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- Dec 28th, '06, 07:35
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Freewheeling propellers: the chopper theory
- Replies: 216
- Views: 27311
I don't think this is a complex problem
Which one encounters more resistance? A person walking into a door that is free to swing open or one that is latched shut? The water is ther person, the door is the blade, the resistance is drag. Clearly a free wheeling prop allows the water to go through and causes less drag and turbulence.
- Nov 27th, '06, 07:04
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: On the bright side . . .
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1247
Windoc collision
Here is more information on that bridge collision:
http://www.wellandcanal.ca/transit/2001 ... cstory.htm
http://www.wellandcanal.ca/transit/2001 ... cstory.htm
- Nov 26th, '06, 06:12
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Cruising Goals
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1588
Go for it!
Dick, You will have absolutely no trouble cruising to the places you list in your posting. A couple of years ago I sailed up the coast of NJ to NY harbor...through Hell Gate and up the CT coast. It was a wonderful trip. I continued to Block Is. from Mystic arriving at Salt Pond at dusk. I then conti...
- Nov 11th, '06, 02:19
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: bilge pumps
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1598
- Nov 11th, '06, 02:14
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Value of an older CD 28
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1109
Jim...I bought a 1976 CD 28 about 9 years ago and I have never regretted it. Over the past few years I have slowly upgraded her and I like the boat more and more. I replaced the plastic ports with bronze ports from Newfound Metals and they have been great...never a drop of water. I repowered last ye...
- Oct 17th, '06, 05:17
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: table post in cd 25
- Replies: 3
- Views: 899
Don't wiggle it.
I wiggled mine to get it out and it cracked the mounting base (which then had to be welded back together). Best way is to remove the mounting base from the cabin sole, put the tube in a vice (protect is from damage and don't squeeze it hard or it will deform!)....then use a torch to heat the base an...
- Oct 1st, '06, 06:35
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Core Questions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2538
First, be sure it is necessary
Randy, Before you start this job, make sure that the core really is wet. Moisture meters are notorious for being unreliable. I once had a part of my hull surveyed....I watched the surveyor and he said that the hull was wet. The next day, his partner came to have a look (he didn't know the other guy ...
- Sep 28th, '06, 08:08
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Whisker pole
- Replies: 2
- Views: 864
Whisker pole
Anyone have a recommendation for a whisker pole to tame the club-footed jib on CD-28 for downwind sailing? I am presently looking at a Forespar pole that extends from 6' to 12'. Is that sufficient? I would also like to use it for the genoa.
Paul
CD-28
"Peapod"
Lewes, DE
Paul
CD-28
"Peapod"
Lewes, DE
- Sep 27th, '06, 06:00
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Replacing running rigging.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1831
Replacing running rigging.
I am having a problem replacing the main halyard on my CD 28. Nobody seems to have three-strand dacron. I like three-strand because I can put the splices in it easily. Does anyone know the correct sizes for the various lines (jib and main halyard and main sheet) as well as a source? I am also in the...
- Sep 27th, '06, 05:54
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Dynaplate Mounting screws
- Replies: 5
- Views: 753
backing plate
For my dynaplate, the bolts are the same material as the plate. Be very careful not to over-tighten! That plate is not a solid piece of metal and it will crack. Remember, it doesn't do any structural work...it just needs to be firmly in place. I put a strip of oak on the inside of the hull as a back...
- Sep 12th, '06, 19:57
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Engine Oil Problem - Lt. Grey & thick like pudding
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1855
Yes, it is seawater in the crankcase
You definitely have seawater in the crankcase...I had the same problem. But all is not lost....pump it out...put in new oil....light 19 wt....run it awhile and then change it again. But before that, find out how the water is getting in. Believe it or not, even when sea water finds its way in, the oi...
- Jul 18th, '06, 06:06
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Opinions about CQR (anchor) knockoff
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5122
Don't
Ground tackle is no place to save money!
- Jul 17th, '06, 04:59
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: clogged cockpit scuppers on CD25
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1102
Power washer
I blow mine out with my power washer...it works great.
- Jul 16th, '06, 06:55
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Chart Plotter
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1334
I have a CD 28 with a tiller and locating the chartplotter was a problem. I didn't want a swinging bracket and I also did not want to have the chartplotter always outside and exposed to the elements. Here is the solution I came up with and I am very happy with it. On the port side I installed a 6&qu...
- Jul 11th, '06, 10:25
- Forum: Cape Dory Sailboats
- Topic: Adding a Bobstay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 673
Adding a Bobstay
I have an older CD 28 (1976) which has the small bowsprit supported only by the bronze hardward to which it is affixed. The headstay attaches to it as in all other 28s but there is not a corresponding bobstay....I have never completely trusted this arrangement. Can anyone comment on the idea of addi...