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