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[quote=Edchris177]I have both the 5.0 & a 5.7(essentially the same boat, just bigger).
You do not need 8:1 on a 5.0, stock is a 5:1(quite a bit cheaper). On the 5.7 we use a 7:1.
PEte Begle, or Dan Berger,(both have classified here, both are honest), can probably set you up, don't even attempt to sail without it, unless you go out in 2mph wind.
Top of classifieds has a 5.2 being parted, call him, he probably has the main & jib sheet too. Cheap line is a waste of money, better to buy decent used line than spend even $30 on crap & end up replacing it anyway.
Not sure where you are, I'm in Canada & have a main & jib sheet for that boat.
Forget the mast rotator, it is NOT something you need as a noob, hell, most of the longtime sailors don't bother with it on the boomless rigs. 
I removed it from my 5.7, as it in not needed most of the time, & if you forget to cut it loose first in big wind, you can lose the mast.
Here is an album with a bunch of my 5.7 photos, it rigs exactly like your 5.0. There is a photo of jib blocks, & reeving of 7:1 main blocks. In this forum,& albums, click on any embedded photos to blow them up to full size.
[url]http://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures?g2_itemId=71715[/url]
[img]http://www.thebeachcats.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=76383&g2_serialNumber=6[/img]
Did you get BOTH Nacra manuals?
They are dated, but there is lots of good info there. 
Harken has some good drawings on reeving, they sort of hide it under "manuals, or "technical", I'll see if I can find the link.[/quote]

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