The Cape Dory Board

Adam, The term 'chainplate' is a little misleading when it comes to CDs. They don't have chainplates in the traditional sense of a strap of metal bolted to the sides or piercing the deck and attaching to a bulkhead. CDs have a padeye that bolts through the deck to a metal 'C' channel that runs alon...

Greetings all, I am considering doing some serious bluewater miles and am searching for the right CD 36, I think that I only want a CD 36, no other designs but just have to find the "right" one. I am about to fly out ( I live in Australia) and look at an early model ( in the 20's in the pr...

test test, does this or what I am doing work ?