The Cape Dory Board

Spirit of Christmas, Oriental, NC Lou and Marcia Ostendorff will again be hosting this years' Carolinas Fleet Dinner gathering on the evening of Oriental’s Spirit of Christmas festivities (December 8th). This event will be held at the Ostendorff’s condo located in the Old School House (#12). The Sp...

After a seven days and eight hours covering over 250 nautical miles, the Carolinas' Fleet completed it's Fall Cruise from Oriental to Elizabeth City, NC (and back). We saw and visited many beautiful places--Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, Elizabeth City, Manteo, and Ocracoke island. We enjoyed cool ni...

Elizabeth City Cruise Cruise Captain: Pete (919) 608-2759 The Carolinas’ Fleet is planning a week long trip to Elizabeth City, North Carolina starting Saturday September 29th – Saturday October 6th. Elizabeth City sits on the northern shore of Pasquotank River, some 23 nm NNW of Albemarle Sound. Mo...

What a wonderful afternoon of fellowship, food, friends, and boat stories. The food was great with lots of NC BBQ, Fried Chicken, slaw, ice tea, etc. Add to the meal an assortment of cakes, pies, and other yummy dishes--left the entire group stuffed! A special word of thanks goes out to Kim, Ron, an...

The CDSOA Carolinas’ Feet is hosting a Carolina Cape Dory Reunion & BBQ Thirty-Four years ago Andy Denmark splashed his 1st Cape Dory Typhoon in the waters of Oriental, NC. To mark this occasion the Cape Dory Sailboat Owners Association’s Carolina Fleet, is hosting a BBQ dinner and Float-in at ...

Keep an eye out for the details on our 34th anniversary party.

Cptn' Pete

CANCELED! Carolina’s Fleet – Summer Cruise to Ocracoke Island Due to schedule conflicts and lack of participtation, this weekends cruise to Ocracoke has been canceled . Please keep an eye on the board for future events. Thank You, Cpt'n Pete ---------------------------------------------------------...

Oriental, NC Float-In July 7-9, 2007 Ahoy Carolina Cape Dorians! Our July ‘Float-In’ is drawing near, and I wanted to give those intending to participate some important information. This event is scheduled to coincide with the Annual Croaker Festival ( http://www.Croakerfestival.com ). The Festival...

Yes, you need some sort of filter to prevent small items from entering the engine! I have the same "Stone Catcher", type air filter with a simple foam cover over the air intake screen on my Universal Engine. The issue for me is that it only stops large items from entering the air-intake. T...

Glad to hear you are well, working, and it sounds like you in a beautiful place. The fleet has missed your "young face", now we are the youngest!

Have a great summer.

Pete

Carolinas' Fleet - Ball Creek Cookout and Sail-in The weekend of May 25, 26, 27, and 28th, the Carolina Fleet will travel to Ball Creek for a cookout (Saturday) and then sail together to Campbell Creek (Sunday Night). Our hosts for this event are: Hans and Greta van Meeteren and first mate Kobus. T...

Due to a wonderful weather pattern, this past weekends sail to South River (a.k.a., Shakedown Cruise) had to change course. With winds forecasted to be 25-35 knots Sunday, the fleet decided to enjoy the day sailing (Saturday), then finish up the evening with a pot-luck dinner at Captain Lou's. While...

CDSOA Carolinas Fleet South River Shakedown Cruise & Float-in May 4-6 Contact Event Organizer and Cruise Captain: Kurt Weinheimer Hello to Carolina Cape Dorians!!! The Carolinas Fleet of the CDSOA, Inc. is hosting the South River Shakedown Cruise and Raft-up, May 5-6, 2007 to kick off a series ...

Hello, On my CD, I have the same set up, except that the hose is attached to the hole in the lower tray and runs into the shower sump area. This keeps any "engine/water/yuck" contained in the shower sump tray. Good side, it keeps stuff out of the lower bilge. Bad, anytime you empty the sho...

Congrats on becoming the new CD Owner. We have considered inside vs. outside several times. Yes, you miss the swamp and the ICW, but from having talked with folks who have made this trip outside---there are several major concerns you need to pay attention to. The first, is making sure that you go fa...