The Cape Dory Board

This chart from NOAA shows the significant and extensive impact felt throughout the Pacific from the recent tsunami in Japan. http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/honshu20110311/Energy_plot20110311-1000.png My cousin on Guam advised that two US Navy nuclear subs broke loose from their docks at Apra Harbor and ...

I talked with my cousin currently stationed on Guam. She was actually on Saipan at the time we talked. She said there was a noticeable "very, very low tide", much lower than normal but not much else. Residents moved up onto some hills for a few hours in anticipation of a more severe impact...

I know this is a serious subject, but Randy that is the funniest post I have read in a very long time.

Dean: Others with years of experience will weigh in on your specific questions, etc. I recently took an anchoring class at the local club. Your method for deploying 2 anchors seems to be pretty similar to what was recommended at the class. To make sure you know exactly where on the bottom each ancho...

Last night C-SPAN 3 aired a program of a panel discussion concerning piracy along the Somali coast. The panelists included US Coast Guard, US Marine Corp, US Navy and Canadian Maritime officers, plus a recently retired US Navy Admiral who headed the task force currently deployed in the theatre. It w...

Hello Len: I used the Six 10 West Epoxy last Fall when I drilled holes for cam cleats on my CD Typhoon Weekender. I drilled larger than needed holes and "gauged out" some balsa core around the hole and then filled all with the Six 10 West Epoxy. I am a rookie/tadpole when it comes to this ...

J2Sailing:

I sent you a PM.

So, steering a course back to the original tack of this thread:

Sea Hunt wrote: If anyone is thinking about possibly selling their Cape Dory 25D or knows of a Cape Dory 25D that is for sale I would very much appreciate an email or PM.

Hello Jean and Tom: In the October 2010 issue of SAIL magazine there is a very good article entitled " Optimizing Bilge Pumps " authored by Adam Cort. It is about 5 pages and contains several photos and installation diagrams. The article also discusses a method to efficiently install a pri...

OJ: I have, I think, Microsoft Internet Explorer. I was able to read Cathy's most recent post without any funny "a" letters or other strange symbols. I assume she is now a Junior or Senior in college but perhaps you could ask your blonde "computer tutor" to look at your problem. ...

Bill:

Thanks for thinking of me. I sent some emails back and forth with the seller over the past few months about his CD 25D. Depending on the results of some other developments in the works on the east coast I may schedule a trip to Nashville later this Spring.

I loved best the post that asked how to install a gun on the bow of his Cape Dory :) My Dearest Zeida: As we have discussed several times :wink: , I would be happy to install a .50 cal BMG on the foredeck of S/V Bandolera II. I know you have expressed concerns about transiting Biscayne Bay when hea...

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Another good source of some basic "check list" things to do can often be found in sailing magazines. Every Spring most sailing magazines have an article on "commissioning"; every Fall they have an article on "decommissioning". For example, in the March 2001 issue of Blu...

The following are the rambling muses of a tadpole sailor stuck in between Cape Dory sailboat ownership. :( I am somewhat surprised by the responses of sailors to these acts of piracy. Apparently, many seem to think we need to enact "piracy legislation" or they ask "why are these sailo...