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1983 Cape Dory 27 for sale. She is the ( new ) model with the Westerbeke 13 2 cylinder diesel, bronze bow casting with anchor roller and bow anchor well. She has double bow and stern pulpits and lifelines. She is located in Stuart Florida, on the hard right now in Indiantown. $18000. Would consider ...

I have a nice '83 Cape Dory 27, hull number 254 located in Stuart Florida.. I would like to consider an exchange with some one with a Cape Dory 22 or 22D on a trailer. If you might be interested call me at 815-382-2400 or send an email. Wayne Brown In an effort to protect the owner of this posting f...

I have a nice CD-27 that I like very much, however keeping up with the teak is getting to be too much for me. I was trying to think of a less labor intensive of protecting the teak before it is sanded away and needs to be replaced. Does anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking of painting the tri...

I glued a small mirror in the engine compartment at a location where I can see the dipstick hole, it sure simplifies reinserting the dipstick.

Wayne Brown
CD-27 WHISPER

A diver can change the zincs while the boat is in the water probably cheaper than hauling the boat. About the sink seacock, if it is in the open position take out the screws on the side that drain the seacock body ( roundhead 10/24 ones) and try to get penetrating lube in there as well around the en...

I have an '84 CD-27 and just love her. She is a very managable boat both in cost and sailability. Get her out and sailing as often as you can and you will appreciate her good points. Good Luck Wayne Brown CD-27 WHISPER

I'm sure this has been discussed before but I can't find the topic in the archives. Both of my cockpit lockers leak under the teak trim that keeps water out of the locker. I tried to take them loose but they seem to be glued on with 5200 and I can't budge them without destroying them. Any one have w...

Among other things teachers have done for me is to introduce me to sailing. I had always messed around boats, canoes and swimming but had never been in a sailboat. In high school my homeroom teacher one day ask if anyone wanted to go sailing with him that weekend. No knowledge of sailing was require...

One of my best remembered sailing days was on Lake Pontchartrain. My daughter and I were going sailing after a frontal passage, winds 35-45 kts. When we left the protected slip we didn't realize how bad the conditions were. We arrived at the end of the tchfuncta river and decided the conditions were...

I have the opposite problem. We keep Whisper, our CD-27 in south Florida Where we sail her in the winter. Come June first we must have her stored at the boatyard on the hard and tied down for the hurricane season. I try to get her in the water by December first ready for the winter sailing season. W...

I have a '83 CD-27 with the Westerbeke 13 engine in it and a 12 RH 11 prop. I haven't had ocassion to use max power until the other day. The engine is rated at 3600 rpm and I was surprised to get almost 4000 rpm. To me that indicates I need more pitch. Does anyone with the same engine know what prop...

We purchases a CD-25 in 79 and just loved her. She made several passages across Lake Michigan and quite a few overnights along the lake, all with my wife and two kids, except one. Question? How many people can a CD-25 sleep. One memoral overnight involved another family of four. Total eight people. ...

At the suggestion of Indian town Marina in Florida I installed a garboard drain in my CD-27 WHISPER this year. Their thought was if the wind and rain from a hurricane or other wet windy storm hit the boat in just the right direction a normally dry boat could accumulate enough water to make the boat ...

My family purchased an '82 CD-25D. It is a great boat. My wife and I and two teenagers cruised Lake Michigan and southern Canada for 6 weeks. We had a great cruise. We found several places where we could put the bow on the beach and step ashore. All this in a trailer boat. Wayne Brown

Hi Robbin, I have a sailing model of the CD-10 for sale. It is trimmed in teak, comes with a two piece mast, rudder and centerboard. I am located in northern Illinois and will be home in about three weeks if your interested in the boat. Call me in Ill at 815-338-3783 or Florida at 772-781-5540. Wayn...