The Cape Dory Board

I restored a 69 Rhodes 19, not as much of a project as you have on your hands but it is a fun boat to sail when you are done! She will love you for it!

Thank you for telling me your experiences, I did remove paint from the first boat I had but it was almost falling off anyway and I used a sander/grinder it wasn't to bad until I got to the cast iron keel, wow what a cloud of toxic dust I made...I am surprised my neighbors did not complain...I used a...

I suppose I do not have to but....there are many coats of paint on the bottom of my boat and I would like to remove it. What has your experience been removing bottom paint, sanding, scraping or stripping? They are all equally nasty, so which is your preferred method of removal?

Just returned from a wonderful sail...I have no idea of my speed but we went several miles out into Lake Ontario wind speeds were 15-20 kts waves were 3-5 feet...we heeled to the rail a couple of times but for the most part we kept her down a bit easing the main, I had a small jib on the fore deck a...

I used it on the previous boat when the wood was not installed, i used just a little to remove filler i got on my finished wood, from my fiberglass repair on this boat, i was a little messy, and forgot when I got back to the boat I found those nasty little rust stains because I did not wipe up when ...

The boat used to have functioning instruments judging by the looks probably 20 years ago but all are non functional I hope to put something in those covered holes but my kitchen renovation is the next priority...as far as the finish is concerned, my first boat was a 69 Rhodes 19 an abandoned boat th...

Its funny when I was taking breaks I would walk around the yard and I found a 74 CD25 that was in storage inside (been there for years) , someone just purchased it and it is now outside I am not sure where it is going but it is on a trailer I am assuming waiting for transport, it needs a lot of work...

Since some of you were help to me in my quest to get my Cape Dory in the water I thought I would post a cople of photos... <a href="http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/andrewaia/IMG_3880.jpg" target="_blank"><img width="600" src="http://i760.photobucket.com/al...

Electrical systems are set and now with the new rigging, a little paint to cover the fiberglass repairs in the cock pit, I am looking to put curtains in the cabin, none were there before does anyone know of the preferred method for mounting rods?

I will sale this season whoo hooo!!

Come to find out I have a broken strand on my back stay....having no idea when the rigging would have been changed I guess I need to replace it all....

Well what I have not ever done is the fiberglass work but I work with someone who has so I have been coached we will see how it goes...I really like the kimber lights...all wired up and ready to go just need to finish the connections from the mast to the panel, I wired up my last boat so this is som...

Sea Owl, I placed two pairs of wire in the mast along with the coax for the antenna, the pain was removing the foam that the last wiring person placed in the mast, they did not attach it to the wire, so it blocked my wire tape until I removed most of it, I used the zip tie method for keeping the wir...

Well a little update, finally finished with the teak as far as I am going this year, re-wired the mast and installed new antenna and coax. Still need to finish up the wiring on the inside, stripping out old unused accessory wiring, and making good all other connections. As I was working on the mast ...

Friday evening, I took my wife out for her first sail this summer. 15 knots from the west so waves less than one foot. She, my wife, is a timid sailor, likes the boat kept on her feet. So, to start the season well, I reefed the mainsail before leaving the dock and held the genoa to about 90%. Withi...

I ordered one hundred feet of tinned marine wire and the book by Don Casey, that looks like it will come in handy in many ways. Right now I am looking for lights, I like these, they appear solid and not as expensive as some others. https://kimberlitemanufacturing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info...