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This post was inspired by a for sale ad here: http://www.capedory.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=34640 The vendor says: We built a Chinese sculling oar for close maneuvering, and have done several trips around the Puget Sound and Straits of Juan de Fuca only under sail power That reminded me of w...

I believe that wear on the top of the teak companionway hatch guides was a common issue before CD fixed it. The problem was that the fiberglass hatch would wear out the top of the guides. The fix for later models was to insert a plastic channel in the grooves. My 1977 CD 27 did not have the fix, how...

Chesapeake Light Craft will make a custom one if you send them the measurements (width every foot or two)

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Just to report that the winning technique was the manual impact driver, plus the biggest Phillips screwdriver I could find. The manual impact driver needed to be pre-loaded (twisted counterclockwise) before being struck. The big screwdriver has a hole in the handle, so I put another screwdriver thro...

I use the Milwaukee ipact driver. http://www.cpomilwaukee.com/milwaukee-m12-fuel-tools/milwaukee-m12-fuel-tools,default,sc.html Mine just chews a cone-shaped hole in the screw head ... I don't mean to be insulting but are you sure that you have the right bit? I have had good luck using an old fashi...

bottomscraper wrote:On Mahalo the teak has a black plastic channel installed in a routed slot. I believe this is original equipment. I'm not sure what plastic it is maybe delrin.

That would certainly be better. I'll call Spartan, and see if they can help

I finally managed to remove the starboard coaming today, but I had to drill out one of the screws to do it. None of the screws on the port side want to budge though. I have been trying to learn how to use a manual impact driver to do this, but without any success so far. I am convinced that Cape Dor...

Sorry no photos yet. Maybe calling it a "solution" could be a bit premature, but things are looking good. Like everyone else's, the grooves in my companionway hatch guides/slides wore out on top. This spring, I took the teak guides off, along with the sea hood. The grooves in the guides th...

Shinok wrote:Any idea if this frame will work on a CD27?

I fit a CD 28 dodger (from Island Nautical) on my 27 quite easily.

Just in case it helps:
I shipped the bows for a CD 27/28 dodger in a UPS standard carton intended for bicycles.
They had been cut in the middle (and sleeved) already, so I just drilled out the rivets.
The fabric folded into the same box quite easily.

For those who are using or have used a CD 14 as a tender/"dinghy" what is the stability of a CD 14 for this purpose? In my situation I would be climbing into the CD 14 from a CD 25D. I am not 21 years old I wouldn't recommend it with your concerns. The hull is rounded, so it doesn't have ...

In my opinion these Vendee Globe boats this year are not properly prepared to meet the challenges. Six out in 12 days! That's ridiculous... and every time, it's the boat or the equipment that fails, not the skipper. Something is very wrong somewhere. Maybe some of the super-top skippers have lots m...

These people might be able to help - Dwyer Mast - Tangs page

Might turn out to be a good deal, but it might be just promotion by the broker. He claims that the reserve price is lower than the advertised price. That's no consolation because: -at the moment, this is the highest-priced CD 36 listed on Yachtworld ($64,000) -there's no guarantee that it will sell ...