The Cape Dory Board

Not everyone who has a blue water dream has a blue water dreamboat. They had mentioned that their bulkheads were creaking alarmingly all the way across. They also asked what the make was of ORION, I told them Cape Dory. They both said she looked beautiful. It is true, these Cape Dory's are truly be...

Well, up until now, only three posts have been made. Here's #4. I sent this in once before. It is one of my old time favorites. I first heard it long before Hector was a puppy. So brace yourselves, here it comes again. Three old geezers would meet daily down at the waterfront. The first old coot sai...

Dick,

I completely agree with you.

Another important reason not to block up the hull adjacent to the rudder post is because there is a seam between the aft end of your hull proper and the false keel right behind the main hull. The rudder post lower support is attached to this false keel.

O J

Hi Katie,

I just happened to note on your name tag that it says "Little Red".

Is that the color of your Ty hull or are you an auburn haired Celtic lass?

O J

PS: You aren't required to answer.

Neil Gordon wrote:OJ,

You know of course a Pirate's favorite letter, right?

Ummm, I'm going to hate myself later for asking.

What the hey, I'm going all in. "What is a Pirates favourite letter?"

O J

PS: Heavy groans in advance.

I don't know, maybe I'm wrong with my assumption that there is some sort of an attraction that docks, marinas, even water views have on sailors both young and old. Last evening, I was down at the waterfront checking on the lake to make sure that Mother Nature wasn't messing up. That's my job at this...

You guys are too funny. This is totally how some of your posts look to me when I read them! Kathryn Hi Kathryn, Awful sorry to hear about your dexlycia. Take heart, there is a cure for it. At bed time, take two (or more) dark and stromeys, then call me in the monring. [not too elray] I sure hope th...

Another teak question here: The worst spots of all are around the six scuppers in the toe rail. These have become clogged with debris (the boat sits under @#!! oak trees until she gets launched, and water has, in the past pooled around the scuppers. Also, water pouring through the scuppers has soak...

Cliff,

Maybe check for excess play in keyway slots of both the post and the tiller head.Check for round edges of the Woodruff or straight bar key

Good luck,
O J

Can't really say for sure. The early models of the Ty didn't have Doohickeys. They came with something called a Hickdookey. They did the job up to a point. Sure, you could go downhill okay with them but going uphill was a bugger. The Doohickey was a great improvement.

O J

Yea Verily,

It has been a long, hard winter. Slowly, one by one, the northern captains are finally beginning to thaw out and manifest themselves.

"June is bustin' out all over".

Tiller John

Ouch. Bummer I never realized that there was a law like that. When Mike Ritenour gets home from his winter cruise, maybe you can launch your boat from his yacht club, which is a little east of the Niagara River. Then maybe you can hug the coastline and sail to Toronto. You should have no problem in ...

Roberto,

I like to read the many posts while doing my daily yoga exercises. At the present moment, I am standing on my head while scoping the CDSOA. Everything looks okay to me.

O J

J Risler There are several things that you can do to firmly lock the tiller to the rudder post. The screw in the front of the tiller mount is designed, on purpose, to align the tiller with the rudder blade. When positioned with the point of the screw seated in the dimple on the front of the post, no...

jdl, These are only my personal thoughts. It's what works for me. Earlier in the thread I mentioned sail balance. You got some respectful speed out of your Ty. If you were a dedicated racer, you probably would have a greater variety of foresails. You mentioned a 105% for a windy day test and a 155% ...