The Cape Dory Board

As we refit our CD 27 there is limited money and lots to do. so do we spend the $400 on teak? I decided to replace 2 sea cocks. and all the hoses, exsaust etc .The thinking is the seacocks and hoses can sink the boat . Replacing bits of bright work in the future is no big deal. And a pleasant way to...

Hi I posted a similar question about cockpit combing boards a year ago. lots of responces. We made new combing boards out of white oak. We are happy with the white oak. After all they built boats out of white oak for years. It is a lighter color, I prefer to think of it as complimenting the other br...

on ours, the nuts were laid into the fiberglass of the cabin sole, just turned them out.
seth

I sailed as a kid on a NY 32 in long island sound. had a gas engine that rarely worked for more than a minute or two. we sailed it on and off the mooring, docks etc. Sailed in the pacific years ago, no serviceable enigne. and too big to heave over the side. Since then I have spent some time on a fri...

All so we have the hull stripped, sanded, faired, sanded, faired again etc. There is just the faintest remnant of the waterline. So equipped with a laser chalk line/ level. jacks on the cradle etc. I can not get the waterline off the line drawings to agree with the faint outline of the old waterline...

Mine does the same. I would rather it go to a through hull, perhaps some modification is in order
s

Living in an off the grid house. we have experimented with most every hyper efficient light source available. for us the LED is not too good in living space, the light is cold! There are new 12 volt compact flourcent now available, good light no flickering. We put in two a couple of weeks ago. low w...

Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am; a reluctant enthusiast, a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. So get out there and hu...

We are new owners. Bought or CD 27 last summer and have been refitting etc since. for 25 years I have wanted , ok lusted after a cape dory 27. Health issues drove me away from white water kayaking. Funny, my brother found the boat on Block Island. "On the hard" as it were. We took the ferr...

Thanks all. I appreciate all your input and guidance. The beauty of the teak. Ah the cost around here is a little much. The best price I could find was $ 19.85/ bf. or $200 per. And We are in the lumber and construction buissness. We have decided to make a set out of white oak. Keep the originals in...

We are dong repairs on our recently aquired Cape Dory 27. The cockpit Combing boards are shot. They are teak. Well two the at 10 bf/ it is $200/ . The other choices are mahogany, South amazon, african or santos. then on to white oak. So the question is. Will White oak be satisfactory? We have it. If...