The Cape Dory Board

Bumping on the list. Roberta Jane III is still available.

Hello CDSOA Board, After eleven years of ownership, we are listing our CD27, Roberta Jane III, for sale. She has been a wonderful boat to own and to sail Lake Michigan off Chicago. Due to family and health changes, she is not getting as much use as she deserves. We motor sailed her six hours to Lars...

I noticed yesterday that the prop shaft on my CD27 is slightly loose in the cutless bearing. How can I tell if the cutless bearing and/or the prop shaft needs to be replaced and would tightening the packing gland provide a partial or temporary fix? In the event the cutless bearing needs to be replac...

Hi to all, My sailing buddy finally replaced the water pump impeller on his Yanmar 1GM 10 engine after the temperature warning light activated. With a new impeller, there is more water exiting with the exhaust but the temp warning light still activates after five minutes running time. The old impell...

Hilbert, Thanks so much for your responce. This board is great. Your picture is just what I needed to plan my attack and to explain to the First Mate what I am doing. Looks like digging out balsa core and creating an epoxy barrier is called for, not just by enlarging the existing screw holes but als...

Hello, It has been some time since I posted due to other commitments but spring is coming and commissioning work has begun. Here in Chicago we seem to have cancelled winter for this year. Last summer when I washed the boat with the dock hose I would get a small amount of water in the engine pan. May...

I had the same experience replacing sanitation hoses. Heat gun, soap and patience did the trick. With the deck fitting removed, I cleaned out as much of the balsa deck core as I could reach working from the inside edges of the hole in the deck. In some places, I cleared two to three inches beyond th...

NOAA has a weather station about two miles off shore from Chicago. I enjoy looking at the data for the days when we sailed and the days when we didn't. My wife and I had a wonderful sail Sunday afternoon, the 5th, but I am glad we didn't go out on Monday or Tuesday with 20 to 30 knots sustained and ...

Twenty knots and five to seven foot "swells" on Lake Michigan yesterday afternoon. So with this thread freshly in mind, I had one reef in the mainsail and the 135 genoa furled to about 110. Made a consistent six plus knots with 10 to 15 degree heel and a very balanced tiller. One hand ligh...

Warren, I replaced my original Groco HC with a new HF model after a "rebuild kit" failed to correct the problem. The PO had given up on the head and had installed a porta potty in the v berth. As mentioned in an earlier post, two of the four base mounting holes are an exact fit. The other ...

When using the fuel pump lever to bleed the lines, don't forget to have the throttle in the full open position. I nearly wore out my index finger pumping the lever before I realized the throttle was closed. Live and learn, sometimes slowly.

David,
I sent you an email....

I re-read the letter from ACE and it says: "A portable extinguisher..... and the extinguisher is a gaseous extinguisher employing a clean agent like a Halocarbon or CO2." So CO2 is OK. It is the other stuff that leaves a residue and a significant cleaning problem.

I also have marine insurance from ACE and received the same "recommendation" two years ago. At that time ACE was satisfied with the installation of a fire port that allows discharge of a fire extinguisher directly into the "engine room". I believe that on a CD27, the top step of ...

Here is a pix of my pvc frame partially assembled. Not yet installed are the ridge pole which is three ten foot 2 1/2 inch black plastic pipes attached with screws to the top of each of the 1 inch pvc tees; and, one inch pvc vatical supports from each pvc tee and resting on the horizontal mast. Plas...