The Cape Dory Board

The search for the silver bullet product didn't work out so well for me. I stripped down some of my teak last spring (the amount I had time for) and applied Teaqua. I read all about how long it would last. I put two coats on, letting the coats soak in for 10-15 minutes before wiping down. I like the...

I'm putting my beloved on the market, but may still have her around at the time of choosing. I'm moored in Kingston.

I have a buddy with a CD330 on Bainbridge Island. I might be able to talk him into going, even if I don't, or maybe with him, sans my boat.

Rperlot
CD28

I have a battery box in my startboard lazerette. Wood. Custom built around 3 batteries. One starter, two house. Fits very well in the foraward part of the locker just as the deisel tank fits in the port locker. The cover of the box provides a shelf to store my folded up sail covers while leaving the...

On my '82. For what its worth.

Rperlot.

Living in the great NW, where it is hard to tell the difference between a well tanned and a well rusted person, I can attest to the near uselessness of biminis for rain protection. I have a dodger and a bimini. A dodger is required for rain intrusion in the cabin. Because I have an aft mounted trave...

"Had my tush chewed out royally one night by an irate porpoise. Now I don't claim to speak their lingo but I could swear that it made reference to some odd desert creatures and what they should do to me and four or five generations of my family tree. I'm just glad you're still out there postin...

Thanks for sharing this. It is very pretty. I live on Bainbridge Island. As you probably know, Rich Passage is the passage way between BI and PO. I'm moored at Kingston, work in Silverdale. I just went to Gig Harbor Boatworks last week, who builds a similar unit. But I think it is a little bulkier. ...

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I'll look in the PB Blaster. Seems this is the next escalation step. Maybe I could use a dremel to cut the easyout and use a vise grips as the handle to try again. Vice grips on the screw next, as this will probably end badly and need the whole pump to be taken out. I think I could get to it with th...

I'm trying to replace my impeller. As with any boat project, something that should be 15 minutes has become impossible. Two of the screws on the impeller cover are rusted out and I can't, for the life of me, get them off. I've stripped the screw heads by now. Does anyone have any tricks to get a scr...

A great idea to take any opportunity to try a life drill just doing ordinary tasks. I use hoists to pull my dingy and battery on board. It is very awkward and can't imagine doing it with a live body, let alone one that has been disable with hypothermia. Considering I'm usually sailing with inexperie...

For those of you who are unfamiliar, Seaworthy is the mag Boat U.S. Insurance puts out. In it, they do a post mortem analysis of many of their claims so we can all be sufficiently terrorized into being more careful than our instincts lead us to be. I was working on my boat this week end, trying to a...

Thanks for all your thoughts. I looked closer at it today. I don't think there is any room to expand the hose. There isn't one as far as I can see. The threaded houseing goes right into the hull. I have the boat back in the water for the weekend holiday, but I think I'll take the advise to replace t...

I went out today and kept an eye on the unit. There is just a drip from the bottom of the can, right by the drain plug. The drip is staining my bilge, but the stain makes the problem look a lot worse than it is. I've found some articles from earlier postings years ago where a couple of folks have us...

Sorry if I wasn't clear. Inside the stuffing box. On opposing sides of the shaft. Essentially, the pitted sections would be continually grating against the stuffing as the shaft turns. It is a CD28, so the shaft is 1". It is a stainless steel shaft. No other visible problems that would affect p...