forestay tension

Our '82 catalina 25 was unfortunately damaged in a storm. Repair quotes are significantly more than the value of the boat, so we are looking into any last-ditch home-made type repair we could do to try salvage the boat. We're new to sailing and were excited to really get into it with this boat...

I'd been wondering what the ominous sound was when sailing my Hunter 140 until my wife got her fingers pinched by a large crack between the deck and hull when under sail. After turning the hull over for repair I realized the crack to be 9 feet long. I repaired it with Plexus and fiberglass and...