Hola --
A Catalina dealer in St. Petersburg, FL has new factory mains for sale cheap. He sold a half-dozen C-14s to a sailing club that upgraded to racing sails. The jibs are apparently sold, but he had 3 mains left for $300, the factory is charging $560.
They're a nice company to deal with...
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I went all over my 1987 mod one back in June and tightened all the fasteners up before it's first sail. Since then I've probably had it out less than 15 hours b/c of our typically crummy Florida summer weather and some back trouble, but was surprised to find that alot of the fasteners had...
Summer Sailstice:
http://www.summersailstice.com/index.php
Searching through the listing for my state, I saw alot of beer can races and people just gathering together to sail.
jim / so. fla. / 1857
Hi all --
Sailing yesterday in gusts to about 16 mph my jib kept lifting the jib sheet up out of it's cleat.
Since I was singling in gusts strong enough to dip the gunwales, I had to keep one hand on the mainsheet to avoid a bath and the other on the tiller.
I tried tying the controlling...
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In the handbook it's recommended to have a looped rope to aid climbing back aboard after swimming or capsizing. As an old geezer well north of 200 lbs. I definitely need this and was pleased to find these online directions for making a proper rope ladder, courtesy of an Aussie...
Hello --
Jim in palm beach county, fla. here, hull 1857, a 1987 mod one introducing myself and inspired by all the great first time sailing stories to share mine, although I cannot say that I remotely approached the adventure some have reported here.
I've owned her for 7 weeks now, and...
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