The Cape Dory Board

You raise several issues-I have been an Insurance Adjuster for 25 years-here is the 5 minute course-some policies are "stated value" policies-meaing if your boat sinks, is destroyed by fire or otherwise not repairable-you are paid the "stated value" amount-however-this amount inc...

I replaced both tanks in my CD 28-here are the potential complications-Atlantic Tank can fabricate you exact replacement tanks and ship them to you UPS-I forget who I used but I had my brother draw up a set up plans with the specs including the location and diameter of the fuel in/out and vent hoses...

That is the fuse that blew- i did replace it and I got nothing-but it did not blow the circuit breaker-then the battery on that side went dead-so it looks like I'll be taking both the radar and the transmitter to the shop-ps I have read your adventures in your CD 28 and I take my hat off to you-an i...

Have any of you ever had a radar unit damaged by a non-direct lightning hit? I have a new Furuno 1620 radar unit with about 4 hrs on it-last summer I was in a lightning storm where there was lightn ing everywhere around us although we were never hit. Subsequently I found all of the electronics with ...

Also-you want to adoid doing a plumbing hook up that could let salt water back up into your fresh water tanks-thus 2 seperate systems would be in order-

Has anyone ever had someone hit the key and turn the motor over (thus pumping fuel) while you (with goggles on )tighten the bleed screw until the engine starts? works for me! isn't this the same thing as pumbing the fuel with the ridicuolus little primer pump?

You are reading from the same manual I have for an md2b-what I do is change the oil before winter lay up by running it and pumping out the oil when its hot-then I change the oil filter-fill with fresh oil and the cranckcase additive sold at west marine and run for another 5 minutes- at the same time...

what you and thousands of other people are dealing with is that the ethanol we now put in gas causes the gas to turn into "crap" in a matter of weeks-(I hope you like my scientific explanation)-it doesn't seem to bother cars with fuel injection but any motor with a carb is suspect to this ...

I have always been told that boats were a poor investment-well guess what? stocks are not much better! nothing wrong with having a"CD" in your portfolio is there? at least you can use it and enjoy yourself and you can't put a price on that!

I would bring a piece of the gasket to a local auto/commercial glazier -they can hook you up cheap!

Volvo-in its infinite wisdom has made sure that only a volvo gear box will fit a volvo engine-we need to determine the make of your gear box-it should be a MS (mono-shift) with a 2 to 1 gear ratio-I went through the same thing several years ago and you have 3 choices-either get the gear box rebuilt-...

I am not sure I'd want to buck 25-35 knt headwinds in Nantucket sound for 6 hours! as a matter of fact-now that I think about it-I'd rather stay home-! I did go down Vineyard Sound last year with a 20-25 knt tail wind-but my hat is off to you! ( I really don't like Nantucket that much anyway)

Plan on a new motor-and replacing all the mechanical and electrical systems in the boat-and the fuel tanks and all the upholestery-and probably the sails and stays etc.-so add all that up and see if it comes to the value of the boat in restored condition ($15K without any consideration for your time...

Does this mean I can't pee off the back of my boat anymore? sorry-I am just being silly-

FYI-a roto-zip is an excellent tool to cut holes in plex-fiberglass or whatever-you can make whatever size hole you wnat-