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[quote=loquinho][quote=martyr]Good job, looks like she cleaned up good!!!![/quote]

Thanks! My shoulders are exhausted!

[quote=nofearofflying] bUT I don't see dagger boards!!!you must have 2 huge daggers to sail a Nacra 5.2! [/quote]

Fear not! I just forgot to mention them. I have two very fine daggerboards ready for deployment... except one is missing its stop. I can't imagine the embarrassment of dropping it in place only to have it slip straight through the hull and into the watery depths.

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[quote=nofearofflying]check the forestay and side stays for wear, if all good, if no apparent holes take her out on a mild day after checking this site out for rebuilding a 5.2 and look under Nacra 5.2 Google and there is a full Manuel available on how to rig boat from A to Z keep sending question the sailors on this site are really knowledgeable and helpful I'm sure there is a Catsailor living Nere you who will help launch cat and give you a few lessons gratis. We all know the more cats out there the better chance we have for help on the water if we have a mishap-good luck and we hope to hear fro you[/quote]

My plan is to rig up the entire boat in the backyard on a calm day to make sure everything is there. Once I'm sure it's complete and functioning, I'll look for a place to launch, and someone to teach me. One of my business partners has experience sailing simpler cats, so he should be able to give me some of the basics. My dad also has a lot of knowledge on this boat, but he's 74 this year and I'm not sure how excited he'd be to scramble around on a tramp with his arthritis. I could always ask :).

That said, I'd love to find some local Nacra guys that could feel out the boat's condition on the water and help troubleshoot and teach me. We'll see what I can find when I get to that point.[/quote]

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