The Cape Dory Board

I am selling my CD25, just don't have the time to make much use of it at the moment. I've owned it for about 6 years and it's been in Cayuga Lake and sailed semi-regularly for that time. Offers before I need to pull it out for winter storage (mid-late october) will be considered favorably. 9.9 Mercu...

http://ithaca.craigslist.org/boa/4478426444.html I have no affiliation with the seller - just saw it on craigslist and thought there could be people interested here. I haven't seen this boat, but Ithaca boating center regularly restores typhoons and they are spectacular when they've finished. James ...

Loads on the lower fasteners are almost entirely shear, but the upper fasteners not. Eyeballing the angle as about 45 degrees, the tension on the fastener could be as much as ~0.7 of the load on the step, which could be 2x the weight of a person climbing vigorously (or scrambling to keep balance). I...

Rivets are definitely a better fastener for thin wall aluminum. Many aluminum alloys do not hold a thread well, and there's only going to be a couple of threads to grip. It's very easy to strip or cross-thread when tapping or screwing into something as thin as a mast. It's likely the specific alloy ...