The Cape Dory Board

Thanks to the Cape Dory Message Board and the kind direction of your diligent readers, I have found Islander, nee Monarch. She is alive and well, and apparently well loved. That is all I had hoped for. I still live in the Chesapeake Bay area and while I did get to Maine for a vacation a couple of ye...

"We sold a Cape Dory 36 called Monarch in 1994 through another firm that was representing the buyers. ... The hull number I show on a survey we have on file that was done in Nov. 1994 is CPDT0109M84C." the broker. In the mass of letters and numbers, is the 109 key and indeed the hull numbe...

I have a shout out to the yacht broker who sold the boat from Oxford, MD and am inquiring about the hull number. When I get his reply I will also confirm with you. Your timeline seems appropriate. My former husband reconfigured the single seaberth on the starboard side behind the companionway to giv...

I have no idea what her hull number is; that was my former husband's domain. We purchased her as Monarch and did not change her name. Whomever purchased her, she was Monarch. And I do realize that 10 years have passed and boats change names. I was hoping for a miracle, I guess.

In 2002, the vessel Monarch was sold. Berthed in Cambridge, MD on the Choptank River, she was a fine 36' sailing machine and I miss her. I have had several opportunities to visit the area after I moved away, and often wonder if that magnificent boat is still plying the Chesapeake Bay waters or if sh...

In 2002, the vessel Monarch was sold. Berthed in Cambridge, MD on the Choptank River, she was a fine sailing machine and I miss her. I have had several opportunities to visit the area after I moved away, and often wonder if that magnificent boat is still plying the Chesapeake Bay waters or if she ha...