The Cape Dory Board

i found a great solution that dresses up the boat and is extremely easy to do. Inside the book the practical sailor there is a project on transforming it into a teak hatch by epoxying teak slabs 1/4 inch thick and using black life caulk for the seams. If you dont mind adding the extra wood work it r...

i had a new mainssail for my cd25 made at harding about five years ago and it still looks like new, no problems at all except one of the grommets on the reefing point at the clew tore free in a 25 knot blow. So i would make sure they beef it up a bit

has anyone used this particular model for a cd25? or is it too small and should i go with the model 0?

I am installing a manual bilge pump and would like to have temporary acess to the 5 inch deep sump at the back of the bilge. Mainly to secure the intake hose but also to re-insulate the ice chest itself. I was also thinking of somehow making the floor of the ice box removable to always have access, ...

i do not have any lines unfortunatley, but will keep an eye out, thanks for the heads up steve

Im am looking to build a half hull of my previous boat, a typhoon and would also like to buld one of my current cd25, but i am having trouble finding the original lines so i can shrink them down, does anyone know where i can find them?

I have read most of the discussions on the bilge pump and sump topic for the cd 25's, and am about to install my own manual pump. My dilemma is were to run the intake hose. I was hoping to run it in behind the ice chest but it is filled with that original hard grey bonding material. I was thinking o...

i think you just put to rest a life long mystery. I am going to try it out on my headsail and use the genny numbers as a guide, thanks again for the reply much appreciated.

new guy here with a 1980 cd 25 freshly purchased and sailing, I am wondering if anyone knows how to measure up a genny and figure out what the % is. I am in the beginning stages of putiing a roller furler on her, probably the harken model 0 or the smaller 00al if anyone has suggetions on that as wel...