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