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- Mar 17th, '10, 12:06
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: outboard motor shaft length, CD25
- Replies: 3
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- Mar 16th, '10, 23:04
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Angle of Heel in Cape Dory 30 Cutter
- Replies: 14
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- Mar 16th, '10, 23:02
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: CD-26 Outboard motor replacement
- Replies: 10
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Growth
I find that I have to dive on my boat every other week to remove growth. If I were to let more than a month go by, which I did on one occasion, the growth becomes so onerous that the propeller is ineffectual because of the growth.
- Mar 13th, '10, 08:49
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Damage To Steel Hull Plate, Schooner OMF Ontario
- Replies: 9
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- Mar 10th, '10, 23:20
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Tiller VS. Wheel in CD 28 - need more cockpit room!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2952
Having owned ships with wheels and ships with tillers I can definitely say that I prefer a tiller. I love the feedback and it makes self steering so much easier and cost effective. And when your electronic Autohelm, etc, fails due to salt corrosion you can always use the sheet-to-tiller method of se...
- Mar 10th, '10, 23:12
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Graphical Calculation of Deviation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 654
- Feb 28th, '10, 17:22
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: mooring line length and diameter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1632
- Feb 22nd, '10, 22:11
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Rigging Question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1578
I own the Riggers Apprentice and, in fact, do all of my own splicing from mooring harness to halyards so I am familiar. A wire splice would be great, but I have this image of trying to repair a failed stay, in bad weather, with a splice and the picture is not pretty. Sarasota is a great place to rai...
- Feb 21st, '10, 20:41
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Rigging Question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1578
Rigging Question
I am going to attempt, after all these years, to replace my standing rigging myself. The question? The relative strength between swag fittings and the staylock system. Which is stronger and less likely to failure. We are hoping to do a walkabout through the Caribbean on my CD25 and I am slowly prepp...
- Feb 19th, '10, 01:00
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: STUBORN MAST WIRE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 562
- Feb 16th, '10, 07:41
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Installing handrails on a CD30C
- Replies: 8
- Views: 783
- Feb 14th, '10, 20:01
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: A course in navigation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 528
- Feb 6th, '10, 23:57
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Backstay Chain Plate CD25
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1742
- Feb 5th, '10, 17:08
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: CD 30 Ketch
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2925
- Feb 2nd, '10, 10:08
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: CD 30 Ketch
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2925
CD 30 Ketch
God help me,,, I'm looking at another big ship! I considering a CD30 Ketch and want to know if there any issues with the model and I also have concerns about the 10HP Yanmar diesel that is standard. Is this engine of sufficient horse power for this craft? I have been known to be out and about when t...