The Cape Dory Board

She sold!

Sad to say, its time to sell "Black Eyed Susan" so I can go run off on a tall ship again. Cape Dories are great boats, and I hope to own another one some day (after the whole tall ship thing works its way out of my system). She comes with a set of sails in great shape, and an older set as ...

Yes, I think I may need to cut away some of the liner to get in there. Which probably pushes it over into a winter project. Somehow sailing keeps getting in the way of all the work I want to do...

So it sounds like you were eventually able to get the old toe rail fasteners out, but then you still had to access the space to put new ones on, right? Has anyone had any luck tightening up wiggly, leaky stanchions WITHOUT fully removing and rebedding? My other thought was to shove maybe a piece of ...

What Russell says makes perfect sense. Even the let em leak part. I might also say that adding some of your blood to the task is inevitable and will certainly help, along with some sweat and possibly a few choice words. This is one place where vise grips might actually be preferred to a proper wren...

I'll be heading to West Marine this afternoon to look for new fittings - Pete that would be great if you have the part number for what you used!

Thank you!!

Has anyone else tried to replace the hoses connecting scuppers to thru hulls and found that the fiberglass piece that extends from under the drain is totally worn out? They seem to be a shape somewhere between round and octagonal, looks like maybe years of over tightening the hose clamps have worn t...

I just bought a 1974 Cape Dory 25....she came with a roller furling jib and a J24 racing jib, but I'd like to get a genoa and a spinnaker.

Anyone have either one tucked away in the attic?

Thanks!