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These albums illustrate how catamaran sailors have solved problems you may have. If you are planning a repair or modification to your boat, please take plenty of pictures so you can share your experience here.

Date: 12/04/2002
Owner: Damon Linkous
Size: 343 items (3625 items total)
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Glassing rudder mounts
 

Glassing rudder mounts

How to re glass the transom to support rudder mounts

Date: 09/11/2015
Owner: Mike
Size: 2 items
Views: 1767
 
Cat Trax Dissected
 

Cat Trax Dissected

The parts that make up Cat Trax

Date: 09/11/2015
Owner: Edchris177
Size: 8 items
Views: 4697
 
downsjn
 

downsjn

hobie 16

Date: 09/09/2015
Owner: downsjn
Size: 13 items
Views: 3200
 
Hull Failure Snap Off Hobie 16s
 

Hull Failure Snap Off Hobie 16s

Date: 09/08/2015
Owner: leeboweffect
Size: 3 items
Views: 1918
 
F16 Righting Pole
 

F16 Righting Pole

attachments for righting pole

Date: 09/05/2015
Owner: Dave Farmer
Size: 3 items
Views: 2379
 
Nacra 5.0 Rebuild Issues
 

Nacra 5.0 Rebuild Issues

Date: 07/31/2015
Owner: leeboweffect
Size: 92 items
Views: 5786
 
Nacra 5.0 Spreader Safety Wire
 

Nacra 5.0 Spreader Safety Wire

Date: 07/26/2015
Owner: leeboweffect
Size: 5 items
Views: 1812
 
Prindle 16 Jib Halyard Replacement
 

Prindle 16 Jib Halyard Replacement

Date: 07/20/2015
Owner: Jeff
Size: 2 items
Views: 1724
 
Nacra 5.0 Line Lengths
 

Nacra 5.0 Line Lengths

Date: 07/17/2015
Owner: leeboweffect
Size: 1 item
Views: 1415
 
Nacra 5.0 Crossbar Attachment
 

Nacra 5.0 Crossbar Attachment

Internal Crossbar Casting

Date: 07/17/2015
Owner: leeboweffect
Size: 3 items
Views: 1486
 
MJV images
 

MJV images

MJV tec images

Date: 07/13/2015
Owner: Mike Vitiello
Size: 1 item
Views: 1430
 
Nacra 5.8 #942
 

Nacra 5.8 #942

Damage and repairs

Date: 07/07/2015
Owner: Conrad Faust
Size: 10 items
Views: 2445
 
Prindle 15, 16, 18 Manual PDF
 

Prindle 15, 16, 18 Manual PDF

PDF of this Prindle manual

Date: 06/23/2015
Owner: Aaron Britton
Size: 1 item
Views: 1736
 
Homemade Nacra Prindle End Caps
 

Homemade Nacra Prindle End Caps

Recipe for making your own end caps inexpensively.

Date: 06/13/2015
Owner: BobBill
Size: 4 items
Views: 1975
 
1977 Nacra 5.2
 

1977 Nacra 5.2

Date: 05/29/2015
Owner: Thomas
Size: 7 items
Views: 2217
 
Pressurize Hulls to Leak check
 

Pressurize Hulls to Leak check

Date: 05/29/2015
Owner: Edchris177
Size: 4 items
Views: 2835
 
Removing play in Nacra tiller bar
 

Removing play in Nacra tiller bar

A way of removing the play between the tiller bar and the rudder head on Nacra

Date: 05/27/2015
Owner: Andre Bourgault
Size: 3 items
Views: 1901
 
Nacra 5.0 Running Rigging
 

Nacra 5.0 Running Rigging

Date: 05/08/2015
Owner: leeboweffect
Size: 2 items
Views: 1477
 
Nacra 5.0 Rudders
 

Nacra 5.0 Rudders

Date: 05/04/2015
Owner: leeboweffect
Size: 6 items
Views: 2124
 
Nacra 5.0 Hull Repair
 

Nacra 5.0 Hull Repair

Progress photos of the repair, feel the burn!

Date: 04/30/2015
Owner: leeboweffect
Size: 9 items
Views: 2405
 
Hull Dryer Outer - Low Tech Low Budget
 

Hull Dryer Outer - Low Tech Low Budget

A simple to build fan setup to get your hulls bone dry.

Date: 04/29/2015
Owner: leeboweffect
Size: 5 items
Views: 1904
 
Four wheeled beach wheels/dolly
 

Four wheeled beach wheels/dolly

extra set of wheels to supplement beach wheels

Date: 03/05/2015
Owner: Dave Farmer
Size: 3 items
Views: 2216
 
Hobie 18 Rear Beam Corrosion
 

Hobie 18 Rear Beam Corrosion

The rear beam on my 1992 Hobie 18 is nearly corroded in two!

Date: 02/21/2015
Owner: Damon Linkous
Size: 5 items
Views: 2026
 
bend in mast
 

bend in mast

Date: 02/06/2015
Owner: Kyle Coleman
Size: 1 item
Views: 1593
 
$8.00 DIY Removable Rear Mast Cradle
 

$8.00 DIY Removable Rear Mast Cradle

This is my solution to the rear mast cradle.

Date: 01/26/2015
Owner: presto13031
Size: 3 items
Views: 2461
 
prindle18-rigging
 
Date: 01/20/2015
Owner: Kyle Coleman
Size: 2 items
Views: 1339
 
Fabricated motor mounts
 

Fabricated motor mounts

lightweight mounting system for outboard motor

Date: 12/13/2014
Owner: Dave Farmer
Size: 4 items
Views: 1802
 
Nacra 5.0 center beam
 

Nacra 5.0 center beam

Date: 10/27/2014
Owner: Jeff ohmstedt
Size: 5 items
Views: 1607
 
Nacra5.7
 

Nacra5.7

Used Nacra 5.7

Date: 10/22/2014
Owner: Ken Brown
Size: 1 item
Views: 1654
 
1963 Shark restoration
 

1963 Shark restoration

Craigslist rescue and restoration of 1963 Shark

Date: 10/18/2014
Owner: wvsailingnut
Size: 6 items
Views: 1604
 
Davis Marine Tiller
 

Davis Marine Tiller

Date: 10/07/2014
Owner: John Fricker
Size: 1 item
Views: 1132
 
Nacra 5.5 Uni project boat
 

Nacra 5.5 Uni project boat

Nacra 5.5 Uni - fixer upper

Date: 10/01/2014
Owner: sierracat
Size: 89 items
Views: 6049
 
Mystere Wings
 

Mystere Wings

Hobe wings modified to fit a 20' x10' Mystere

Date: 07/24/2014
Owner: Edchris177
Size: 11 items
Views: 4204
 
Mast raising gin pole
 

Mast raising gin pole

Easy to build gin pole for most any cat.

Date: 07/11/2014
Owner: Dave Farmer
Size: 8 items
Views: 4520
 
G Cat Assembly Manual and Info
 

G Cat Assembly Manual and Info

Date: 06/28/2014
Owner: peterk123
Size: 5 items
Views: 1874
 
Furler-P16
 

Furler-P16

Trying to figure out how to mount my furler

Date: 06/17/2014
Owner: mrprindle
Size: 4 items
Views: 1564
 
Mystere 4 Way Jib Rigging
 

Mystere 4 Way Jib Rigging

How to string the lines on the 4 way jib

Date: 06/08/2014
Owner: Edchris177
Size: 9 items
Views: 2898
 
N5.2 CAPS
 

N5.2 CAPS

Date: 05/31/2014
Owner: Jeff ohmstedt
Size: 16 items
Views: 3312
 
Minor Hull Damage
 

Minor Hull Damage

Damage to Nacra 5.8 hull during winter storage

Date: 05/21/2014
Owner: Marty
Size: 9 items
Views: 2034
 
Prindle 16 Mast Base
 

Prindle 16 Mast Base

Repairing broken Prindle 16 mast base casting.

Date: 05/05/2014
Owner: mrprindle
Size: 2 items
Views: 1569
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