The Cape Dory Board

I may very well buy the Cape Dory 28 I have written about, and I need to go into it with my eyes wide open about repowering if the original MD7a is not solid enough for me to feel comfortable taking down the ICW or across the Gulf to the Bahamas... So I am trying to get a sense of the cost of repowe...

For anyone interested, my obsessive searching the web for pics of CD 28s for sale seems to confirm that the early boats had fiberglass cabin soles and fiberglass under the v-berths... Seems the vberth cabinetry was changed to teak around 1978 and a bit later in 1979 the cabin sole went to teak. (Of ...

Certainly nothing to have to hesitantly own up to. And nothing to do with "paranomal". I have had several hallucinations while sailing alone - and yes being overly tired... For people like myself with an eye disease (I have glaucoma) there is even a name for this - Charles Bonet Syndrome. ...

The Cape Dory 28 I am looking at is a 1978. I see another for sale ("fair" condition - wrote for clarification) that is a 1974. I know from other boats I've owned that boat builders made adjustments over the years of their production as they discovered flaws, things that didn't work well, ...

>>The problem with any old boat is working backwards from the price for one in excellent condition.<< Logical but it assumes a) everything that needs to be known about a 35 - 40 year old boat can be known (some old diesel engines run forever, other new ones up and need $$$) and b) we're unemotional ...

thanks for the feedback. "Look before you leap" - well that's why I am here asking questions... The boat is cheap (for a Cape Dory) and that's why... I could handle the cockpit floor repair myself, but my budget doesn't allow for repowering. Well, I knew it was too good to be true. (When I...

Have always wanted a Cape Dory and am now looking at a Cape Dory 28 I think I can afford - must sell my Bristol 24.... This boat, however, is a 1978 with its original Volvo engine. 39 years! Can you tell me if any of you are sailing CD 28s with original engines? (I realize when it's been rebuilt is ...

I am wondering if this CD 27 is still in Provincetown and looking for someone to take on her refit. I live in Ptown and am looking for a fixer-upper
Thanks
Stuart