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I have a 1975 MD 2 B Volvo penta engine Parts & Pieces for sale..... It was pulled because one of the cylinders is seized. No reasonable offers refused.

Hello & Welcome to the Cape Dory World! We have the same boat, also the chain plate problem made of steel. We cut them out re fiber glassed to fill the "hole" & Reinforce the hull. We talked about doing internal... but went external. They look lovely. We will be starting on the dec...

Yes I have finally got the blog & going....

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TendingtoDory.blogspot.com

I have finally gotten to the blogging.... it was a fast catch up... I will post more pictures in the coming days!

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Happy New Year!!

My Shoe & Rudder post is Bronze

We have just peeled the gel coat off. There were so many little & some bigger blisters under the gel coat. It is currently drying. She has to be washed every three days to get the vinegar smell out of the Fiberglass. She should be ready for a new resin coat, next week. Then will come 4 coats of ...

Fred
You hit the nail on the head! Electrolysis has been seen more & more
today as my husband has been digging into it. Thank you for your timely reply's.

Dawn & Howard

We have been working had on this poor thing. My husband pulled the Gudgon off yesterday... I have searched 100 pages this evening looking for the size of the shaft. It is so wore out it is amazing we sailed her 50 miles home! Had we know we would have trucked her to the dock. We also need bearings, ...

We started sanding.... went to scraping...and are now sanding. It has taken 16 man hours to scrape the port side & sand half of it. Wow what a job. It will be done right this time so we won't have to do so much prep work to paint the bottom the next time it needs to be done. We are talking about...

We are the New owners of the Moonflower