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



sailboat@webspan.net

[Bruce Bett]

Robert:

There is no wood above the vee berth on any of the cd25s I have known. I may be misunderstanding what it is you're saying, or the boat you're looking may have been damaged and the wood is part of a repair. The mast of the cd25 is steped on deck. There is a thick steel beam imbedded in the fiberglass of the deck house under the mast step. There is an access hole in the liner just under the mast step which has teak plug. That's the only wood in that part of my boat. If you are serious about the boat I would get a knowlegable person, perhaps a marine surveyer, to have a look at it.

Bruce Bett
Sostenuto
CD25 #496

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

bett@smtp.munet.edu

[Don Sargeant]

Could there be a confusion of terminology at work here? I've always held that the term "ceiling" in a boat refers to that portion of the hull between the bunks and the ports (or sides of the doghouse). In my CD25D, for instance, the ceiling is covered with strips of ash, the overhead has a FRP liner. In my old folkboat, the ceiling had spaced mahogany strips and the overhead had nothing but the inside of the deck mold.

Robert:

There is no wood above the vee berth on any of the cd25s I have known. I may be misunderstanding what it is you're saying, or the boat you're looking may have been damaged and the wood is part of a repair. The mast of the cd25 is steped on deck. There is a thick steel beam imbedded in the fiberglass of the deck house under the mast step. There is an access hole in the liner just under the mast step which has teak plug. That's the only wood in that part of my boat. If you are serious about the boat I would get a knowlegable person, perhaps a marine surveyer, to have a look at it.

Bruce Bett
Sostenuto
CD25 #496

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

don@cliggott.com

[Jim Stull]

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

Robert
Could you mean the bulkheads are crushed. My "75 CD25 has a fore and an aft bulkhead, each of which which fits into a groove (or slot, if you will) molded into the frp inner liner. These bulkheads are made from about 3/4" fiber board covered with a fake teak plastic laminate. They have a teak molding around the exposed edges. These bulkheads appear to be designed to take the compression load from the mast. They are fixed in place with stainless screws. The rear bulkhead defines the forward end of the main cabin and the forward bulkhead defines the rear end of the vee-berth. The small area between the bulkheads is used as the head and hanging locker area.
On my boat I was able to temporarily remove the rear bulkhead to cover with real wood veneer and varnish. The forward bulkhead fit so tightly I was unable to get it out so it got a couple of coats of enamel.
In any case if the bulkheads (or whatever) are crushed I would take a pass on this boat unless it is almost in the "boats for free" catagory.



Jtstull@icubed.com