The Cape Dory Board

Hello, everyone--I was amazed at the number of responses that we received addressing this problem and felt a whole lot better to know that this happens to other sailors and that there are ways to remedy the situation. The best solution (for us) seems to be backing out with the rudder in mid-position...

Hi, everybody--It's been a while since we last posted--and we lost our password...{: We love our Cape Dory 26--and with restored teak and topsides, she's a beauty. But all this does not help with a problem we have always had with this boat--and that is how to back out of a slip in a non-lubberly fas...

Hi, I've just read about the problems of barnacles, etc. getting encrusted on props. Here in Cayuga Lake we have zebra mussels. It's not possible to swing our motor up out of the water (we have a CD26) , so the mussels accumulate throughout the season and we just scrape them off at the end of the se...

Hello, everyone--Our first summer has been spent getting used to sailing Quetzal II and learning how to enter our slip without scaring everyone in the vicinity. It has been wonderful. However, we have NOT been able to get comfortable with the mainsheet system. As you know, there is no "traveler...

Hello--We are enjoying our dear CD 26. We have named her now and the whole family loves to sail her. We received many very helpful ideas about mooring. After weighing all the suggestions, we decided on a one line-to-buoy system--but with an exceptionally strong line with, of course, chafe protection...

Good morning. This is our first posting. We are so pleased to have a Cape Dory and to be registered with this group. QUESTION: We are mooring our boat at the Ithaca Yacht Club on Cayuga Lake. We are interested in recommendations for mooring. We had heavy SE winds yesterday and one of the two mooring...