The Cape Dory Board

Hi,

I will be in the Florida Panhandle area during the second week of April, doing research for a cruising guide. Any CD owners in the area who would like to help/chat/sling the hash should send me a PM on hookup possibilities. Thanks,

KenTextor
CD27, Marie Rose
Arrowsic, ME
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Vaaapp

Many thanks to all who replied here. FYI, I took up the cockpit sole yesterday, found the beginnings of delamination and decided to junk it. (Not very impressed with the quality of original CD plywood in general.) Will be replacing sole and adjacent sloping "bow ties" with western red ceda...

Hello all, Does anyone have any experience with the ?teak and holly? sole of your Cape Dory delaminating? In my CD 27, the half-inch ply pieces that are angled and adjacent to the sole have delaminated and will be replaced. They looked pretty funky and so I?ve removed them. But the two-tone, flat pa...

Hi everyone, With a malfunctioning tachometer in my CD 27 (YSM8 engine), I've been intrigued to see some old posts on a new RPM reading technology via TinyTach tachometer. It seems some of you have installed one and now with a couple of seasons behind you, I'd like to know how you like them. Did you...

Anybody have the CD 27 mainsail dimensions handy, luff, foot and leech? Hard to measure it when it's bent on the spars.

Ken
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Vaporizer Store

Chris, I agree with everything in the last Acoustic post with one small exception: There is a time to have a swivel between the top chain and the bottom chain. If you moor your boat on the swirling Kennebec River in Maine, we've found a swivel between top and bottom chain AND top chain and the moori...

Does anyone know where I can get the tube-like, incandescent, 12-V light bulb that goes in the mast-mounted, foredeck light of a 1979 CD 27? I have tried some other similar-looking bulbs that I found at West Marine, Hamilton Marine, etc., but none seem to work. Electricity is definitely getting to t...

Hello all, While rehabilitating a somewhat neglected 1979, CD 27 recently, I had to remove the cockpit coamings. After doing so, I noticed the bronze bases on which the jib sheet winches are mounted seemed a bit wobbly. Without being tied into the coamings, this seemed somewhat predictable. But I th...

Being a new owner of a CD 27, I'd just like to know how much bottom paint to use to cover the area below the waterline. Don't want to over-buy this stuff. It has gotten expensive enough over the years. Thanks for your advice,

Ken Textor, Arrowsic Is., ME
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Bmw m106

Looking for someone with experience sailing a CD 270, the keel/centerboard version of the CD 27. I've heard they are more tender and rolly than full keel CDs. True? Other issues? I'm thinking of trying to buy a CD 270 but do want to have the CD stability we all like so much. Thanks for any help, Ken...