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As posted elsewhere, I suggest that you acquire a Mercury 9.9 or 15 HP 2 stroke before they are no longer available. While not fitted with electric start, you can retrofit an alternator for battery charging. Most significant, they fit in the CD 25 well perfectly! We acquired one this past summer via...

Mike C:

Recommend that you acquire a Mercury 9.9 or 15 HP 2 stroke before they are no longer available. While not electric start, you can retrofit an alternator for battery charging. Most important, they fit in the well perfectly. Note that we acquired one via West Marine this past summer.

Dick

Dick:

Just so happens that our CD 25 mast is in the backyard on horses as we ready the boat for the water. Overall length of this mast is 26'-11".

Regards,
Dick

I echo tartansailor's endorsement of Triad Trailer. We bought a Triad trailer in 1990 to move our Cape Dory 25 from New York to Maryland. The trailer is as good now as the day we first received it due to its first class quality construction and coating system. We dealt with the senior Mr. Orro and i...

Dear All: I had thought that this was, more or less, a serious site until I read the dribble posted here. If the original poster doesn't know how to get the water out of his bilge when his boat is on dry land, he shouldn't ever be on the water. Worse, are those who responded to this stupidity. Get r...

Dear All: I am interested in detailed suggestions on the installation of a Whale Gusher bilge pump on Cape Dory 25. Note that I have already installed the pump in the portside cockpit well/locker with the pump discharge leading through an overboard discharge fitting installed on the port quarter. I ...