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Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 606 Maryland Kris Hathaway
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Posts: 606 Maryland | Yes, NA = North America. Also, there were aftermarket 6.0s packaged as the Nacra Express by a group of dealers predominately in Florida. Square top main and genoa size foresail. Previous Discussion Kris F-16 WRSC/WRCRA
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#166428 01/27/09 09:29 PM 01/27/09 09:29 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | That was the 6.0NE (New England)...with the B.A.K. (big butt kite).
boy, that boat has been around!
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Nacra 6.0/6.0NA?
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#166438 01/27/09 09:53 PM 01/27/09 09:53 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,293 Long Beach, California John Williams
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Posts: 3,293 Long Beach, California | It was a great boat. *sigh* *sniff*
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#166452 01/27/09 10:45 PM 01/27/09 10:45 PM |
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Posts: 1,304 Gulf Coast relocated from Cali... | Todd, actually the mast was the same height. The N/A's came in about 92 or 93, I believe. The N/A had a larger main which ended up needing the internal extra diamonds and longer spreaders to keep the mast in one piece. Some of the original non N/A models had a smaller, self tacking jib on a straight traveler track that didn't work all that great. Sometimes I wish I had a 6.0 instead of my N20. It's a smoother ride by far.
Lee
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#166453 01/27/09 10:55 PM 01/27/09 10:55 PM |
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 887 Crofton, MD Chris9
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Posts: 887 Crofton, MD | It's a smoother ride by far. hmmm until the bows stuck...I think I miss the big jib in the light stuff and the big spin goin' lower and faster the the I-20 in moderate wind with small chop... | | | Re: Nacra 6.0/6.0NA?
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#166466 01/28/09 07:04 AM 01/28/09 07:04 AM |
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Posts: 1,203 uk | the mainsheet was like working on a chain gang tho! I developed a technique of jamming the tiller between my back foot and the end of the back beam so that i could use both arms on the last bit of mainsheet. That was back when the crew;s union wouldn't allow them to touch the mainsheet cos it was a bit too much like hard work.
Super smooth ride though.
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#166472 01/28/09 08:57 AM 01/28/09 08:57 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Todd, actually the mast was the same height. The N/A's came in about 92 or 93, I believe. The N/A had a larger main which ended up needing the internal extra diamonds and longer spreaders to keep the mast in one piece. Some of the original non N/A models had a smaller, self tacking jib on a straight traveler track that didn't work all that great. Sometimes I wish I had a 6.0 instead of my N20. It's a smoother ride by far. it was definitely a smoother ride....."all the way to the scene of the crash!".
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Nacra 6.0/6.0NA?
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Posts: 1,304 Gulf Coast relocated from Cali... | ....."all the way to the scene of the crash!". I remember crashing John Schwartz's and watching him bounce off the bridal foil with his hip. OUCH! His wife saw the bruise on his hip and said he couldn't sail with me anymore.
Lee
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#166532 01/28/09 04:38 PM 01/28/09 04:38 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | I once astonished the crew and several specatator boats in Charleston by pitchpolling around A-mark - the boat drove in submerging both hulls to the daggerboards, we went flying, and the boat popped up backwards out of the water like a cork and flew in the air some apparently ridiculous distance. I surfaced in the water to the sound of applause and cheering.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Nacra 6.0/6.0NA?
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#166533 01/28/09 04:52 PM 01/28/09 04:52 PM |
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,844 42.904444 N; 88.008586 W Todd_Sails
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Posts: 2,844 42.904444 N; 88.008586 W | Someone, that I guess is still undecided said: 'ugh, thank god we got rid of the N6.0 and went to the 20. Damn spaghetti-string tramped N6.0. Couldn't ever get the right line, stupid boomless main.... eeeeyuck :P
I really liked all the bells and whistles. I guess you had to know your boat, I little color coding of the lines, it was never a problem for me.
And the boomless main, a real treat I thought. I guess you had to have some understanding of sail shape, clew outhaul, downhaul, and mainsheet tension to keep it efficient, again, never really a big problem for me. The boom does take some of the work out of this equation.
N A = NORTH AMERICAN, not north america. splitting hairs I know. I always thought that the stick was longer on the NA, guess not.
It was a sweet ride. I always liked a High Aspect spin myself. I used an I20 spin, then a H fox spin. I never went for the barn door NE spin.
Although it had long bows, it would stuff when things weren't right.
An I20 won't stuff? AS IF!!!!!!!!!
I once posted pictures of my homebrew spin snuffer, it was functional and NOT $. Looked like a big black snorkel on the spin pole. Capt Kirk would remember that one, one year in the Great Texas.
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