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external sleeve idea rkrebill - thx. Good idea. The more I listen, the better (and easier) the ideas get. After your post, my thinking now is to work at the top of the mast where the cross section is undamaged. Thinking about using clay to fill in the slot where the sail cord goes, and...

Thanks Fan, JGM Thanks for the feedback. Never thought of elongating the mast step ears - good idea. Thx for the idea on how to cut the mast square. After reading your posts it also occurred to me that a short aluminum adapter piece could be designed & machined to sleeve into the base of the...

Was just reading Caerus posting about snapping a shroud and suffering deck damage at the mast step. I had a similar event last weekend - my starboard side shroud snapped and of course the mast went over to port. I had recently installed a Hobie mast float so there was no threat of losing the...

motor mount question I am a relatively new Capri owner & have been trying to sort out the same question. I found a very good thread by going to search, typing in motor, and then the thread dated 11-14-06 by CJDAVIA is very good. Talks about types of motors and pros & cons of various mounts...

painting boat on trailer To follow up - I was advised that its much easier to simply leave the boat on the trailer, paint the area of the hull you can see and let it dry. After that, just shift the boat a bit to expose the unpainted parts and apply paint there. I did that and it seems to...

I just purchased a Capri 14.2 yesterday. I am going to put in on a mooring in salt water and I was told that I need anti fouling paint to prevent barnacles. I bought the primer & paint, but I'm working by myself. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get the boat off the trailer (which doesn't...