The Cape Dory Board

Cathy is correct, I misspoke about some of the colors. I did have a friend who used the unpigmented SEMCO sealer (I believe it is labeled "clear") on some exterior teak, and it did not last long at all (6 weeks or so) And the color I use is "goldtone" I am about to go out and was...

I have had quite the opposite experience. I use Semco every year, and it has been great. I have heard other people complain about the Semco natural (which has no pigments) vs. the pigmented ones.. Originally, I stripped and cleaned the teak with a 2 part teak cleaner, and then painted it with the se...

I am not sure about the popularity. Most boats I see (even those as small as mine) have headsail furlers these days. The reality is that most of the people who own cape dory boats have already made a choice to have a more traditional kind of boat, so it is not surprising the more of them than averag...

If these were really epoxied in, then the only way to get them out is to heat them up. At least, this is according to the folks at West system, with whom I just had a conversation about removing expoxied fasteners. Apparently, it only has to be about 120 degrees or so to release the epoxy, so you ma...

@Jbenagh - can you post a drawing or picture of the downhaul rig?

I am sailing a Typhoon, which is quite small and has the halyards let to the cockpit. On my heavy-weather sail I always rig a downhaul. I have small block on the stem-head fitting and feed a small diameter line through the hanks. With this, I am able to get the sail down on nearly any point of sail ...

Great! this is helpful. I will use this and let you know how it goes. Just got the bails and bolts from RigRite... I have ordered some tackle online using some blocks from a company called spintech.. they were less than 1/3rd the price of the Schaefer or Ronstan ones in Defender. We will see if this...

I saw several posts that referred to a website with some vang instructions, but that site was on Geocities and is no longer in existence as far as I can tell. If there are instructions on the CDSOA website, I cannot find them (frankly, I cannot find anything on there.. but that may just be me ) If a...

I have a typhoon weekender with the mast on a tabernacle, and the original exit sheave fitting. I am planning to attach a vang this year, and wanted to know if anyone had advice about the placement of the bail on the mast. I talked with the folks at Rig-rite, and they said that the load was light en...

Well, Long story, but I needed to order a new gooseneck slide and toggle from Rig Rite. It turns out that there was a production mast rigged for a spinnaker. It had a different truck with a Halyard and topping lift and a track on front of the mast instead of the fixed ring. Rig Rite still has all th...

I am interested in rigging a spinnaker for my Typhoon, and would prefer a symmetrical one.. I don't think the challenge is finding a sail, but rather figuring out how to rig the Halyard, topping lift and downhaul..

let me know if you do this, and what you did to accomplish it..

Ever once in a while I am on a long downwind leg in my Typhoon, and I wish I had a chute rigged. However, I have never seen a Typhoon with one, so I just figured that it was an impossibility. However, I was poking around this site the other day, and found one of the old CD brochures, which appears t...

I haven't done it yet! was planning to rig it up on my typhoon next week. I had planned to use a ring and two carabiners. Having only one ring sounds like it would bind up the downhaul against the forestay. You might even be able to just do it with the carabiners, have them interlock around the fore...

The sail goes in the water? I rarely have that problem. It is true that you are left with a big pile of sail on the deck, but tighten up a sheet and tie off the downhaul and it usually stays out of the way long enough for me to get into my slip, or wherever I am going. There are lots of good instruc...

If you are looking for something different, you could try the Semco teak sealer. It looks a bit "painty" up close, but if you are going for a 30 foot job not a 3 foot job, it is excellent. Goes on easily, dries fast, cleans up easily, and looks nice. IT comes in a bunch of different colors...