Hi folks, I'm Vic Roy in Baton Rouge, La. and just joined. I bought a 1988 C14.2 model 1 a month or two ago and have been refurbishing it. I'm retired and have had power boats all my life and my flagship is a 1972 Bertram 31 - I'm a lunatic big game fisherman but guess I'm not quite as mad at 'em as I used to be. I keep the fleet (Bertram, 1962 13' Whaler, bought it new, 16' flat for fly fishing, and of course, the Bride's pedal boat) at our weekend place on the Tickfaw River east of Baton Rouge, which is a fresh water tidal river that runs into Lake Maurepas, a large brackish lake that connects to Lake Ponchartrain, the big salt water lake at New Orleans. I will keep the C14 in the water at our dock moored with a line & wieght to keep it centered on two vertical "D" fenders as we have some tide and an occasional flood.
I've just begun to sail her and am learning by reading here and elsewhere and making bonehead mistakes, none of which have yet been too bad. I have a 2 hp two stroke mounted on the transom but am adding a bolt-on motor mount this week as the traveler and main sheet get tangled up in the motor with it on the transom.
The boat was missing its cuddy hatch so I made one from 1/4 plywood encapsulated in epoxy (all of which I had laying around my shop) and put a $5 keyed cupboard latch from Lowe's as the latch - works fine, will probably make a better hatch out of some exotic material like Starboard when this one conks out.
The boom banging around in the boat when the main is down is annoying so I installed a "top haul" that's just a small dacron line up the stb. side of the mast to a small Harken block between the spreadeers and the masthead and back to a strap on the boom. Holds it up just fine, and I've only forgotten to loosen it a couple of times.
The boat had no tie up cleats so I added a pair of small stainless open base ones inside the transom, very low to the seats and they don't seem to attract stray lines, yet. My teak was in terrible shape with peeling varnish so I dug out the plugs covering the screws, removed the three teak peices and sanded them smooth and after using cleaner and bleach, oilled them natural - have a lot of experience with teak over the years and just oil is the best for me & our climate. I re-installed the teak using stainless finishing washers and exposed oval head screws so taking the teak off again to refinish will be a snap.
And I don't have the Brown Bag I see in some pix so right now am using a Lowe's carpenter's apron tied around the base of the mast to stuff the tag ends of the various lines in...crude but us Cajuns have our ways. Any better ideas?
My jib is roller furled so stays on the boat but I take the mail off and store inside. I need your advice on a cover for the main so I can leave it on board. Is it worth it, and any ideas?
Sorry to be so long winded but I'm a retired bank lawyer and trained to use 8 words when one wll do.... & really looking forward to doing a little low-impact sailing.
Nice to meet y'all.
Vic Roy
I've just begun to sail her and am learning by reading here and elsewhere and making bonehead mistakes, none of which have yet been too bad. I have a 2 hp two stroke mounted on the transom but am adding a bolt-on motor mount this week as the traveler and main sheet get tangled up in the motor with it on the transom.
The boat was missing its cuddy hatch so I made one from 1/4 plywood encapsulated in epoxy (all of which I had laying around my shop) and put a $5 keyed cupboard latch from Lowe's as the latch - works fine, will probably make a better hatch out of some exotic material like Starboard when this one conks out.
The boom banging around in the boat when the main is down is annoying so I installed a "top haul" that's just a small dacron line up the stb. side of the mast to a small Harken block between the spreadeers and the masthead and back to a strap on the boom. Holds it up just fine, and I've only forgotten to loosen it a couple of times.
The boat had no tie up cleats so I added a pair of small stainless open base ones inside the transom, very low to the seats and they don't seem to attract stray lines, yet. My teak was in terrible shape with peeling varnish so I dug out the plugs covering the screws, removed the three teak peices and sanded them smooth and after using cleaner and bleach, oilled them natural - have a lot of experience with teak over the years and just oil is the best for me & our climate. I re-installed the teak using stainless finishing washers and exposed oval head screws so taking the teak off again to refinish will be a snap.
And I don't have the Brown Bag I see in some pix so right now am using a Lowe's carpenter's apron tied around the base of the mast to stuff the tag ends of the various lines in...crude but us Cajuns have our ways. Any better ideas?
My jib is roller furled so stays on the boat but I take the mail off and store inside. I need your advice on a cover for the main so I can leave it on board. Is it worth it, and any ideas?
Sorry to be so long winded but I'm a retired bank lawyer and trained to use 8 words when one wll do.... & really looking forward to doing a little low-impact sailing.
Nice to meet y'all.
Vic Roy