Recent content by spaceyjones

The boom lays "just" perfectly diagonally if you place each end on opposite sides of the seats in the cockpit. (E.g. goose neck on portside up against the transom and the other end on your starboard side seat going diagonally across the cockpit) For the rudder, I place on the cockpit floor...

Have one and love it Do it!

Thanks man!!

I'd love to see your mast tool! That's the trickiest part of de-rigging for me... I almost always end up tapping the ground a few times with the top of the mast which Id prefer to avoid

Thanks again for all the great tips! Started the day reefed and kept it reefed haha. Even in the dinghy, it's stressful (I prefer the term 'activating') to be out there alone

Thank you for the great advice Aquaman & Kerrcat! For the ding/gouge I ended up going with Marine Rx (which I think is essentially the same idea as the Marine Tex but WM's version?). It didn't come out half-bad! I started with applying the compound to the effected areas directly then did a...

Hello everyone! I'm new to sailing and the forum, and have been reading lots of the old posts on this page to get up to speed. I recently purchased a 1995 Capri 14.2 and had the pleasure of taking it out for the first time last week. By the time it was back out of the water I had a little list...