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Very happy to say that my husband is too stuborn and optimistic too sell the boat, so....until further notice, she's off the market.  Not that I have been besieged with offers : ).  I Was obviously not very motivated to sell, anyway.

I am very sad to say that Agua Dulce, a 1967 Commander,  is now for sale due to owner's illness.  She is in nearly perfect condition.  We are asking $9000.  In 2008 she was fully refurbished with new awlgrip, sails, running rigging, wiring, spinnaker and pole.  The cabin was refurbished, cushions recovered in Sunbrella fabric.  2 new drycell batteries, guest switch, master panel, depth sounder.  2001 or 2002 Yamaha 225 4 stroke motor is included.  No trailer. I think pics of the interior can be seen by searching "Agua Dulce" on this site.

Thanks Ebb, those books are also available at Alibris.  I'm sure if they've passed muster with you, they're worth the read.

Thanks again, 109.  With our last little boat we never paid any attention to telltales.  I guess it was so small you could just FEEL when you had it right.  Now I want to figure them out.

Really beautiful pictures, by the way, but my recycled rat terrier has stolen my heart.

Rico, I think I may have the same make of pooch, with a different paint job.  Mine adopted us after being lost/abandonded? in the woods.  Is yours a rat terrier?

Thanks, 109, I found both of those at Alibris for under two bucks!

The thread "Commander Sail Plan" also has relevance to this thread.

I should have said instructional books.  What are the must-haves?

Sorry, the dh hijacked my username.  He's an incredibly smart man, but in a Chesterton sort of way. ("Am at Market Harborough, where ought I to be?")  I already told him he'd have to get his own name, because between my asking dumb questions and his asking questions dumb, if it appears to all be coming from one person,  we'll be booted right out of here!

bkeegel2
how does the motor fit in the laz?
i have a 4-strk 6 merc
i think anything bigger would b a pain to mount/dismount?

I'd love to know everyone's favorites.  Sounds like  Dedekam's SAILING AND RIG TUNING is on the list.  What else?

Now that I understand it all makes sense!  

Thanks for bearing with me guys.

Thanks Bill and SkipperJer.  Skipper, yes!!  Everything you said in your second paragraph!  We hadn't thought to run through the cabin-top blocks AND blocks on the aft rail.  That's something to try.  

The second pic in post #47 shows a bigger, newer track on the cabin top.  This is probably something we should do?  What do you guys think about the sharp drop in height from the cabin top to the winch?  Is that why you run to aft blocks first, Skipper?

Also, are there no concerns about the stress of the jibsheets on the shrouds?  Forgive me if that's a really dumb question.

Thanks Rico.  The blue and white line is just a dock line, sorry I don't have a clearer pic.  I did read that thread,  but it seemed that the discussion was pretty much all about genoas.  We just have a jib, but it is cut high to clear the lifelines.  We have been running the jibsheets outside all of the shrouds, though, and maybe that is part of our problem.  We know that we need to run the jibsheets through a block, it's just where the block should be that has us puzzled.  I saw on an O'Day site a picture of a block aft of the winch.  Seems like that might work, but I do think that it was also actually being used with a genoa. The blocks on our cabin top seemed to work well enough, it just worries me that they weren't being used that way so maybe they shouldn't be.  (They were pretty small blocks, too.)  Incidentally, the boat did not have lifelines until a few years ago, and I don't know if any modifications were made other than shortening the jib itself.

Better pic.  Sorry.