[quote=cezo823]A little cumbersome but still cool, I'll go:
1. How far do you travel to your favorite "local" sailing spot?
60 minutes for Tuesday night racing, 30 minutes for fun sailing, local lake and lake Michigan. Travel all over the state for weekend events.
2. Do you trailer to it, or is the catamaran stored there?
Trailer
3. Do you leave your rudders on while trailering?
I did on the 5.2, I ran support lines that hooked up to the rear crossbeam to take the load off of the transoms.
4. Do you daysail there, or camp overnight?
Daysail typically, camp for weekend events
5. Are fees for the day (or overnight) over $25 per day?
For camping and weekend regattas yes, campsite its usually around 30 a day.
6. Is your crew usually family or friend?
Solo for racing, anyone for crew when looking to have fun.
7. Do you race?
Yes 90% of the time.
8. What cat do you sail (most often)?
Nacra 5.2 and have recent been sailing an A class catamaran, Bimare XJ
9. How old is your cat?
10. Do you do most of the repairs yourself?
Yes, almost all of them.
11. Are you comfortable with fiberglass, metalwork, sewing or general fabrication.
Everything but sewing, I'm a product development engineering for a living so my prototyping history plays well into DIY projects for the boat.
12. Aside from this site, where else do you find yourself going on the net for answers about sailing issues?
Can't say, I don't want Damn to boot me. :) This is always the first go to though, espcially when I had the 5.2. There are other sites more active for the A class boats but this is the spot for all around beach cat info. Nice work Damon!
13. Do you use:
Night lights?
GPS?
Negative on night lights, I'm usually in by then, the wind usually shuts off and dusk in Michigan.
GPS, I just run an app on my phone to track speed and trails compared to the wind. Raceqs. Nothing else.
14. Are you a member of a sailing group?
Yes, 3.
ALCA Austin Lake Catamaran Association (Portage, MI) Currently the commodore.
CRAM Catamaran Racing Association of Michigan
US A class catamaran association
All pretty cheap to join.
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