bananabobs
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After searching, I still do not know what year my Mod1 is, The serial # is CP5E009M3I and the sail # is #9
I bought the boat from the local YMCA after it was donated, I paid $200.00. It had been on Westlake Lake for years, according to the Lake registration stickers. There was no trailer, and the bottom was caked with mud but the sail looks like it was never out of the bag. Everything else is in great shape. The hatch was left off the boat for a while at the YMCA and rats made numerous nests in the cuddy, I filled up the hull with a chlorine/water mix, (kept the plug in, 4 bottles of chlorine and a hose) left it to soak over night, then rinsed about 10 times. After drying out for a year, You cannot smell anything now. New sheets, shrouds and stay, a old tent trailer converted to a boat trailer and I am ready to sail. I worked for a Venture Yacht dealer after school in Marina Del Rey from 1973 to 1977, built Naples Sabots and sailed a Lido. I have been wanting a Capri/14.2 for years but 4 kids then 4 kids in college and then 3 daughters getting married and now grandchildren... it was used or nothing.
One last thing, I spoke to Lyle with the Westlake Village fleet, he said that nobody races there anymore, most people have switched to a "J" class boat. He was not very optimistic about racing 14.2's ,actually, he was rather negative...is there any active fleets closer that San Diego? I want to race!
I bought the boat from the local YMCA after it was donated, I paid $200.00. It had been on Westlake Lake for years, according to the Lake registration stickers. There was no trailer, and the bottom was caked with mud but the sail looks like it was never out of the bag. Everything else is in great shape. The hatch was left off the boat for a while at the YMCA and rats made numerous nests in the cuddy, I filled up the hull with a chlorine/water mix, (kept the plug in, 4 bottles of chlorine and a hose) left it to soak over night, then rinsed about 10 times. After drying out for a year, You cannot smell anything now. New sheets, shrouds and stay, a old tent trailer converted to a boat trailer and I am ready to sail. I worked for a Venture Yacht dealer after school in Marina Del Rey from 1973 to 1977, built Naples Sabots and sailed a Lido. I have been wanting a Capri/14.2 for years but 4 kids then 4 kids in college and then 3 daughters getting married and now grandchildren... it was used or nothing.
One last thing, I spoke to Lyle with the Westlake Village fleet, he said that nobody races there anymore, most people have switched to a "J" class boat. He was not very optimistic about racing 14.2's ,actually, he was rather negative...is there any active fleets closer that San Diego? I want to race!