The Cape Dory Board

to build your own. Here is a Bolger Nymph being towed (sorry the pic doesn't show the dinghy better). It has a plank running down the centerline which makes a great seat because you can position yourself anywhere along it for proper balance. [img]http://www.htmills.com/images/LF-bluebirdandnymph.jpg...

(faux lapstrakes), there is the Montgomery 6-8 and 7-11, if you can find a used one (I couldn't recommend new). The 6-8 was the Pardey's dinghy on Sarafyn (referenced in one of their books). Here am I in a 6-8 at a (2003?) Lyle Hess get-together. That is a 26' Hess design in the background, "Po...

Donna D of the Tartan 34 "Sin Sal" on the CSBB. She and Max replaced their sole, IIRC, with actual solid teak boards / holly battens or some such. I forget the details...

Tod

sunglasses are nice

broad-brimmed hat

in addition to regular clothing, a rain suit if you aren't providing one

a book

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is reviewing boating law in Ohio and recently they held public meetings about it. It is not too late for your input (June 30 deadline): http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/portals/4/pdfs/StratPlanSurvey.pdf Mail to: ATTN: Public Forum ODNR Division of Watercraft 2045 ...

of discussion of the anchors (esp. Manson Supreme)

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but didn't have the time for on my trip to the area, was the little tiny cove in the northeast corner of Cape Poge Bay (Edgartown Hbr). It looks like it might be really tight getting in but it would be fun to see if a fellow could! Around the corner from Cuttyhunk: <img width=540 img src=http://www....

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=5028555&page=1 Another advantage of a keel like a Cape Dory's is that the leading edge is sloped nicely, which can often lessen the impact of a collision. A guy was motoring a fin-keeled S2 9.2 up in the rocky North Channel of Lake Huron when he struck a s...

.....saying SHE WON !!! ($1,000 to her library and $500 in books to her) http://www.cs-bb.com/forums/CSBB/index.cgi?read=126867 Thanks, in no small part, to the help she received from Cape Dory sailors. Thank you, Tod (now back to your regularly scheduled topics; I apologize for taking up bandwidth ...

Olivia won (per the tally at closing), but they are reviewing the votes now. Not sure how long that will be:

http://www.storytubes.info/

*fingers crossed*

Tod

shown on the Spartan page is the on in the center of your mast. The sleeve that the cotter pin holds would be inside the mast keeping the pin centered. Notice how the tabernacle shown on their page lacks the second set of holes? Do the holes in your tabernacle appear to have any anodizing to the ins...

I apologise if this is out of line. "A fellow sailor on the Cruising Sailor's Bulletin Board has a daughter, Olivia, who is in an online contest on behalf of her library and herself. Olivia could sure use votes from fellow sailors (link below). Olivia, cruising kid (lived aboard for two years) ...

flexible enough that mast bend (and thus sail shape) is controlled with an adjustable backstay?

if I just tie the downhaul to the jib halyard, when pulling down the top hank wants to roll over and bind, making it tough/impossible to get the head all the way down. So, I capture the downhaul in the top couple of hanks along with the forestay. That keeps everything in line and smooth. As for hard...

that the main reason (or at least a good one) for including dates/hull numbers is because it often communicates the "state of the design" to others since builders often make design "improvements" during the life of the build (often when the molds have reached their useful life an...