The Cape Dory Board

Thank you all for the quick response. I will take the time to read all about the history found on the main site and sub menu, interesting to see service and sales literature also. Living in Nova Scotia I never thought I'd be in a position to buy and import one to Canada for myself. CPDF0123M77B

They all start with CPD. I'm curious how you got the information that they started with CDN? When researching the vessel I'm buying and looking into HIN's in general I went to this website https://uscgboating.org/content/manufacturers-identification.php and searched for Cape Dory manufacturing iden...

Greetings, I'm buying a 1977 Cape Dory 28 and stumbled across a mystery. The seller has been great, provided copies of previous bills of sale, state registrations, and a photo of the HIN on the transom, but can't provide an answer to my question and I just can't find an answer myself. The thing is t...

Good day Folks, I just joined the forum and I'm hoping for active members to talk to people about Cape Dorys. I have a specific question that I can't figure out using the forum archive or Google. I will post the question after this initial post. Hope to learn a lot and share my limited experience an...