The Cape Dory Board

I'm considering taking our 27 down out of Maine and all the way to Charleston or beyond this summer. I've sailed her as far as Boston before but never anything as ambitious as this. I know the ICW is available but have never used it before. It seems like a safety net that would always be available t...

I will check this. I did change both primary and secondary (water separating) fuel filters before commissioning in May, but maybe this is the issue.

I haven't noticed any particular burning smell but I had wondered what the symptoms of a slipping clutch might be on a boat. I'll check for that. I don't have a temp gauge hooked up, but I haven't noticed an oil pressure change. I've been thinking to get the temp gauge done over the winter by the ya...

I think we've been experiencing occasional power loss in our YSM8 on Windhover 27. It happens when we've been motoring hard for a few hours, usually into sea and wind -- creeping along at 3 knots or so -- and then there is an audible drop in engine revs and we go down to 1.8 knots or so. Adjusting t...

I like to use diesel fuel that I buy at the automobile pumps and keep extra on board rather than go through the expense and difficulties of my fuel dock. Now that the diesel at the pump is "clean" diesel, should I be using an additive (besides biobor)? Is marine-side diesel also of the cle...

When I was 14 I think I circumnavigated the block on a bicycle.
Maybe she should get together with the 15 year old who climbed Everest and reproduce.

This is very helpful. I'll certainly take a look at Neil Pryde. They must have the specs on your sail. I haven't used a cunningham before, but I'll ask about it. What do you mean by jackline in this context. The only jacklines I know of are the safety line type. We had the same wind on Thursday in M...

Yes, I get the same problem, especially when single handing when it is most inconvenient, and like Ron I found that keeping the lazy jib sheet taut helps a bit. When I tack and set the sheet, then I transfer myself to the windward side of the cockpit and set the jibsheet there for the next tack.

Well it looks like I'm finally going to be able to rest from spending money on the engine and look at buying new sails! Has anyone out there had really good experience buying a new main for a CD27 or similar? I spoke with one sailmaker but, like any good yuppie, I can't make a purchase without shopp...

My CD27 now sports a rebuilt YSM8 with a fuel filter on its own. I had an old water separater filter assembly for which replacement parts were hard to come by -- so I added a new Raycor following board recommendations. After spending days trying to hunt down air leaks in it, I finally by-passed it s...

Glad to have it named for our adventure! You know, I think that saga is finally behind us and windhover seems to be floating pretty well these days. I do hope to catch up with the fleet at some point. We will have the boat near boothbay for a family gathering the week before and my aged mother's nee...

I repowered recently and have an unused impeller still in packaging if anyone needs it.

I was wondering what people use to repaint the fiberglass surfaces on the inside of their boats. Mine could use a touch up.

And what do folks like to use for coatings on the interior wood? Polyurethane?

I have the same boat as you, and I have started using the Cetol natural teak color on the toerail. It's been good so far and doesn't look orange. The rest I do with varnish -- I started that when I first bought the boat and every task was a new joy. Now I am getting tired of that and may gradually m...

I hope to join the fleet for some of this trip. We'll be down in the Boothbay area the week before.