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1979 Cape Dory 27. Hull # 125. Repowered in 2011 with a Yanmar 2YM 15 HP diesel (fewer than 100 hours), the boat comes with a main, 2 roller furling jibs and a spinnaker. Further details provided on request. She sits on a mooring in Groton, CT. Asking $13,500.

Alex, at $1k, the Yanmar certainly might be worth buying. But there will be substantial labor involved -- either dozens of hours by you with a lot of specialized tools or by a yard mechanic to install either that engine or another when the time to repower comes. If you assume that labor and parts at...

Just to clarify my prior post, the 2 YM 15 out of the box, including shipping and sales tax, was $7200. The labor and assorted extra parts (hoses, cables, custom mounts plus new bedding, wires, repacking the stuffing box, new 3 blade prop :) , etc.) plus sales tax was $6400. The # of hours of labor ...

Jack, having recently replaced the 1GM in our CD 27 with a 2YM15, I can tell you that selecting/buying the engine is only half the battle. I had an excellent yard mechanic do the repower and by the time we got done with the stuffing box, wiring replacements, re-routing the exhaust, instrument panel,...

It's mostly been said by others, but the 27 is surely an excellent cruising boat for 2 people. Don't expect a lot more room in the cockpit, but gosh, when the wind pipes up Impromptu just puts her shoulder into the breeze and sea and powers on. If our Yanmar was bigger than 8 HP, it'd be perfect. Bu...

Last week I slept on the mooring just for laughs. Forgot the press, but did have ground coffee. After failing to create a Melitta out of an empty plastic water bottle with slits (too little detention time), I poured hot water through a few tablespoons of coffee lodged in a conical shaped shop towel....