The Cape Dory Board

Yes, there are actually two starboard drain plugs. No water tank and the sink is empty. Head drains to a pump out tank amidships. The drain hoses from the starboard drains run under the storage compartment decks and enter the bilge at that center point . The water comes in to the bilge from that poi...

OK, I heeled the boat over until water was tipping the rail. So everything below had to be under. Nada. No water at all. Turned on bilge pump-nada. Upright boat, took hose and filled bilge with pump off- pumped out bilge while heeled over and got a very slight backflow siphoning. But nothing like wh...

Steve I have done just about everything I can to check the source while boat is in the water and I cannot duplicate in the slip even when heeling boat over to starboard rail. It apparently need moving water to duplicate and I am really reluctant to take her out and risk sinking her. Is there somethi...

Thanks all. I am going to haul the boay Tuesday and check stern for leaks, holes, cracks, bad hoses . etc. to determine where the water is coming in. Will advise Board once repairs complete for future refernce.

Megunticook- water came in on leeward cockpit drain. See my other post. Today I used main halyard to tip the boat to starboard in an attempt to duplicate the problem. Got the boat to nearly a rail down position and still could not duplicate the water entry. Turned the motor on to create turbulence a...

The two drains on the starboard side are always below the waterline on a starboard tack-unavoidable. I think the water is back-washing through one of those because when the boat is at more or less at 90 degrees upright, like in the slip, the boat is dry. I never got to a port tack so I can't say if ...

Bought a new to me Cape Dory 25 sailboat, my third sailboat and took the maiden voyage yesterday. I had tuned the motor, stepped the mast, mounted the jib on roller furling, checked lines, haliards, etc. and really felt I was ready to take her out. With hundreds of sailing hours under my belt on oth...