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- Dec 23rd, '11, 13:08
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Heading South thoughts
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2374
Heading South thoughts
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...
- Sep 11th, '11, 19:04
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Power loss in YSM8
- Replies: 7
- Views: 417
Fuel filter
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.
- Sep 11th, '11, 15:16
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Power loss in YSM8
- Replies: 7
- Views: 417
Good questions, Joe
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...
- Sep 11th, '11, 10:46
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Power loss in YSM8
- Replies: 7
- Views: 417
Power loss in YSM8
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...
- Jun 9th, '11, 07:46
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Clean Diesel in old engines
- Replies: 5
- Views: 374
Clean Diesel in old engines
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...
- Aug 22nd, '10, 19:51
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Here we go again
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1007
circumnavigation
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.
Maybe she should get together with the 15 year old who climbed Everest and reproduce.
- Aug 22nd, '10, 19:39
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: New sails for CD27
- Replies: 5
- Views: 372
Great post
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...
- Aug 22nd, '10, 17:35
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: snaging sheets on cleats
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1044
Same problem
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.
- Aug 22nd, '10, 17:26
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: New sails for CD27
- Replies: 5
- Views: 372
New sails for CD27
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...
- Jun 29th, '10, 16:19
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Water separator filter really necessary?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 493
Water separator filter really necessary?
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...
- Jun 29th, '10, 16:09
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Poorhouse Cove (Maine) Float-in and Clambake
- Replies: 23
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Guthrie's ledge
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...
- May 28th, '10, 12:02
- Forum: Buy/Sell CD Boats & Gear
- Topic: Jabsco spare impeller from Westerbeke 13
- Replies: 0
- Views: 278
Jabsco spare impeller from Westerbeke 13
I repowered recently and have an unused impeller still in packaging if anyone needs it.
- May 27th, '10, 18:24
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Painting and refinishing inside the cabin
- Replies: 2
- Views: 522
Painting and refinishing inside the cabin
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?
And what do folks like to use for coatings on the interior wood? Polyurethane?
- May 27th, '10, 18:20
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: CD 27 restoration project
- Replies: 15
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Teak
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...
- May 23rd, '10, 17:35
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: 2010 Maine Cruise, Aug. 9-13
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2412
Thanks for this
I hope to join the fleet for some of this trip. We'll be down in the Boothbay area the week before.