It looks like you have a mod 2 which means you've probably never climbed inside the cuddy and taken a peak at how everything is supported on the inside. There are lengths of plywood directly inside the cuddy in that area from the hull to deck and the same down the entire length of the bench...
Are you keeping the boat rather flatish for the most part when you sail? The 14.2 has a rather short rudder for it's size, and you'll start to lose steerage pretty fast at extreme angles of heel.
Any old boat trailer for a ~14' boat will do. As with any boat, you may need to move the bunks around to get good fit. Here are a few on CL in the Tampa bay area:
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/boa/2511593709.html
http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/boa/2503273342.html...
Just picked that same model up from Tuppens Marine and Tackle http://www.tuppens.com/webstore.html?info=1646. I've had my C14 now for a month and a half now and have yet to sail her due to the lack of a hatch. Having a 12' Butterfly / 16' MC Scow in the driveway and a fleet full of Flying Scots...
I was just trolling Sailing Anarchy and came across this traveler configuration for a Rhodes 19:
http://www.hbphrf.org/R19/jvn001.htm
http://www.hbphrf.org/R19/jvn003.htm
http://www.hbphrf.org/R19/jvn015.htm
Maybe a setup like this would work better on a Capri 14.2 than the...
Never mind .... doesn't look like that one fits, and neither do any of the common sizes made by Bowmar, etc. What have other people with mod 1's done to better seal the cuddy? In my case, a weathered plywood hatch with a few screws holding it on was all that sealed the cuddy.
I was wondering more about items that are either screwed in or through bolted. I can't imagine most folks crawling down the seat tunnels to add additional backing material to the transom, so it must be fairly sturdy already. It does however appear to be hollow in that area from the sound of a knock.
Is it safe to assume that the transom on a Capri 14.2 is solid enough to directly attach items such as an outboard motor mount or swim ladder without additional strengthening to the back side?
It appears that I have something similar to this going on http://www.capri14.org/forum/rotten-wood-t1391.html so it looks like I've got a project ahead of me this winter. I'm 5'10" 160lbs, so hopefully I will still be able to get in there to reach everything. I was able to get myself all the way...
Here's a better picture of what I'm talking about (shot straight down the tunnel under the seats). All of the inflated float cubes are still with the boat (10-12 of them?), so I'm not worried about sinking to the bottom. I'm assuming Catalina built these with a foam core covering ~ the area...
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