The Cape Dory Board

Hi Robert, Hate to disagree with you, but I just got off soldboats.com and here are the highest prices paid for 25D's in the past couple of years. I didn't write down the list prices, just the dates, State & sold price. 1982 in CA 12/06 for $22,000; 1985 in CT 2/05 for $22,000, 1984 in RI 6/07 f...

The price is very average for Australia. We had a friend sail his 1984 Catalina from San Diego to Sydney. He took 2 years wandering the So Pac and then sold his boat in Australia. I'm not sure of the exact $$ amount, but he paid for the boat, the 2 years of cruising expenses & a plane ticket hom...

I searched & found that there was one person with a CD 33 that had dinghy-tow installed and loved it back in 2006. Has anyone else installed dinghy-tow on there CD? Anyone with a 25D? Where have you cruised with it & what are the weaknesses of the system. It's expensive, but if we end up tak...

I sand bare wood with 120, then 220 sand paper. I use a few Swifter sheets to pick up the remaining dust before I start. That's it. That's why I love Cetol. I learned this from a lady with a gorgeous 34 Pacific Seacraft. I always had thought she varnished, but she has owned the boat for 11 years &am...

2 coats of Cetol light cut 50/50 with mineral spirits to give the teak a little color. Then 3 coats of Cetol Gloss will make your wood look varnished. The Cetol Gloss has UV protection, but the new Cetol Clear does not. Every year you will need to apply another coat of Gloss. If you have any scratch...

Hi Robert, We shortened our main's clew 6 inches to accomodate our bimini. This is quite common in our neck of the woods. I just talked to Gregg at Quantum Sails who built our sails and asked him about moving the boom. He said it is better to raise the topping lift as we did on ours because raising ...