pbridge
New Member
Greetings,
We are the new owners of a second generation Capri 14. I paid a near giveaway price for the boat with trailer and I'm pretty confident my investment will be rapidly adjusting upward. Please be patient with my terminology. I'm learning.
The good news is that the fiberglass appears to be in very good condition, no sunburn and virtually zero crazing. The sails look very clean and fresh. More on that later.
I did a dry run yesterday for the first time, learning to rig the mast. The shrouds are ratty. I don't think they're on the verge of failure but they are now on the replacement list. If anybody wants to offer tips for DIY standing rigging, they would be welcome.
Attached to the front of the mast, where I think the forestay belongs, is a short piece of cable maybe 18 or 24" long, with an eye on each end, and poorly knotted to that is a piece of nylon line. I think somebody had cobbled together a forestay. (Faux-stay?)
The jib is a mystery to me. What's the correct name for the clips on the jib that slide up the forestay? It's got none of those. What it does seem to have is steel cable sewn into the leading edge of the jib. Is that the forestay, hidden in the jib? (I'm hoping I do not find out that the sails that came with the boat are somehow wrong.)
Anyway, more later. Thanks for any help you all may offer. Be gentle.
Peter
Sebastopol CA USA
We are the new owners of a second generation Capri 14. I paid a near giveaway price for the boat with trailer and I'm pretty confident my investment will be rapidly adjusting upward. Please be patient with my terminology. I'm learning.
The good news is that the fiberglass appears to be in very good condition, no sunburn and virtually zero crazing. The sails look very clean and fresh. More on that later.
I did a dry run yesterday for the first time, learning to rig the mast. The shrouds are ratty. I don't think they're on the verge of failure but they are now on the replacement list. If anybody wants to offer tips for DIY standing rigging, they would be welcome.
Attached to the front of the mast, where I think the forestay belongs, is a short piece of cable maybe 18 or 24" long, with an eye on each end, and poorly knotted to that is a piece of nylon line. I think somebody had cobbled together a forestay. (Faux-stay?)
The jib is a mystery to me. What's the correct name for the clips on the jib that slide up the forestay? It's got none of those. What it does seem to have is steel cable sewn into the leading edge of the jib. Is that the forestay, hidden in the jib? (I'm hoping I do not find out that the sails that came with the boat are somehow wrong.)
Anyway, more later. Thanks for any help you all may offer. Be gentle.
Peter
Sebastopol CA USA