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[quote=nofearofflying]Wings were available on 570 but front cross bar /beam different configuration so not interchangeable with 5.7.  If you are not sailing .solo on 5.7 or 570 , have mate sheet in jib to the max ,use jib block, simultaneously helmsman back winds main and hard on the rudders, the cat will respond , if your mate smartly disengages the jib block and releases the jib ,- so mate crosses over tramp to a hull that is half submerged ,sheets in jib  ,while crossing back over tramp quickly to keep cat upright, captain back winding main & also is on the tiller,cat comes about, both sailors move cross tramp keeping craft upright. This technique works in high wind situations and is quite rapid. All cat sailors know u must get both hulls about, not just one like monohull sailors-so sails must be coordinated with hull movement.  experienced solo cat sailors can perform this maneuver deftly when conditions require&I used it solo on my 5.2,&5.7& now on my dart eighteens-learned it in large ocean swells/high winds on Hobie16 & Prindle sixteens. so I have extra long jib lines (my friends complain I have excess spaghetti)that I can sheet in and quick release when solo, and not have to move all the way forward on the tramp so I can concentrate on helm[email][/email][/quote]

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