The Cape Dory Board

Found a slip today, so I never have to trailer again (well, not for a while anyway)

Thank you! I glassed the. edge of the rudder and the boot, hit everything else with fairing compound and applied epoxy over that. Painted the hull with ablative and she's in the water now. Hopefully I can find a slip, because it was a pain to launch at the ramp here. We launched her at midnight last...

Putting this in the water today!

Thank you for the reply, I angle grinded down to the fiberglass and epoxied some glass around the boot. When it cures I'll throw some filler on the whole thing. The boot was pretty solid and appears to be secured through the keel with two brass pins. https://iconitek.com/rudder_boot1.jpg https://ico...

Here is a video with step by step instructions on getting rid of spider cracks. Doing the same thing to my Typhoon now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2w85yvrbHk

Thank you both so much for your replies. I really wanted to get some time on the water this summer, and I am very glad to hear that I should be able to do that. I will get this painted with some ablative bottom paint and 'hopefully' get her in the water this weekend!

Hello everyone! My fiancé and I just bought a Typhoon (our first sailboat) and we are anxious to get it on the water (Puget Sound). We bought the boat in Idaho where it has been sailed in fresh water for the last twenty years. There are some issues below the waterline, and I am hoping I can get some...