| Welcome Nacra F17 Sailors! #144701 06/03/08 04:28 PM 06/03/08 04:28 PM |
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Consider this our new home to share information about the boat, racing, tuning, upcoming races and events, etc. Let's all have fun this year!! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
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#144704 06/12/08 04:49 PM 06/12/08 04:49 PM |
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn Karl_Brogger
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | Are other's invited? Or just the NACRA folk? Not being snotty, actual question.
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#144706 06/12/08 08:53 PM 06/12/08 08:53 PM |
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | Karl, The forum is for 17' single-handed cats, I'm sure that there will be a touch of F104 talk also. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Ted That's what I thought, but N17 has been the topic of choice. | | | Re: Welcome Nacra F17 Sailors!
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#144707 06/13/08 11:35 AM 06/13/08 11:35 AM | Anonymous
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#144708 07/06/08 01:56 PM 07/06/08 01:56 PM |
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... Mary
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Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | What does the "F" stand for in the Nacra F17 name? I would assume that it means "Formula," but there is no Formula 17 Class, is there?
It is kind of confusing to me, but maybe that's just me. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Or maybe it is anticipated that there is going to be a Formula 17 class and Nacra is on the ground floor trying to get it started?
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#144709 07/06/08 02:45 PM 07/06/08 02:45 PM |
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Posts: 38 | Hi Mary, What does the "F" stand for in the Nacra F17 name?
F stands for F that simple but there is no Formula 17 Class, is there?
Not that I know of..... Nacra is on the ground floor trying to get it started? No, The Nacra F17 is now the largest & most active group in the Nacra Class. Fair Winds.... Mark F17#727 | | | Re: Welcome Nacra F17 Sailors!
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Posts: 1,479 Thailand | Mary, I'd venture to guess that the "F" is simply a marketing gimmick for the neophytes and in actuality has nothing whatsoever to do with Formula racing. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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Posts: 38 | www.nacraclass.com/F17.htmWe have inserted a new form on the F17 Class Page. F17 Owners may send Bob Curry a rig tuning question. Nacra Class | | | Re: Welcome Nacra F17 Sailors!
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#144713 08/26/08 10:31 AM 08/26/08 10:31 AM |
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Posts: 1 | A Hobie Cat is a small catamaran (or two-hulled) sailboat manufactured by the Hobie Cat Company of Oceanside, California, USA. Begun as a manufacturer of surf boards in the late 1950s, Hobie (named after Hobie Alter, the company's founder) began manufacturing catamaran sailboats in the late 1960s and has become the largest manufacturer of small catamarans in the world. ------------------------- valrossie http://www.hookup-tonite.com | | | Re: Welcome Nacra F17 Sailors!_ ASK BOB
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Posts: 98 | New Slideshow over at the F17 Class page. http://www.nacraclass.com/F17.htm <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Ted | | | Re: New F17 Class Web
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#163683 12/30/08 07:25 AM 12/30/08 07:25 AM |
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Posts: 744 | Hi Bill! Here are a few answers to your questions.... The F17 with the carbon mast can be righted at your weight. The aluminum mast F17 needs a righting bag or pole to accomplish this task (I'm at 175 with alum mast and need some help!). Since we don't weigh the boats at our championships, I'll guess the boat weighs in about 320ish lbs and it is very, very solid. It does come with a jib kit/double trap setup; chat with your local dealer. There are a lot of nice used boats out there! Thanks for stopping by the site and feel free to start a new F17 thread anytime and we'll do our best to provide you the best answers and information about the boat and how to sail it! Regards, Bob
"The election is over, the talking is done, Your party lost, my party won. So let us be friends, let arguments pass, I’ll hug my elephant, you kiss you’re a $$.” Liberalism = A brain eating amoeba & a failed political ideology of the 20th century!
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#199810 01/02/10 09:31 AM 01/02/10 09:31 AM | jungle jim
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Posts: 9,582 North-West Europe | Jungle jim,
I say ; watch the main catsailor forum and ask your questions there. You are more likely to make contact with (former) supercat 17 sailors there.
Other then that let your eye wander over to the F16 and F17 forums now and then and pick up some specific info related to single handing a beach catamaran.
That seems to be the best approach based on what I know about the forums at catsailor.
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#201133 01/23/10 10:30 PM 01/23/10 10:30 PM |
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Posts: 9 Qld, Australia | WHoooHOOOO, Lookingforward to taking delivery of my New F17 in the next week or so... Where can i get sometuning tips??? Thanks, Leigh Aus 802 ("Monkey Boy")
PPhhhooowwwaaaarrrrrgh... Bad Leroy Brown (Leigh) F17 "Monkey Boy", Sail #; Aus 802
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#201135 01/23/10 10:40 PM 01/23/10 10:40 PM |
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Posts: 117 Cairns FNQ | Awesome Leigh, Did you get wings? This will be my next boat after I learn how to sail with a spin. I was thinking FX-one, but now they (Nacra Australia) are fitting wings, I'm 99% sold on the Idea. Bob Curry seems to have all the tricks. [edit] I've done a copy and paste job for you Leigh [edit]
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#201139 01/23/10 11:41 PM 01/23/10 11:41 PM |
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Posts: 9 Qld, Australia | Heya Mate, Not sure where the "wings" came from, i think they are probably an after-market add-on... The class rules are yet to be established here but, (i believe) that to keep things consistent we'll go down the path of doing the same as the U.S.? Perhaps we could all get sponsorship from Libra Fleur and make up our own take on the class here in OZ??? Cheers, Leroy
PPhhhooowwwaaaarrrrrgh... Bad Leroy Brown (Leigh) F17 "Monkey Boy", Sail #; Aus 802
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Posts: 9 Qld, Australia | Look like it'll be the weekend of the 13th/14th before i get to go for a sail... Paperwork delays and Roscoe's been busy and i'm away this weekend.... Bugger, i'll let you know. Cheers
PPhhhooowwwaaaarrrrrgh... Bad Leroy Brown (Leigh) F17 "Monkey Boy", Sail #; Aus 802
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#201944 02/03/10 02:15 AM 02/03/10 02:15 AM |
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Posts: 117 Cairns FNQ | Cool, I'll let you know how it's coming if it's there, I hope to pick up my little spinnaker trainer next week. Tinaroo starts 14th/feb.
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Posts: 805 Gainesville, FL 32607 USA | Is there any more news on the Morelli and Melvin NACRA 17 here or elsewhere? Its pix are out, and several competed in Olympic trials. Where was this and did any Americans get a chance to compete in it? Its April already.
Dacarls: A-class USA 196, USA 21, H18, H16 "Nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work"- Thomas Edison
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Posts: 774 Greenville SC | I am looking for a Hobie 17 mast, any ideas? Can the composite tip on my old mast (1986 boat) be easily removed? Is so can I cut down a Hobie 18 mast, install my tip, and transfer all the fittings? If you are still looking, I have a Hobie 17 mast with a broken comp-tip. Located in Greenville South Carolina. Free if you pick it up. | | |
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