Recent content by Boulder Sailer

Thanks for all the advice. The boat will be up in the mountains of Colorado near Grand Lake this weekend. Time to put all this advice to good use and put the boat in the water. I'll let you know how it goes.

Hey Charlie, I could not see how to email you directly. Thank you for all your advice. I appreciate the vocab lesson. I bought the Capri 14.2 here in Boulder CO. I drove it to our local trailer shop to have the bearings serviced, bearing buddies, new tires and a spare mount. Then I'll be...

I took another look at the boat, this time with the owner. The owner clearly did not know much about the boat. He has owned it for three years and I got the impression that he sailed it two or three times max. When he tried to rig the boat, he was referring to a manual. So it was not possible...

Thank you for the advice. The owners are going to rig up the boat for me this Friday so that I can see everything together.

I am a newbie to sailing. I have never owned a sailboat. I took sailing lessons 20 years ago and I have sailed a sunfish a few times a summer for the past few summers. I have been looking for a sailboat to sail at Grand Lake in the mountains of Colorado. I saw a 1992 Capri 14.2 Mod 2 listed...