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My 2015 14.2K has the standard window in the jib and it lets me have a little more vision forward since I always sail alone. Most jibs which I have used on various size boats have had a window in them but I am not sure how important it really would be for cruising, which I only do now. Can CD...

The January 2013 revision to the owners manual/C14.2 specs now lists the shroud length (center of eye to pin) as 15' 4.5". So, that should be the length for boats built after 2012. CDs website length for prior to 2013 was 15' 7" I think. Look at the CD site for specifics. So, I am pretty sure...

Looks like your trailer has a fairly short tongue. On a similar trailer I have mounted a treated 4x4 (or two sistered 2x4s) to the angled vertical trailer post which the roller bumper is attached to. The foot of the post was trimmed to fit between the small upright support brackets and rested on...

See post #88 to Small outboard motors on Capri 14.2 (about mid March 2023) and follow up on aquaman's various threads, which are excellent. If you are going to spend the time and money to repair the damage I think it only makes sense to replace the support "beam" and repair fiberglass...

Just some general comments to these threads: The good news is that I have not had occasion to investigate the mast/deck support materials in my 2016 Mod 3 14.2K which I purchased new from the factory; no gel coat cracks or signs of sagging or excess flexing of the fiberglass after seven years of...

So many threads on this site which deal with adding more weight below. I think that conclusions are to invest your money in systems to help you keep the boat from rolling over and to control the sails, along with experience sailing this wonderful dinghy. Masthead flotation (baby bob etc) will...

Look at "Ladder install and masthead floats" threads for August 2022 threads, including how I mounted motor support to a mod 3.

Great job Bob Kietting!! I am now 75 years old (or young depending on your perspective), partially retired, and sailing a 2016 Cat 14.2K on a 50,000 acre freshwater lake along the VA/NC state line. Keep the boat in the water at my dock generally from May through late September or October. With a...

CORRECTION! Must have had a "senior moment". The becket end of the vang with the cam cleat is attached to the boom crutch on the trailer. The becket on the other block end of the vang is attached to the jib halyard shackle. I suppose that you could use only one block section of the vang (with...

I carry sufficient tension in the side stays so that at the dock there is basically no sideways motion in the mast due to boat wakes etc. Close hauled in breezes above about 5 knots the leeward stay will sag off a little, so I know that there is not too much tension on the stays. Never bothered...

My Mod3 14.2K has a Selden mast, which is sealed, and has a composite head fitting for an external main halyard; no jib halyard since the boat was fitted with a roller furler. I fabricated a support for my larger Windex indicator and attached it to the port side of the mast just below the head...

On my 2015 14.2K the furler is a Furlex20S ( I think that is the full model number, smallest Furlex available) and the jib is seized to an internal stainless wire which serves as the forestay and attaches to the furler with an integral shackle. When the jib is unfurled the furling line is...

I think that the most recent post which may be relevant is on 6/15/21. I know that I have seen several other posts prior to this which are probably still on the site. My keeled 14.2K , 2015 Mod 3, doesn't need a baby bob, as far as I can tell-200 pound keel instead of center board-very stable in...

Last thought. I am guessing that if you leave a stopper knot at the tail of the halyard and if the jamb cleat has a retainer on it, that when you slip the halyard off of the cleat horn you will be able to let the becket run up the mast about ten feet, lowering the jib shackle ten feet, while...

Makes me appreciate a Mod 3 with roller furled jib, no halyard. Guessing that the original design incorporated the block and becket to make it easier to tension the forestay and vary that tension based on conditions; sort of like the adjustable back stay which I had on larger boats, with roller...

First response is to try to locate the old (5 years or more) threads on this site which deal with this topic and are dealing with the Mod 2s. I remember some pretty explicit threads with lots of detail and pix. For deck core delamination and replacement projects I have used West Systems...

Since you have the bolts removed, and that model probably has the "plastic box" inside the cuddy, can you probe around the bolt holes to determine if the surrounding material within the bolt holes is soft. If there is minor softness you can try to investigate the extent of the area of softness...

I have mentioned this in other posts on this site, but the UCLA Marina Aquatic Center has a good website for sailing instructions. Their sailing manuals are posted in pdf, the basic course, print edition, uses a Catalina 14.2 as the basis for instruction including set up, sailing from their dock...

The boom downhaul and the cunningham are two different "devices". The stop in the megigharbor picture keeps the boom from falling/sliding down the mast when the sail has not been raised. When I sailed my Cape Dory I always loosened the boom downhaul, raised the sail to the top of the mast, and...

A general answer would be that the boom would set at a right angle to the mast, mast rake would make the boom not quite parallel to the boat in appearance. Newer models of the 14.2 use a Selden rig and the goose neck is in a fixed position (doesn't slide up or down). I think that most older...