As I am preparing to launch after completing routine maintenance (i.e. bottom prep and paint, redo boot top, and such), I thought about a few upgrades. There is a large powerboat near and it has trim tabs. The owner says he can adjust minor heeling issues with a flick of a switch. So I have asked the yard to install a pair of them forward of the keel to harden up any tenderness when over canvassed. In addition I have sent the mast and booms out to a shop that bronzes baby shoes. I think bronzed spars and maybe the anchor too will be perfect on a Cape Dory.
I will be installing my new wood fired pizza oven after launch because delivery has been delayed, but it will be worth the extra trouble, I'm certain. Fresh pizza, you can't beat it on a summer night with beer brewed right on the boat.
Anyway a few more days and I'll be underway.
Mitchell Bober
Sunny Lancaster, (Where it's hard to keep a Cape Dory out of the water.) VA
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A little early for such musings but someone had to be first 
I like the idea of the bronzed spars....
I like the idea of the bronzed spars....
Jim Walsh
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M. R. Bober
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Jim Walsh wrote:A little early for such musings but someone had to be first
I like the idea of the bronzed spars....
May be early where you are.
M
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LOL!!!
Still working on the Tuna Tower for my CD25 to help when docking!!
Still working on the Tuna Tower for my CD25 to help when docking!!
Chris Anderheggen
CD25 "Windsong"
Catalina 30 "Kestrel"
Catalina 387 " Parrot Cay"
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Catalina 30 "Kestrel"
Catalina 387 " Parrot Cay"
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>> So I have asked the yard to install a pair of them forward of the keel to harden up any tenderness ...<<
Whatever you do, do not let the yard harden up any of your tenderness!!!
Whatever you do, do not let the yard harden up any of your tenderness!!!
Fair winds, Neil
s/v LIQUIDITY
Cape Dory 28 #167
Boston, MA
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Boston, MA
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Joe Myerson
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I know I'm late with this, it being April 2 already, but I've been thinking about this little project:
Now that we're about to enter a new Age of Coal, how about converting the power plant on my 25D from diesel to a coal-burning steam engine? Sounds like the bilge would be a great place to store spare anthracite--and can you imagine the joy of having to fire up the boiler before starting the engine?
Maybe the boiler could also be used to bake some fresh pizza.
--Joe
Now that we're about to enter a new Age of Coal, how about converting the power plant on my 25D from diesel to a coal-burning steam engine? Sounds like the bilge would be a great place to store spare anthracite--and can you imagine the joy of having to fire up the boiler before starting the engine?
Maybe the boiler could also be used to bake some fresh pizza.
--Joe
Former Commodore, CDSOA
Former Captain, Northeast Fleet
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"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea."
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Former Captain, Northeast Fleet
S/V Crème Brûlée, CD 25D, Hull # 80
"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea."
--Capt. John Smith, 1627
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Great idea, Joe! It would also make those Frost-bite Regattas a lot more comfy... 
-michael & Toni CDSOA #789
s/v KAYLA CD28 #318
2012 FLSTC Heritage Classic
Niceville FL
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2012 FLSTC Heritage Classic
Niceville FL
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Bill Goldsmith
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Joe Myerson wrote: Now that we're about to enter a new Age of Coal, how about converting the power plant on my 25D from diesel to a coal-burning steam engine?
Great idea! However, since the coal thing is not a certainty, how about converting it to run on male bovine droppings? I understand it's free and abundant in a certain city WSW of Annapolis these days.
Bill Goldsmith
Loonsong
Cape Dory 32 Hull #2
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Can't get more organic than that, Bill!Bill Goldsmith wrote:Great idea! However, since the coal thing is not a certainty, how about converting it to run on male bovine droppings? I understand it's free and abundant in a certain city WSW of Annapolis these days.
--Joe
Former Commodore, CDSOA
Former Captain, Northeast Fleet
S/V Crème Brûlée, CD 25D, Hull # 80
"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea."
--Capt. John Smith, 1627
Former Captain, Northeast Fleet
S/V Crème Brûlée, CD 25D, Hull # 80
"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea."
--Capt. John Smith, 1627
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I know that some of you guys are being somewhat facetious, April Fools Day and all that jazz. I have a serious question that I have never seen addressed before.
Has anyone had any success with the installation of bow thrusters on their Typhoon?
Think Spring.
O J
Has anyone had any success with the installation of bow thrusters on their Typhoon?
Think Spring.
O J
"If I rest, I rust"
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Well... a crew member sitting on the bow with a paddle has worked for me!Oswego John wrote: Has anyone had any success with the installation of bow thrusters on their Typhoon?
Oops! That was actually *me* paddling back over a mile+ after the wind had died...
And No! the prop was neither locked nor free wheeling; there was no prop - hence me with the bloody paddle.
-michael & Toni CDSOA #789
s/v KAYLA CD28 #318
2012 FLSTC Heritage Classic
Niceville FL
+30° 30' 24.60", -86° 26' 32.10"
"Just because it worked, doesn't mean it works." -me
No shirt + No shorts = No problem!
s/v KAYLA CD28 #318
2012 FLSTC Heritage Classic
Niceville FL
+30° 30' 24.60", -86° 26' 32.10"
"Just because it worked, doesn't mean it works." -me
No shirt + No shorts = No problem!