Recent content by ravex1049

I only built (using pressure treated decking) a new mast support, and bolted it to the existing vertical plywood pieces in the boat. My mast support was cracked badly on the outside and the wood support underneath had cracked and rotted. I plan to remove the 2x3 pieces in the top corners and use...

Inside door pics Here a a couple pics of the inside of the door.

I finally got the boat in the water this weekend, minus the sails and mast. I must say, having all that space in the front of the boat is very nice. I will add some inside pictures soon. I am thinking I need some kind of small chain or something so it catches the door when I open it. But it fits...

Here is what I did, I made a new thread for it. http://www.capri14.org/forum/new-cuddy-door-t1812.html?p=5756#post5756

The main reason I removed the storage bin in my boat (mod 2) was because the bow eye was literally falling out of the boat, and the canvas cover had seen better days. I also needed to rebuild some type of mast support as the original had cracked and rotted. After breaking the silicone seal I...

I can't speak for your boat, and I haven't had mine that long, but mine is the exact same way. The pathetic pieces of fiberglass are kinda useless to hold the plywood in there. I also had issues with the mast support so I re-enforced everything and basically built a brace to hold the mast and...

No one else has said anything here so I will...thanks for this intriguing story. I can't imagine doing that myself...a 30ft is a good size but on the ocean by yourself, yikes. I hope he makes it ok, keep up with the updates. Thanks

Awesome! Thanks. That's a good one about the beer cans,ha!

I am also hoping that by adding foam inside the top of the mast that the only water I will have to keep out is waves and the rain...not keeping out the entire lake. Turtling=bad...which leads me to another question--I want/need to get an outboard for my boat. But if I tip the boat over by...

I have done searches for hatch covers and doors. I found some old threads from a few years ago, but the pictures are no longer there...I'm guessing when the forum crashed those images were lost? I was hoping someone could post some pictures of theirs. I am having the same problem...where/how...

Making the hatch cover isn't really the issue...it's how to make the hinges and a latch for it, while still making it waterproof. I guess it depends on the weather stripping and stuff.

Thanks for the info, I didn't want to waste buying if it wasn't going to work. I guess I will try to fabricate something. My cuddy 'tunnel' hole is in bad shape as is the cuddy. As there's so much space in the bow of the boat, what a waste to put that in there.

Here are some pictures of where the mast boot attaches, as you can see it's in bad shape. I was putting a triangular piece of plywood under the mast to support it better but I want to add something underneath not that the cubby has been removed. I am also thinking of keeping the cubby out and...

Any luck? I was thinking of ordering one and installing it on my older 1990 boat.

Lightweight construction I have a mod 2 boat from 1990. To repair the eye on the bow to moor it I had to remove my cubby. It wasn't easy as the previous owner must have been in there as well and silicone'd the heck out of it. Nevertheless I got it out and was definitely surprised...to make the...