Cape Dory 25

[Robert Brody]

I'm looking at a Cape Dory 25 here in NY...thinking of buying, but the wood at the V-Berth cieling is cracked downward about 6 inches...this is just beneath the mast (There's no compression post on this model). A friend tells me that this could mean that the mast was droped onto the deck or overtuned at some point. He also seems to think (Based on my descirption of the problem) that it could be a serious fix.

Any ideas on this...???

Robert B
Catalina 27
NY



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[Robert Brody]

The model I'm looking at is the older version made in 1974..not the 25CD. The cracked wood runs beneath the mast...

Robert B

Catalina 27
NY

Sailboat@webspan.net

[Bruce Bett]

Robert:

My boat is a 1977 CD25 (not a cd25D). My dad used to have a 73 model. I know there are several differences between the boats, but I don't recall any wood up there on his either. Anyone out there with an older cd25 who can help us here?

Bruce Bett
Sostenuto
cd25 #496

The model I'm looking at is the older version made in 1974..not the 25CD. The cracked wood runs beneath the mast...

Robert B

Catalina 27
NY

Bett@stmp.munet.edu

[Donna Delahanty]

Robert,

Is it possible that the "cracked Wood" your are refering to is the bulkhead? The bulkhead runs vertically from cabin top to the floor and is used to support the mast in the CD25. In layman's terms it looks like a wall. If this is what is cracked, the boat had some kind of extreme pressure applied to it by over tuning or some other means. I would definitly have a marine surveyor check it out.

The model I'm looking at is the older version made in 1974..not the 25CD. The cracked wood runs beneath the mast...

Robert B

Catalina 27
NY

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