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I probably have one of the other boats from this same family (mine
was sail #22). I have a Nacra 6.0 Original that the owner (who lived
in Orange County) converted to a pseudo-NA shortly after the 5.8NA
came out. Apparently, the self-tacking jib didn’t provide enough
sail area downwind.

My mast step/pin arrangement is designed to hold the ball captive
while raising the mast, but I wouldn’t depend on it. I’ve put enough
pressure on it to strip the threads on the ball and pop it off the
rod. After lifting that mast for the first couple of seasons, I got
smarter and put a winch on the trailer’s front mast support and that
helps to lift it and it applies pressure on to the mast ball.

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Bryan wrote:

”
I have built a rudder for it
in wood, but it seems to blocky to me?
Was thinking of using aluminum
instead. Any ideas? What about aluminum lee boards? Instead of wood.
Any input would be a help.”

As usual it is better to have one big leeboard, than two small!

Making a high aspect ratio leeboard is the ticket to success, and if
you do that in aluminium you’ll get yourself a fairly heavy leeboard,
as a thin plate will definitely flutter and bend. You could make it from
a thin piece of aluminium, wrapped around a well designed hydrofoil,
made of stiff foam, but that is tricky and a bit complex!

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