The Cape Dory Board

Keith, thanks for the input. I understand what a cored deck should look like (outer skin/glass, core material, innner laminate/skin) and on my CD25 there is no bottom laminate or core...only the deck, one side I can see from the underside (unfinished) and the other the finished topside...as stated b...

Keith, thanks much for the reply. To answer your first question I know it's not cored because there are two 3" holes in the aft deck where cowl/air vents were placed to provide ventilation for the outboard well. The cross section of those holes shows me that there is no core, but if I hang upsi...

Hi, I have a 1974 Cape Dory 25 that is a project in the works. I have a question regarding the aft deck (lazarette)....not the hatch that opens which covers the outboard well, but the actual deck upon which the hatch cover sits. Is the aft deck supposed to have a plywood/balsa core, or is it just ab...