plate to the trailer and such.

Also, not as dangerous as bungees. Bungees dangerous? I used to be a diehard bungee fan, and heard the occasional bungees are bad comment and wrote it off to old fogeeism. Then can the day when a stretched bungee end slipped from my hand and the hooked end just missed my eye after whipping around what I was securing. My bungee use has dropped off quite a bit after that. Velcro straps and zip ties for me...

I like the velcro straps. Reusable.

So are the newer reusable zip ties, available at any Home Depot, etc.