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My wife and I are planning a 3 week holiday that will include 7 days (starting 27 June 2017) on the South coast of England. We probably will have our base in Lymington, but will certainly visit areas between Weymouth and Chichester. Any thoughts as to Laser rentals and/or other small boats that...

I just got my new 2012 Laser, race rigged. I would like to know the exact route the rudder downhaul line should take to the tiller, especially thru the bottom of the two horizontal rods or pins that connect the metal sides. It seems likely that the line needs to be aft of the top pin, but if...

Can anyone tell me the purpose of the wire pennant on our Capri's vang? I am replacing my vang with a Harken system that uses a cam cleat instead of the stock fiddle block with V-jamb. That V-jamb is hard for me to adjust when soloing. The vang will be a 4:1 using 2658 and 2655. Pictures...

I'm thinking of purchasing a GPS based boat speed indicator. Any suggestions? Does a cheap GPS work well enough? Here are two that are clearly out of my price range: $600 for the white one and $340 for the black puck. -- Ed

Has anyone converted their sliding gooseneck (see top, right pict) to a fixed, riveted, gooseneck(see top, left pict). What parts did you use? I'm thinking of using the parts for the Capri 16.5 (bottom pict); the Capri's at UCLA Marine Aquatics Center have something similar. Any thoughts?

I am soloing these days and note that hoisting the main requires quite a lot of guidance from one of my hands. Anyone install and use a pre-feeder to aid in one-handed hoisting? A few of the types are below which are available at APS. -- Edward

Has anyone changed/modified/altered the way the factory gooseneck is attached to the mast? I do understand the factory setup, but I've installed my gooseneck's mast slug so that it is sandwiched between two slugs: the top one is plain, the bottom is part of my boomkicker. This setup works...

I know the Catalina install instructions list wood dowels for the two forward straps, but don't show a third dowel for the aft strap bracket. My boat has three, but the aft strap is very difficult to get tight enough for what I like, and I'm thinking this dowel may be not helping. Do any of...

I was sailing solo with main only in a 15-20 knot wind last week. My boat kept heading up when close hauled or even in a close reach, to the point of going in irons. No amount of rudder could prevent it. This finally resulted in a capsize (my fault: I let go of the main sheet -- bad!). Thank...

Just a quick note to let you guys know that I'm really still alive -- This summer my wife and I have spent 5 out of 7 days up at Huntington Lake (our home lake). We've been sailing almost every day and even managed to take the Sailing I course from UCLA at the Marine Aquatic Center in Marina...

With your jib hoisted and tensioned (proper forestay length, shrouds, and mast rake set), does your jib halyard lay against the mast? It seems that it must since, due the position of the halyard block at the upper mast, the halyard pretty has to be flush with the mast. My concern is that the...

One of the screws on my spreader bracket is stripped. Anyone using rivets to replace screws? What sealant and/or anticorrosion material should I use?

Ok, I'm in the process of installing my Boomkicker and I found that the previous owner had set the vang eye on the mast much higher than the Capri specification of 6" above bottom of the mast. This got me to looking at how the vang eye is attached to the mast; on my 2001 Capri Mod 3 is it an...

I'll need to tie my new-to-me C14 up at my dock at Huntington Lake this summer. I'm open to suggestions for cleat placement, number, and type; as well as thoughts on hull protection, like dock edge bumpers, fenders, etc. Some info might help: Huntington Lake gets some pretty good wind and...

My 14.2 mod 3 comes, as most do, with a tiller extension with no labels other than "Tacki-mac" on the end of the rubber handle grip (Note: strangely enough, Googling this grip, I get hits associated with golf grips and hockey!). My question has to do with the u-joint which is two stainless...

My "new" 14.2 mod 3 has a stretched bungee that is now 65" tip of bungee loop to loop. I've seen folks here buy the 48" bungee cord from Lowes. My question is what is the stock Catalina part length? Also, mine is 3/8" in a place that hasn't stretched; is that correct? thanks as always --...

Here's another stupid newbie question (I'll have a bunch I'm afraid!): Does the gooseneck slide go in with the hole (for the cunningham line) pointed up or down? If you go to http://catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.display/product_id/934/index.cfm you'll see a picture of...

What secures the centerboard from moving during transport on a trailer? It seems likely that the dynamic load from bouncing down the road could result in breaking something. With the larger retractable keel boats like the C22, the keel is lowered with the winch to rest on the rubber...

Here's a link to a manual on sailing from UCLA recreation that features the 14.2: http://www.recreation.ucla.edu/document_preview.aspx?uid=272 I am a newbie here at the forum, but have looked through many posts and did not see reference to this manual. (note to mod: please remove this post...