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Our Cape Dory 27: April 2012
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Our Cape Dory 27. Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Other People's Mistakes and Lessons Learned Therefrom. It Started Like This. Coffee to start the work weekend at The Boat Yard. All I can think of is how great our boat will look on the mooring out there. What's Under All That Paint? That was the first weekend. A look at the stern and the ill-fated outboard well the PO tried to create. Note that the antifouling line comes up just high enough to cover it up. So they likely hauled the boat right out and "fixed" th...
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Our Cape Dory 27: Fun With Toxic Chemicals: Deck Paint Edition
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Our Cape Dory 27. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Fun With Toxic Chemicals: Deck Paint Edition. When we prioritized projects prior to Peponi's launch last fall, cosmetic concerns got pushed way down the list. We had to get the hull buttoned up, the power train finalized, and the rig put together first. And because we launched in the fall, that meant that repairing and repainting the deck ended up having to wait almost 8 months for the somewhat reliable sunshine to return to the Northwest. We made a first pass ...
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Our Cape Dory 27: August 2012
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Our Cape Dory 27. Sunday, August 26, 2012. Trucks Come, Trucks Go. In my life as a writer I find myself working right up to deadline most of the time. I know it drives editors crazy, but for some reason I do seem to function better on short timelines. Which is all good, because two weeks ago I scheduled the boat transport truck to come and pick up Peponi. The truck was scheduled to come on a Saturday. Friday night at around midnight I took the last of my tools and materials off and closed the compani...
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Our Cape Dory 27: New Tack
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Our Cape Dory 27. Saturday, June 15, 2013. Spring Sunset at the Marina. As you can tell, I stopped posting here once Peponi was in the water and we were sailing her. But as you also probably know, the projects didn't stop. So rather than just neglecting this space I put it back on my to-do list because I am positive there are two or three people out there who care, or at least who get bored enough to search "Cape Dory" in Google and get sent here. Since we last spoke:. Motoring Through Puget Sound. That ...
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Our Cape Dory 27: Splashed
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Our Cape Dory 27. Monday, October 22, 2012. In the water and ready to go. It has been three years since Peponi. Was hauled out, put on a truck, and blocked in the driveway at The Boat Yard. Now The Boat Yard is an empty driveway again and Peponi. Is a sailboat, in her slip at the Everett Marina, with an icebox full of beer and a locker full of foul weather gear. I started getting impatient a few weeks ago when the good weather was threatening to disappear and we looked like we were close to being done.
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Our Cape Dory 27: Before and After Gallery #1
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Our Cape Dory 27. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Before and After Gallery #1. As I sort through photos of the restoration I will post a few of these little galleries showing some of the more interesting Before and After shots. Here is the first! Arrival at The Boat Yard. Departure. 3 years later. The battery "situation." Before. The battery solution after. Should be noted that I have since moved these batteries again. The hoses and thru hulls for the holding tank. Before. Holding tank plumbing. After. Bow, s...
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Our Cape Dory 27: August 2010
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Our Cape Dory 27. Wednesday, August 25, 2010. The Deep Dark Place. The bilge on the CD 27 uses up every bit of the boat's four foot draft. Even stretched out as far as I can reach, the bottom of that cavern is unreachable. This presents a bit of an issue with the bilge pumps. One: How to install an electric pump when you can't reach the bottom of the bilge to install one. Two: How to keep the manual pump hose fastened down so it doesn't float when the bilge fills up with water? It's a pretty tidy install...
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Our Cape Dory 27: May 2010
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Our Cape Dory 27. Saturday, May 29, 2010. We're Still Here. I Promise. I thought I'd start us off with an image of actual sailing. Since our boat is still a driveway squatter, I have to hitch rides on other boats. This was taken during the 65 mile "Round Whidbey" race on Dent-de-Lion, a Morgan 30 I sometimes "race" on. Sigh. Beautiful, no? We were even in first place when I took this shot. Anyway, back to reality. One rather anticlimactic job was to disconnect and dismantle the existing engine. The o...
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Our Cape Dory 27: June 2013
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Our Cape Dory 27. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Fun With Toxic Chemicals: Deck Paint Edition. When we prioritized projects prior to Peponi's launch last fall, cosmetic concerns got pushed way down the list. We had to get the hull buttoned up, the power train finalized, and the rig put together first. And because we launched in the fall, that meant that repairing and repainting the deck ended up having to wait almost 8 months for the somewhat reliable sunshine to return to the Northwest. We made a first pass ...
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Our Cape Dory 27: October 2011
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Our Cape Dory 27. Friday, October 7, 2011. Photo Gallery - Because I Don't Feel Like Writing. The guts of the electrical panel. The panel installed and partially wired. The Raymarine ST40 Bi-Data instrument display. Haven't decided exactly how to cover the back of the instruments yet. Looking aft at the new panels. Now that we have DC power, the lighting is going in. Running lights? For LED bulbs, the new running lights are pretty bright. LED cabin lights on either side of the companionway.