Recent content by Art Porter

Jib sheet mod Jack There had been several times when I needed to dump the jib and couldn't. I modifiied the jib sheet and jib cars to fix that problem. It made the jib as easy to remove from the cams as the main sheet while hiked out. I reversed the jib cars moveing the port jib car to...

Traveler Modification. There is a modification discribed in the C-14 manual that helped a bunch going to wind. I lenghtened the traveler untill it reached to just under the boom and tied knots on each side of the traveler block so that it will not travel. This simple modification increased...

When I first took my C14 out I got becalmed about a quarter of a mile from shore. No motor. No paddle just me. I jumped in with a length of line tied to my life jacket and swam it to shore. That is when I decided to buy a paddle, battery and a motor. The Minn-Kota 30 was the cheapest thing I...

Plane Jack Think I may need to get the paddle out to make it plane. Just seems like too much effort. It's tooo hot.

30 Pound thrust I was several miles from my truck when the wind virtually died Tuesday. I turned on the Minn-Kota 30 at below max speed thinking that I would rather make it back late than have the battery die part way back. Part of the time there was some breeze but I left the motor running...

Float Picture I made a bracket from mohogang. Attached is a close up picture. I have a Power Point file with several slides I could email to you if that would help.

Windy Twist Before I reworked the travaler I was frustrated with the poor close haul capability. The sail would twist but not pull. In Kansas we seldom lack for wind. Close hauled is the direction I can handle the most wind but it does keep me on my toes.

Close & Single handed I have found my C14 to sail very close to the wind. Performance improved a bunch with one simple change. First I changed to a longer traveler line. Second, I made the traveler so the traveler block can no longer travel by tieing knots on each side of the block. This...

Turtle driver I have had the pleasure. When a gust knocked me flat from a reach the bottom of the boat presented a lot of area for the wind to push on. The boat started drifting and the sail starts to scoop water and therefore ended up getting deep rather quickly. The time I turtled I had a...

Teak I refinished my badly weathered teak to like new without removing or sanding. Boat Armor Marine Products sells a Unique Teak Kit that uses both acid and base cleaners to restore the new look and teak oil to refinish. Care must be taken to protect the fiberglas but the result was great...

Hobie float #30115 This is the one I have. The Hobie float #30115 produces 24 pounds of floatation and costs about $90.00 in 2002. It does not fit without an adapter of some sort. I made mine from mohogany

The time I stuck the mast in the mud about ten feet under I had a 4" round dock bumper tied to the top of the mast. It went it under when the wind was hitting the bottom of the boat. The foam in the mast and the dock bumper were not enough. Floatation force is equal to the weight of the water...

Float One gallon is equal to 4.4 litters. A gallon of water weighs about 8 pounds. This is the maximum floatation available from a gallon jug. In the November 2002 Mainsheet Ed Jones printed an article about Turtling. The Hobie float #30115 produces 24 pounds of floatation and costs about...

High wind The one thing that makes it hard to check out mast floatation is the effect of high winds on the large area of the bottom of the boat. A float that will keep the boat on its side all day will not keep it from turtling when 20 plus wind is hitting the bottom of the hull. Any amount of...

Regrets I had not followed this thread. Didn't see the questions until now. The time I had the mast in the mud I had two skiers stop and swim over to give a hand. We were able to set it up without power. The wind and wave action rotated the boat around the stuck mast untill the boat was...