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Crack in hull is right where it rests on front trailer roller.

After a few days floating on a buoy, my Capri 14.2 had taken on significant water, about 5 inches standing in the inner hull. After draining, I rolled it on it’s side and found a crack and a loose flap of fiberglass about 2 inches across and on the center-line of the hull about two feet back...

I am in need of a main sail. Please let me know if you have one in good condition.

Tim: I am not certain if your question was directed to me, possibly not. But, I will share with you what I did and it works great. There are pictures of how I interfaced a Hobie bob (baby size) with my mast without drilling any holes. De-masted in Mission Bay 2013 | Page 2 | SailingForums.com

Thanks for the photos; that helps. Are the two oak boards that you mention inside the hull? Why would you want to swing and retain the ladder up, as you show it in the last photo? It seems that having the ladder telescoped, as shown in the first photo of this thread, would work well for all...

Thanks for the link to the access ports. For this ladder installation, do three screws go through the hull and into oak on the inside of the hull and the fourth screw go through just the first surface of the hull and into a washer/nut?

My wife has been asking me to install a boat entrance such as this. Please explain what you mean by "installing an access hatch in the rear corner". An inside photo would be helpful. Thanks.

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At the bottom of this thread are photos of how I interfaced the Hobie baby bob with the masthead. http://sailingforums.com/threads/de-masted-in-mission-bay-2013.29376/page-2#post-145482

At the end of the thread I linked below, I show how I implemented a Hobie Bob on my 14.2; no drilling of the mast is required. http://sailingforums.com/threads/de-masted-in-mission-bay-2013.29376/page-2

http://catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/1867/hiking-strap-bailbrcp-142-c-15-cp-165.cfm Catalinadirect calls the part a “hiking strap bail” and they sell them for $9.95 each.

The boat is off the lake and in winter storage for the next six months. Here are two photos of my Hobie bob implementation. This approach, two aluminum extrusions and two aluminum plates, requires no drilling of the mast, just a slightly longer bolt through the masthead pulley.

The modified mast step is working great. My wife put it to the test a couple weeks ago when she turtled the boat. I have since installed a baby bob using similar materials. I will post photos of that soon. This spring, I replaced both shrouds and I replaced the forestay when I added the...

15 MPH winds are challenging for sailing alone. Sailing alone, you are light on ballast and you have no help with the jib. Were it me, I would sail with the main sail only; you will catch more than enough air and simplify the sailing task. Having a sailing companion is helpful when righting...

I have not been present for a turtling, but during the latest occurence, the centerboard slipped down into the hull. One person had to go under the turtled hull to push the board up and out of the hull, while another grasped it so that it would not drop back in. Shouldn't the centerboard stay...