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This is an old thread ... here are a few pix from inside ... . In the first shot you can just make out the 1" through deck hole which I coated with white silicone. There is a deck side cable clam at the top of that drilling. I'll have to take a shot and post. The gland was on the boat when I bo...

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CDSOA Northeast Fleet Narragansett Bay, Wickford Harbor Float-In July 20-21, 2023 Note: plans have changed from earlier: This year’s Narragansett Bay Float-in will once again be in Wickford, RI Island, Saturday, July 20. Moorings should be available at the Wickford Yacht Club (WYC) and reservations ...

Walter,

Just seeing this now ... I'll get to it later this week

Fred

Great shot … great boat.

Looking good Jim. I gotta sail down your way one of these seasons.

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Can you get to 3600 rpm in neutral ? If yes I'd guess you just have a prop pitch problem because, yes, you should be pitched to be able to get up to redline (or nearly anyway) ... and being grossly over pitched will also cause some smoking and deposits on your transom as well as premature clogging o...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEzDh4RwpaM Interesting take on the Key Bridge disaster: that the pilot threw the ship into full astern (with not enough stopping distance to the bridge) and threw the bow to starboard (stern to port) when a better strategy might have been to go full ahead/hard to por...

yeah ... I'd say your sail is likely already loose footed; tack and leech too ...

Yesterday at the Cape Dory Annual Meeting held by Zoom, Carl Thunberg was elected CDSOA Commodore. Also John Arsenault continues as an officer in a position now as Secretary/Treasurer, Retiring Commodore Fred Mueller assumes a new roll as Information Officer, and John Stone was elected to Director a...

Maybe to take care of the "ouch" on the portside ?

That's the thing about dark topsides, every little mishap shows ...
(ask me how I know)

CDSOA Northeast Fleet Narragansett Bay Float-In July 20-21, 2023 Float-in Information: (preliminary) This year’s Narragansett Bay Float-in will be held in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Saturday, July 20. Moorings are available at the East Greenwich Yacht Club (EGYC) and may be made through Dockwa. P...

Fritz and John, You guys are correct ... when I say "reliably" ... I don't mean to imply never. But the point is that 30' displacement hull sailboats, regardless of keel design, don't come close to having storm dodging speed ... so that 30 ft boat needs to be able to take a licking. Also ....

My son Toby runs a company in Bristol RI - Carbon Ocean Yachts. I mentioned this thread and he said the general metric he hears for a boat that can reliably outrun the weather with modern forecasting is 12 knots to windward. The boats we are discussing here are well below that mark ... a slow 6.5 kn...