The Cape Dory Board

I am not sure if this will help, but this is from posting on another group:

Universal M-25 is a Kubota Block D-850
Universal M-25XP is " Block D-950
Universal M-30 is a " Block D-1101 & D1102
Universal M4-30 is a " Block Y-850
Universal M-35 is a " Block V-1200

--Eric

I saw this video on the YouTubes and thought it would be a good idea:

https://youtu.be/LsnM-ce-M0E

--Eric

Nice job. I do have a couple of questions, what did you put in place for the Hurth? And where did you source this transmission and exhaust from?

Cheers,

Eric

I have found, when I did my port removal, that a Forstner bit is useful in removing the bungs. The "impact driver" you got there is very impressive. :D It seemed that the ports came out really easy or is that just movie magic. I had to pond on mine for half an hour to even get them to budg...

The Euro (ECMWF) shows nothing so far, but the GFS shows a Hurricane by 9/13. The GFS seems to be bullish on the tropical systems.

I use https://www.windy.com to check the models.

--Eric

The real question is, did Waffle House close?

--Eric

There is just something more traditional about having a piece of wood there instead of just a painted line. There is nothing against the painted line, just a personal preference.

So my solution for the holes created by the eyebrow will be to use open-cell foam saturated with epoxy.

--Eric

John thanks for the checklist. I agree with most of your assessments and already had planned on doing many of these items. The eyebrows did leak and I had to redo the whole deck because of them. I do like the looks of them so I will be replacing them, but with an epoxy plug where the screws go. The ...

Yes, John, I have spent many an hour perusing your site. I like the work you have done on your vessel. The port opening has been packed with what appears to be kitty hair polyester resin for a depth of about 2" around the hole. I was thinking that there might be a way to fill the void with expa...

Thanks for the responses.

I do like the look of that wood. My teak veneer has water damage on it so, I was thinking of just leaving it the plain white fiberglass to brighten up the joint. Then replacing the ports with butyl tape in a similar fashion, as well.

--Eric

I am in the process of a refit on Larissa (CD-31). I have taken out the ports in order to seal them and possibly paint the deck. But I am noticing that the cabin top (coach house/saloon) sides seem to be hollow. The eyebrows did leak and damaged the balsa on the port side deck, which has been fixed....

I think these articles from Blue Sea Systems cover the items the surveyor was referencing: https://www.bluesea.com/support/articles/AC_Circuits/90/Reverse_Polarity_Indicators https://www.bluesea.com/support/articles/AC_Circuits/1381/AC_Ground_Faults_the_Boater_and_ABYC-Understanding_Equipment_Leakag...

Is there a water tank under the settee?

I just bought a long S/S bolt and ran it through.

The photos are still on photo bucket. Just take the URL and copy and paste it into your browser. Or I can PM them to you.

--Eric