The Cape Dory Board

Thanks very much for the info. Would very much appreciate the brand and model of porta potty you bought when you have a chance.

You mentioned your installing a mast support. What is the reason for this? Anything I should be checking on my boat?

Thanks, will check out your suggestions.

I'm looking for advice on a suitable portable head and sources of teak cupholders and racks for my Typhoon.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Again, thanks to all for helpful responses, including my fellow Lake Sunapee Yacht Club member Mike Feeney. I did talk to Paul Messer about the aluminum stabilizing frame he has for his Typhoon hatchway. Your comment that it was purchased directly from Cape Dory suggests Cape Dory endorsed using the...

Thanks for all the feedback on this topic. Very helpful for a new Typhoon owner. My remaining question is how to deal with the single hook hoist at my yacht club. Is everyone using separate fore and aft spreader bars hooked together on the single hoist hook or some sort of spreader bar "box&quo...

Thanks for reply regarding hoisting Typhoon's. Do you have a recommendation on where I can obtain proper size slings and spreader bar frame to use with a single hook hoist? I was able to float the boat off and back on the trailer this year but only because the water level was high this year at Lake ...

Just purchsed a 1978 Typhoon. Was all set to launch by hoisting with eye below cabin floor when I read in original owner's manual this should not be done. Friend has used this eye on his Typhoon with an aluminum frame that attaches to companionway to stabilize boat for 20 years with no problem. Plea...

Thanks for reply. I am experienced with boats and will check out prospects myself. I am checking for worn hardware, rudder play and leakage, soft fiberglass, sail condition, etc. Anything else I should check for that is not obvious? I keep hearing about "compression poles". As these boats ...

Looking for a surveyor to check out a typhoon in the Burlington Vermont area. Any ideas? Thanks