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