The Cape Dory Board

No not the kind you eat.. the kind you drink to ! Does anyone have a good sailing toast. The only one my aging memory could come up with was the fair winds and following seas variety. A friend is leaving ion a long sea journey and I would like to send him off appropriately.

Minke is starting to show her age (11) and the condition of her bottom is nearing the point where I can forsee having to strip her bottom in a year or two. In the meantime I was wondering if there is any recommendations for what, if anything, to apply to white /gel coat exposed by sanding before app...

Brian,
Just curious. Dont want to drill a hole in dodger; Although I have an extra std winch (missing some replacable parts). Coulld you use it?

Brian,
Did you install tracks or blocks for your new furler? Another winch? Did you enlarge the size / shape on your new staysail?
Len

If there were no sail attached to the boom than the pivot point would not be the same as when a loose footed main is attached or even if a footed (?) main is attached. With three points of attachment (at the mast / at the vang- poreventer/ and at the end of the boom,or even with three more mainsheet...

I've heard different opinions about the stress placed on the boom depending on how far outboard of the mast the preventer is attached. I would like to hear from some of our engineers about the actual amount of pressure / stress on the boom when a preventer is placed middle of the boom versus the end...

If you decide to increase the purchase on the vang (beyond 4;1) be sure to connect it using a strong fixture. Bails are the strongest as they require a thru bolt . You may want to avoid thru bolting the mast end in which case you need to find a mast fitting that uses multiple screws and treading the...

I have a pair of slides (from a previous boat/ not CD) that don't fit my 1 inch track- perhaps fit your 3/4? Boat is under shrink wrap currently but if you still need them mid May email me and I wil measure them.
Len

To get an idea of how Ais will work in your area of the world, just go to this website. Its not as fast as a receiver but its free. You will be able to see how many vessels in your area use AIS, as well as all the AIS infomation you would get with a receiver.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

Take out your old radio direction finders ! They probably still work. Maybe not if the signal is digital? Our TVs have gone digital will our radios follow. Will our RDFs also become obsolete? How will we live without them?

ok .....NM

Looking to share a sailing trip from Portland Maine to Bas D'or N.S. perhaps with three or four stops (appx. 1000 mi round trip),summer of 2010., aboard MINKE (Robinhood 36). If interested PM
Len

Sea of Poppies- Amitah Ghosh (fiction- period piece with nice linguistic details)
Empires of the Seas - Roger Crowley (History of the seige of Malta. etc the last sea battle with the Islamic world)
Mutiny-Hagberg and Gindin (Biograpgy - the true story of hunt for red october)

Enjoy

Len

On your multi year trip around the Great lakes, I strongly recommend an area I visited two years ago.When you get to Lake Ontario be sure to check out CANAL RIDEAU. This is a world heritage site that I find most Americans are unfamiliar with. It is a series of 50 locks which join canals with lakes t...

Prior to the float- in Casco Bay had 4 inches of rain in twenty four hours. An all time record. Not only was the water cold (as we have had precious little sun this month) but the color can best be described as "mud" (to be non profane). It was not your ordinary clean but cold fluid. Rich ...