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  1. DragonFly

    Motor or No Motor

    I'm 48 and lazy Some people will try to convince what you do or don't need by bragging about themselves, but it is good safe boating to have a well maintained small outboard off the stern and I would recommend the motor mount. If you need to add a motor wount, make sure you clear the rudder...
  2. DragonFly

    New to sailing - new to the 14.2 - can I do this?

    Cut a foot off the mast? I guess. All this talk about reefing. I cleat the mainsheet alot but you could just hang onto it and let it out when the wind picks up...I must admit the most wind I've had it out in is about 10 to 15 knots. I need to get the jiffy bob, but I also need a mast cap...
  3. DragonFly

    14.2 easy to capsize?

    Haven't gone over yet, fingers crossed! Been sailing ours about 10 or 15 times over two years and haven't gone over yet, and not really close...yes, it is sensitive to weight placement, and since I am the heaviest I usually dictate the heel...and its cool that it is sensitive to weight as you...
  4. DragonFly

    Some pix from season 1

    Opening day season two - Spring break Apalachicola Bay, FL Water is very warm in the bay....seafood is awesome, but I am told sharks and alligators lurk, and there are an abundance of dolphins, which is that added incentive to get the kids on board. Bought an Explorist 210 Handheld GPS from...
  5. DragonFly

    Some pix from season 1

    Alright...gotta show that one to the kids my kids're going to want to do that too....except my son Zac (9) will want to be Link from Zelda and daughter Zoe (6) will want to be a princess who is practing for American Idol. What waters do you sail in, OH?
  6. DragonFly

    Furling Jib

    Jib Hanks Isn't there anything I can do on my own to replace the jib hanks? I've been researching jib hanks and really can't find anything on the Internet, or at West Marine. I don't want to have to pay a sail maker, and I really don't want to furl a jib...two more lines to tangle in the...
  7. DragonFly

    Some pix from season 1

    little perspective needed here is that left and right when my head is turned looking back at the trailer or in the rear view mirror? And the thing is that once it starts going one way and you don't want it to go that way, it keeps going that way no matter which way you turn the wheel...it...
  8. DragonFly

    Some pix from season 1

    Itchin to get out myself January was unseasonably cold here just north of Atlanta at Lake Lanier so we haven't been able to time the good days....had one earlier this week, 70F, Sunny, and steady winds.... probably a little too much wind though. The wide open ramp is what I need...I still...
  9. DragonFly

    Some pix from season 1

    Some fun from last summer
  10. DragonFly

    Jib Furling

    I'm back OK, did I ever start that other thread, I don't remember? You other Georgia guys sail much the rest of the year? Last summer was our first year with our boat and we enjoyed about 6 sails, most on Lake Lanier. I am awful at backing a trailer with or without a boat on it down a ramp...
  11. DragonFly

    Georgia members? Alabama? Carolinas?

    Lake Lanier Well the boat ramp area can get dicey, but I bought a 2.5 hp Yamaha that gets us in and out; the hard part is the fact that there is very little dock room so my wife pulls the SUV into a spot and then comes back down to the dock and waits for me to pull in between all the motor...
  12. DragonFly

    Georgia members? Alabama? Carolinas?

    We seem to have found three of us that live in the North Atlanta, Georgia area and are considering getting together. Are there any other members interested? I thought that there was a Savanah contingent...is that still active? I sail Lake Lanier, have put it in the Gulf of Mexico, and...
  13. DragonFly

    Jib Furling

    Getting together in GA Hey I will start a new thread, and post it for everyone to see, with the title 'Georgia members?'
  14. DragonFly

    Jib Furling

    Hey, I'm in Georgia, and from MI too! My name is Earl; my wife, Shelley and two little ones (Zac 8 and Zoe 6) got our Capri 14 this past spring. It is a mod 1, 1985, sail # 562, and we put it in Lake Lanier off a new Army Corp of Engineers boat ramp about a 1/2 mile east of The Dam Store...
  15. DragonFly

    Need Replacement Pully

    I almost got enough for a new motor With all you guys throwing in your two cents, I am only about $799.94 away from a new motor...just joking, I appreciate the advice. Thanks for the rust inhibitor advice. As far as replacing the rusting parts now, I agree about the staining, and you're...
  16. DragonFly

    Need Replacement Pully

    I made it sound worse than it is The mast is in fine shape, but the pad-eye that holds the turning block/pulley for the jib and parts of that whole assembly are rusting. What is rusting the most is the large tapered helix spring that prevents the pulley from slapping against the mast...
  17. DragonFly

    Need Replacement Pully

    WD40 and back to the topic of pulley's, or should I say blocks and sheeves? Does anyone think there is a problem with spraying WD-40 on blocks and pulleys. There are a fair amount of spring loaded blocks on my new old boat and these springs are fairly rusted and the rust is spreading. Also...
  18. DragonFly

    Need Replacement Pully

    Cool I'm new at this as well, but my mistake I make when getting into something is always trusting the OEM (me lazy), and not doing the background work of finding someone who does it better for less, which is not all that terribly rare.
  19. DragonFly

    Removing the "tunnel" on a model 2

    Ed, what about Mod 1's I am curious about that big cuddy I have up there, and the not water proof at all teak hatch cover. Am I in trouble as well? Is there flotation under the cockpit seats in mod 1's? And in your surveying hints you say to crawl in the cuddy and look under the cockpit...
  20. DragonFly

    Need Replacement Pully

    What about thrid party replacement parts sources and advice None of you old salts would recommend anyone besides Catalina?

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