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Gray polysester vs Top Gun I bought a cover for my sunfish last year from these folks. They have an Ebay store. The cover was made out of gray polyester. I was looking for something inexpensive and found this at a good price for what I needed. I have no complaints. The mast down winter...

The bolt that comes with the shrouds I installed new shrouds this year and also ran across the bolt mystery. I believe there may have been a perceived problem with the screws (particularly the lower two of the screws on the tang that are next to the shroud) pulling out of the mast. I have never...

Got my copy of Sail magazine today (July, 2009) and to my surprise there is an article by our own Ed Jones on page 37. Very enjoyable story Ed.

The trapeze idea for the Capri 14.2 would be a really cool idea or a very cold idea, depending on the water temperature.

If you are in Georgia, I believe it is similar to here in Tennessee where there is no title, just registration. If you are buying and registering in Georgia, then the seller should give you a notarized bill of sale and the registration card, which the seller signs. Check out "georgia.gov" and...

Perhaps you should have passed before you bought the boat. If you have so much experience, it must have been a really good salesman to get you to buy the 14.2 without you investigating or trying it first. So, you may not want to brag about how smart you are. Why don't you sell you boat on...

Moosman, I am amazed as to how experience you are with the 14.2 considering you are trying to sell you brand new boat that has never been in the water! Sorry, but I just had to say something about you claiming to be an experienced sailor after reading your postings since earlier this year...

The shrouds are raked back to eliminate the need for a backstay, so you will find that your main does contact and press against the shrouds when you are running before the wind. The PVC is not factory. Perhaps you may want to post a picture so you can get opinions as the purpose of the PVC...

Shroud. It can be a real mess. If you are not sure of yours, they are not very expensive to replace.

Rudy, that was a reasonable amount of time. My order was faxed in in the middle of August, 2000 and it was later in September when I received it from them. Hopefully, your experience is the norm and mine was just bad timing.

More on the traveler Tying knots in the traveler is intended so that you can trim your main in as close to the boats center line as possible. If you are looking for maximum speed, this is the way to go. However, you have to compensate more to keep the boat from heeling excessively in heavy...

replacing shrouds Jim, they looked OK on my 1993 I bought in 2000 too. The shroud snaped about an 1/8 of an inch inside one of the crimps. It would have required xray vision to see it coming apart. I plan to replace my shrouds every five years. It is a small price to pay for insurance.

Ordering from Catalina Rudy, how long did it take Catalina to get your order out? I ordered new rigging and a maststep from them in 2000 and it took them about a month from when I faxed my order to them before it was ever shipped. So total time from order to receipt was about 5 weeks. The...

Gooseneck Hole for Cunningham Jim, you are seeing correctly. The cunningham hole in the goose neck is on top. This hole is for the dead end of the cunningham line that runs from the gooseneck up through the cunningham cringle in the sail, back down to the cleat on the starboard side of the...

How to reef away from shore Since Art has asked, here is my procedure for reefing away from shore. First, if you note in my earlier post, I normally leave the shore reefed. So if I reef while away from shore, it means I was comfortable with the amount of wind where I took out the reef. So we...