Recent content by Winston29

Get a furling jib so it's rolled up when not in use. Problem solved! :D Sorry, wish I knew how to remove creases, but my jib is the furling design. Unfortunately, I keep my mainsail in a bag, so I'll likely be in your same position sooner or later. :(

I found expanding foam at the top of my mast as well, but I just figured it was from the factory.

You should try it out. Everything I’ve read suggests that adding foam to the inside of the mast does nothing at all.

My sailing area is fairly industrial, with the occasional bulk ship, dredge or barge to deal with. There's also a lot of light from the port. If you go out towards the bay, past the port, things can get pretty black, though I'm sure the channel markers have lights on them, so at least there's...

I suppose the option to smooth out that 2-3' drop into a nice ramp is out of the question? A quick, 2 second brainstorming session has me thinking about fashioning a dolly with some 21" dirt bike tires/wheels on it, that will roll over whatever's in their path. You could pull it out of the...

I've been thinking about getting a mushroom anchor, but I'm not sure what weight to get. Was the 8# anchor for the 22 or the 14.2? My only concern with using an anchor, and I know this sounds lame, is the gruesome mess it will leave in the cockpit when I pull if out of the muddy, silty, slimy...

Thanks for that confirmation! I was wondering about bugs on the water, having very little (zero) experience being offshore in the dark with lights on. When I ride my bike at night, I have to turn off the light on my helmet or I get "attacked". :p I'm not sure how successful I'd be at...

I picked up some small, cheap, battery operated LED lights from Amazon and got them on the Capri today. They're not perfect, and they don't get very good reviews related to water resistance, but I think (hope) they'll work for my intended purpose. The idea is to have something to keep me at...

So is a mast light required on a sailing dinghy? I'm having trouble narrowing that rule down in my searches. I was able to find this. Sailboats When Under Sail The basic rule is that sidelights and a stern light are required. Permissible variations to this rule appear below. Sailboats...

Windy.com is giving me wildly different estimated wind speeds than my other apps. So different it's hard to believe it's accurate, given the time of year.

My problem, one of them anyway, is that I can't can't step outside and get a realistic idea of the wind conditions..... and not just because there's no water near where I live. Where I keep and sail my boat is 25 miles from where I live, in a different city. The only way I have of predicting...

Got any pics of your (cool sounding) setup? I'm never completely sure just how many AHr I'll need for a particular system, so I tend to overpower things. I found this earlier, but wasn't sure if it was enough to do what I need: Run 2 or 3 nav lights, and a pair of super-bright LED flood...

It's the off season. Humor me! :D What else is there to do but post about silly things and post pictures of our unused boats??

I'm just curious what the least amount of wind you've been able to successfully sail your Capri 14.2 in has been? What I mean is, enough wind that it didn't just come to a stop in the water and you were able to tack. When I first got my Mod2, I read that the boat wasn't intended for anything...

I was wondering about that. A Group 27 would be pretty hard to get in and out of the boat without killing yourself. I’m considering installing an AGM battery in my boat, but not for a motor. I just want to run some 12 V navigation lights and maybe a set of super bright LEDs up on the mast.