| 16 sails #91149 12/03/06 06:27 PM 12/03/06 06:27 PM |
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | I was just given a set of Hobie 16 sails. They are in decent shape, and look pretty close to the Nacra sails.
I was able to lay the jibs out in the living room and realized that the 16 jib could be used on my Nacra, it is fully battened and slightly larger than the Nacra one. Could I use it? Also ,the main has a longer foot than the Nacra's sails but it is in good shape. The Nacra sails are in really good shape and I might like to save them incase I want to race. Could I use the 16 sails as recreational sails? I see some many boats going boomless now, couldn't I sail with the 16 main boomless? Sorry I know there are alot of questions in the last paragraph but I am bored and just thinking. So what do you all think, I mean they are free sails, I would like to use them.
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#91152 12/03/06 11:25 PM 12/03/06 11:25 PM |
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | I will probably sell the Hobie main if I can't get it to work. The Jib looks like it could really add a little sail area. Sailing solo on the Nacra the Bows don't really have much tendency to dive. I think the larger jib will add some sail area and maybe some speed, also it will add some color to my boat, my Nacra is pretty plain (white hulls and sails). The foot of the main is about 6 inchs to long, looks like I will be selling it on ebay. What is a reasonable price for an average 16 main.
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Nacra 5.2 (Elsies)#1499, running an inter17 spin!
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#91154 12/04/06 11:36 AM 12/04/06 11:36 AM |
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Posts: 39 Richmond Virginia | Putting Hobie sails on a NACRA is desecration. It would be like wearing pink, green and orange socks with a white suit.It's just not right. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | I was waiting for someone to say something like that, I think I will be selling them on ebay soon, and then maybe looking for a decent set of nacra sails, or using the money to buy some new stuff for the boat.
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Nacra 5.2 (Elsies)#1499, running an inter17 spin!
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