The photo collage below shows most of the projects on this site. Click any picture to go to that project for more photos and a description.
The color of our carpet mats is so close, they look like they were installed at the factory. It’s time to clean these.
DIY air compressor-powered oil extractor
Boom tent
Refinished aluminum propeller
Masthead with Ronstan RF251 sheaves and 8mm halyards
Location and connections for the rectifier/regulator
Crib board storage bag
Mr. Heater Portable Buddy Propane Heater
DIY reproduction classic emblems
Budget bimini top solution
Webbing strap and carpet glides
AFTER – in ship shape
AFTER – genoa drying
Just one of 15 maintenance blind spots
Foresail pendant (middle)
Stop the gray water before it comes out the funnel
DIY cockpit scupper grates
Black & Decker 12V Handheld Vacuum
Genoa held wing-and-wing by a boat hook
DIY non-skid paint
Look ma, no knots!
Applying bottom paint over the barrier coat
BEFORE – Original bolt rope whipping
Free and easy winch handle storage
Easy to make flag halyard
Under V berth storage
Prototype made with an old hatch board until I make new hatch boards
Stuck swing keel pivot pin
Dometic 970 Series Portable Toilet
Boom vang assembled a la carte
Tiller coachwhipping
Jib sheet attached by an alpine butterfly knot and a soft shackle
Pump after restoration
Middle sailing position with support poles in the forward jaw slides
AFTER – Easy to attach and trimmable
Stove after restoration
Backup camera solution
Trailerable lazy jacks
Removing the spring clip
Upgrade to a gas spring operated outboard motor mount
Don’t pop your top here!
Classic colors and a fresh look
Mobility for the kicker
AFTER – The mounted grill
Starboard side of the two-part boom topping lift
Mast stepping with the boom as a gin pole
AFTER – bright and glossy
Get it on the action with a “fun sail”
BEFORE – A smelly mess!
Rear loading and docking position with support poles in the rear jaw slides
DIY turnbuckle boots
Main sheet (left, green), traveler bar, and adjustable backstay (right, white)
AFTER – new bunk securely fastened
AFTER – easy to see what’s going down or not
Above galley storage and a tamer stove
AFTER – Like new!
DIY stern perch seats
Foredeck sail bag solution
After the epoxy has hardened and the tape removed
AFTER – New bushings pressed into place
Water pump cover and impeller
Complete rewiring
Tiller Tamer
Where to next?
Wine glass rack
Low-cost tiller lock
Gotta love a foot-deep finish
LED strip lighting
AFTER – Almost like new
DIY mast gates open and closed
Headsail downhaul solution
How to paint cove and boot stripes like a pro
Mainsail cover solution
Raymarine ST1000+ Tiller Pilot
Quick disconnect hydraulic line to the Demco actuator
New door closed
AFTER – easy to tighten and guards against injuries
Calkins trailer with custom tongue extension
Midship cleats
Upgrade your galley with an electric water pump
Rack with 12 lines stored within easy reach
Leech line exits through a Gransegel cleat above the clew
Slacken your forestay with a flick of a lever
Front and back of one of eight portlight panels
DIY snap-on gear bags
Cleaned, faired, sealed, primed, and painted
Can you spot the problems?
AFTER – open valve to drain tank into funnel
Finished anchor light mounted next to the Windex
The $tingy Sailor 
Very nice site you have. I am wondering about the forestay release hardware. I need one of those. Any ideas of how to construct a boom crutch from plywood and hold the boom and mast w/o the rudder hardware? How about a trailer motor mount while transporting vs the transom ? I have an old Paceship 1969 Mouette and the trailer is as old and no support under the transom.
I can’t imagine a mast crutch made from plywood but you could probably make one from 2×4 dimensional lumber in an X shape that stands inside the cockpit and is secured side to side. Few sailboat trailers have much support under the transom or need it but I have seen some owners build their own mounts on the front of their trailers to carry their outboard motors.
where do you find the reproduction Catalina 22 emblems? would love to find 2 of those.
so jelous you have the galley for your Cat.
Made ’em here: https://stingysailor.com/2015/06/06/how-to-reproduce-classic-brand-emblems-2/