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Since I cannot find a buyer for cosmetically damaged 1983 CD30 ($7K), Í´ll be parting her out. I’ll start making a list of parts requested here. If you ever needed a spare, now is the time

Al

A friend repowered his 32' boat and gave me the MD7A (saltwater cooled) to part out. If you are looking for spare parts or need a replacement drop me a note. Payments will be through PayPal our USPS money order shipped FOB 77520. The parts will either come as is or cleaned and primed, your choice. I...

Welcome to the fleet. You'll find her a well-mannered, sea-kindly wench.

My compass binnacle's 3 of 4 bolts came out with a lot of liquid wrench type spray but the 4th required drilling out. After the compass, I loosened the steering wires on quadrant so the chain could be removed from sprocket. Take wheel off. Remove throttle housing and unhook cables. Drive cam that ho...

I also rebuilt the cockpit sole and rebuilt the pedestal. I would suggest you call Edson Marine or send them an e-mail. They are exceptionally helpful in identifying the parts you need. The throttle and transmission cables on the Edson pedestal (1983 CD 30) bend up through the pedestal and have a th...

CAPSIZE RATIO: Some years ago the technical committee of the Cruising Club of America came up with a simple formula to determine if a boat had blue water capability. The CR compares beam with displacement since excess beam contributes to capsize and heavy displacement reduces capsize vulnerability. ...

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see http://bluewaterboats.org/cape-dory-25/

different designers, but I'll let the experts go into that.

I've been investigating the nesting dinghy option for a while. My issue is that the 7-8' nesting dinghy option often carries a 300 lb. carrying capacity. I occupy 2/3s of the carrying capacity so that limits inviting others onboard. The 11' options seems to have capacity in the 600 lb. range. Port T...

+1 on West System Manual. I work with West System quite a bit. I prefer it over the cheaper fiberglass resin + hardener mix because counting the drops seems to give me an uneven working times. The West Pumps attached to the hardener and resin works everything and consistent set times. I can plan my ...

Looking for a quality used spinnaker for CD 30 Cutter. New to spinnaker sailing so I'm open to forgiving cloth at this point. Drop me a pm or offer suggestions for acquiring sail.

MD7A 1976 - 1981 was 13.4 hp at 2600 rpm, 0.77 litres MD7B 1981 - 1983 was 17.5 hp at 3000 rpm, 0.77 litres Volvo must have made changes to the head to get the extra power. Different valves. Larger ports perhaps on the MD7B. The MD7B runs at higher rpms (faster) to generate more power and the gearbo...

While I don't have any specific recommendations, I've had injectors and pump cleaned and rebuilt at a diesel truck engine repair shop. The price was 1/2 what marine places were asking. Of course, you have to pull and re-install, but I put this as an option for consideration only.

Ahoy Neil. Bear looks like a great sea dog. You going to teach him to go on coiled line?

I posted a couple of pixs from Sat. sail in Fairhope on my webpage.

http://web.me.com/azucha/Als_Berg_-_Cape_Dory_30

See "CDSOA" at top of page to link to pixs.