The Cape Dory Board

Pin Up was sold yesterday.

Having fallen in love with (and purchased) a Sabre 36, I have recently put my 1973 Cape Dory 25 for sale. The ad is on the buy/sell part of this board and at a couple of other places such as craigslist (which may have been a mistake, see below). In two days, I have now received three (and counting) ...

After succumbing to bigboatitis, I offer my 1973 Cape Dory 25 for sale. The asking price is $5800. The boat is in overall good condition and well equipped. The hull is solid and blister free. The bilge stays bone dry all year round (no leaks). 2010 North Sails genoa, excellent condition 2002 Quantum...

Hi folks, I have done it... I chose to leave the traveler as close to where it was before as possible. As there was not enough room, the new traveler is installed on a new teak plank at the end of the cockpit. The new plank, not visible in the picture below, is about the same size as the "old&q...

Dick,

I look forward to seeing these pictures... I may to have to take a decision before that though.

Glad to see I am not the only one going through this.

Pierre

Thanks Sea Owl (and Dave).

The thing is, new traveler systems will NOT fit where the old traveler was: the track will, the car will not (all the models I have seen are too wide). Hence the initial question.

Pierre

Dear fellow Cape Dorians, I could not stand the thought of spending another sailing season struggling with the original, archaic, finger altering, borderline dangerous original traveler on my 1973 CD 25. So, I removed it this weekend. Now, there is precious little room between the cockpit opening an...

http://www.rigrite.com/Spars/Spartan_Spars/cd3_mast.html You may want to give them a call: there appears to be two models: CD-3 Hinged Mast Step Assembly: SP-067, CD-3 Special Hinged Mast Step Assembly: SP-067-25S; the latter is for early CD 25. I have no clue which one you need. Pierre CD 25 #146

The outboard mount on my CD25 broke this weekend. I think it was the original part: a venerable piece of solid teak. The minimum size for a board out of which I could cut a replacement is 13 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/4. Does anybody know of a good source for an appropriate teak board? I am also having second th...

Oops, good point I'll read the whole message next time...

The Rigrite site claims they have spin cars for 3/4" t-tracks. This is also a Schaefer part, but I cannot find it on the Schaefer site. So, I dont know...

Those 3/4 tracks are a pain in the neck.


Pierre

Dick,

Schaefer stills sells 3/4" slider (part #72-46). You can get those directly from them or for instance here http://www.layline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=S7246


Pierre

CD25, #146

Have any of you used, or know of, this contraption? http://www.pro-techt.com/where.cfm Installing a "real" bimini on a CD 25 seems awkward at best. However, having even just a little shade in the cockpit during the summer would be really nice. Those things are ``cheap", portable and m...

Thank you all for your comments (I was surprised to see that posting reemerge). Regarding the waterline: before I started the work, there was no waterline per se and the bottom paint was reaching very unevenly up the topsides. After a lot of sanding through several layers of paints, I reached the or...

Michael, I used Interlux Perfection for the topsides of my CD 25 this spring. I used the roll and tip method and worked alone. I am delighted with the result. A couple of remarks: 1. This kind of paint does not hide or cover any defect or little ding. I spent a lot of time prepping and priming the s...

Finally, time to put the brushes and rollers (and the sander!) down. Pinup goes back in the water this week. Here is here a "during" picture [img]http://mac01-ha339.math.ncsu.edu/~gremaud/boat_pics/P1010062_tiny.JPG[/img] and an "after" picture [img]http://mac01-ha339.math.ncsu.e...