HELP! Which is the best sailboat? Cape Dory, Episode 183 - Lady K Sailing

[@jamesstevens7791]

My dad had the Cape Dory and Hunter brochures in the winter of ‘75-76. The Cape Dory 28 was his favored choice but he had 4 kids and he was 6’3”, my mom 5’9” so the wheel steering, fin keel Hunter 30 production boat it was! He was retired enlisted Submarine Navy and he worked for the post office, so we were a kind of unlikely New England sailboat cruising family, once he got the John Cherubini New Jersey kitchen table designed Hunter (with the Florida born molded Tupperware hatches that needed almost immediate modifications using the “3000 lb” roll of submarine tape) he proudly owned its place in the pantheon of sailboats, dubbing it “the Chevrolet” of sailboats. But since that near miss with the Cape Dory, and the respect my Dad gave it all those years ago, I’ve always loved the brand- great episode.

[@ryanodell5072]

Great channel. I'm a relatively new subscriber and I love the way you make me want each one of these boats and then point out the reasons why I don't want it. Most sailing articles only give the positives and the writers aren't even allowed to bring up anything negative. Forgive me if you've already done one and I haven't come across it yet. But, I would love to see an episode on Contessa. Classic plastic that's been made in Canada and the UK. The 32 is still production today. I look at the Contessa 32 like you look at the Alberg 30

[@randallbates8891]

Alberg also designed the Cape Dory 25D, for diesel, Of which 169 were built. I have "Seraph" 1984 25D #161. The Cape Dory 25 is powered by an outboard.

[@kevinatkins3757]

Thanks for the CD episode. Wife and I love our CD 30 cutter Plan B. with a Fwd head and galley layout like a 33. Easy to singlehand and smooth even in 25 kts with 1 reef in. With a 4 ft draft great for daysailing choppy Mobile Bay. Previous owner, was named an "Alberg Fellow" after he rescued sailors with it during the 2014 Dauphin Island Race disaster. Thanks again.

[@johnnya9001]

Nice report. I have owned a 30 for four years and a 36 for the last 18 years. I have also owned and restored a 10 but at 65 years of age I cannot quite bend as necessary to sail that one comfortably. Indigo is my pride and joy and I may never give her up. A joy to sail and look at. Alberg did it right in my humble opinion.

[@johnbilyeu1460]

Great video, I knew you'd do a video on Cape Dorys sooner or later, they so deserve it! The Cape Dorys got my attention seeing what Sam Holmes' CD28 can do. Carl Alberg did sort of come to the rescue with the Cape Dory 25D (diesel inboard model) which is a totally different boat that I would have picked up, had the one I found available been the 25D. The 30-footer also came as a cutter, and I actually ended up with a Cape Dory 30C. I realize this is not the holy grail Alberg 30 but as far as I can tell, the Cape Dory 30 is just as good in every way. Very beautiful and built like a tank.

[@t.a.ackerman4098]

I immediately thought of Sam as well. His channel is a favorite of mine.

[@mmccartney6579]

@@t.a.ackerman4098 Same here! Cheers! :)

[@t.a.ackerman4098]

@@mmccartney6579 What he did in a Hunter 25!

[@mmccartney6579]

@@t.a.ackerman4098 Right, that too! Cheers! :)

[@wolferproductions899]

I learn so much from these videos! Thank you for producing them! Please do one on the Watkins boats!

[@jadenbarraza7020]

The Cape Dory, a beautiful boat!

[@SailingOTR]

Cape Dory. Great boats. You mentioned that a CD 28 did a solo circumnavigation. I did the same in my CD 28, FeNIX. Three years and 32,000 miles from 2006~2009. Probably the most outstanding passage was from the Galapagos Islands to the Marquises Islands. 3,000 miles in 22 days. Average speed on that passage was 5.7 knots. Pretty impressive if I do say so myself. There is a Cape Dory that you didn't touch on and it is my idea of perfection for a small cruiser. CDSOA the Cape Dory group are a bunch of great people and very helpful. Many of them followed my reports about the circumnavigation on their website.

[@peterfaga1582]

@@SailingOTR yes Fred we followed you and thx for your short videos as you progressed . Cape Dory board is a great resource

[@SailingOTR]

@@peterfaga1582 Still out here kicking around. Now in Trinidad waiting out hurricane season. Then heading north. At about 80 degrees west I will cross my outward bound longitude from my start in Florida 14 years ago and finish my second circumnavigation.

[@peterfaga1582]

@@SailingOTR where can I find any new videos?

[@SailingOTR]

@@peterfaga1582 kzbin.info/door/-BHAIa8x2yO7d8lpeWgSYA

[@pieter6139]

Thank you so much!! I requested an episode on Cape Dory last week and here it is... !! Tim - you're a legend!! 👍

[@franktartan6808]

Thanks Tim, good presentation. BTW, the Atomic Four was a marine engine and was never used in tractors....contrary to sailors yarns.

[@rainfinger]

You always do such a great job, teaching a difficult subject.

[@humdinger7275]

I love this channel so glad I found it

[@kevio6868]

great presentation as always; luv your passion for sailboats and your honesty thanks for sharing

[@Johnsouthshore]

Cape Dorys were built about 20 minutes from me.. great boats

[@peterfaga1582]

Loved watching videos of Felix-thx Fred for the videos-hope you are well

[@anonymous-dk1wb]

Just purchased a 33ft cape dory ❤️

[@TheGoldsholl]

I so enjoy your brilliant commentary. Thank you

[@pauloake6107]

Hey Lady K, I am also a Chuck living in the US and a sailor has well. My boat bite the big one in the storm on the North coast of NFLD back in 2020. Just the same keep it up 😊

[@richardrose7382]

Just wanted to tell you that I just got your book in the mail (sailboat buying 101) and am delighted. I haven’t read it all yet, but I do kinda wished I’d had it before I bought my last boat (since sold at a loss) Congratulations on getting it out there.

[@Sailerryan]

One of the CD45s is on Lake Lanier in Georgia, USA. A younger couple is restoring it.

[@lgizza]

We have hull number 1. We keep the boat in Kingston,NY and New Bedford, Mass. The third is currently for sale in Portsmouth, RI.

[@maxenra]

Right here in my home state! Imagine that! There were only three made, correct?

[@Sailerryan]

@@maxenra To my knowledge, that's correct

[@dlcsr2k]

The one on Lanier is hull number 3

[@dssranger278]

Love to see your prospective on freedom sailboats.

[@jackwalby6257]

My family's yacht club had both ensigns and typhoons available for charter. One day it was blowing pretty hard and coming down the channel here comes a typhoon on a power reach. Standing on shore we all expect it to head up and drop sails. Oh hell no the boat keeps coming with the wife on the bow with her feet out to "stop the boat" at this point we're all screaming get back and with little time to spare she gets her her feet back in. The boat flies past all the slips and hits the steel wall full speed. The earth shook a hundred feet away. The boat rebounded a few feet. After asking what the skipper was thinking he responded " everyone sails into the slip" WTF. Anyway only damage was the a little gel coat on the bow. That's some sturdy construction!!

[@saltlessshakedowns4999]

Love these episodes! Always eagerly await and watch the boat history!!

[@jonrumney743]

Recon, watching your videos, has probably saved me a fortune, as I’m at that stage, of planing to buy my first boat, could you do a video about setting up for sailing solo/size of boat ect, what adaptations are worth it ect…….. ps hi from sunny Espania 😎

[@gonzosierra1]

No mention of the Cape Dory 27????

[@SailingSarah]

I have a 27 👍

[@johneato]

I have #26 of 277. On a custom trailer, on a rural Arkansas mountaintop. Taking her to the gulf in 2025.

[@brandonlove8]

#58 here in Chicago. I love my CD 27.

[@SailingSarah]

Here I'm revisiting all this, I'm contemplating taking the 27 across the pond. I'm supposed to meet a buyer in the morning but I'm thinking about telling him just to stay home. Decisions decisions!

[@rimasmeleshyus9486]

My favorite sailboat ⛵ Cape Dory, Alberg 35 and Contassa 26 footer . I m looking to buy now in Hawaiian islands, but I can't find this sailboats long keel ,it's designed for safety, not for speed Cape Dory 30 and 35 Footer .Solid rock boat. My plan to sail around the world ⛵ 🌎 solo in 2023 . Thank you, very informative I m never missing any sailing videos from around the world. My favorite channels ,because very high education.

[@DL30Creations]

Myth: Boats are nothing but a hole in the water to dump money in. Cape Dory: hold my beer ...

[@johnreid9308]

Would love to hear your take on the Searunner series of trimarans. Especially the 31. Jim Brown is quite a colorful fellow so would give you lots of material to make a good tail about. Someone small in the living space side as most trimarans are really quite livable, almost more so than many boats with more space. And of course they’re fast (for their time). And they are (mostly) wooden, very nice aesthetic for many people, not the ‘plastic-bottles’ that many boats are. And depending on your preference of repair work wood is a nice material to work with. And especially for these days wood is much more of an ecological option, cuts down on the thousands of fiberglass hulls not rotting in landfills.

[@Dave-SailsAway]

Was THIS close to buying a CD 28-D. We were one dinghy away from a deal. Ended up buying a Quickstep 24 with diesel (Ted Brewer). I think the CD-28 had standing head room. That would have been a big bonus over the Quickstep-24.

[@mountainmandale1587]

Biggest mistake of my life was selling my Cape Dory 28! It was all I ever needed, and I know it was capable of taking me around the world in either direction! ☹️

[@artman133]

Yes, me to. I sold my 28 about 8 years ago and mis her every day

[@SailingSarah]

I'm wondering if I would feel that way selling my 27.

[@anonpers0n]

i think i'd really like a cape dory 22

[@Sailing.Artemis]

Can you do on on the Catalina 30

[@jaaps7088]

Great video, like always. Could you do an episode about more Dutch boats? Like Koopmans, Van Der Stadt etc. Greetings from the Netherlands

[@garyf8790]

Have you ever done a review of the Ericson 32-3

[@davidjensen1327]

Would like to hear your thoughts on the Choeylee gulf 40 designed by the famous William Garden!

[@frosty3693]

My experiences back in the 1970s /early 80s not direct but word of mouth, in the sounds of NC they were very slow as they needed wind to work. (and the in the summer there are light winds rather shallow water and often need windward ability.)

[@kevingardner1658]

I'd love to hear your thoughts On International Folk Boats (IF)

[@craigkillatilla9280]

Look into the Cape Dory 270 . Different designer but still really cool.

[@johnbrooks1188]

When you look at displacement, waterline and sailplan, the CD 28 is a modernized Alberg 30. The CD 30 is a significantly bigger boat. But I am in love with the A30, and my 1967 A30 Mark I is prettier than either CD 28 or CD 30. The CD25 (Stadel) was originally a Greenwich 24, built by Allied in Catskill, NY (on the Hudson), and they were famous for the Luders 33, which was also a great design/designer, but Alberg drew a prettier hull, in my opinion.

[@tomv2302]

Can anyone help? I just purchased a typhoon weekender, and the trailer is not adequate. Who is the manufacture of that trailer @5:57? Or is it custom build?

[@mlefeber4227]

Look like a Triad.

[@louisfbrooks]

Sam Holmes took his CD 28 from the US to the UK last summer. I have always liked the looks of these boats and would happily take a Typhoon.

[@pastrami00]

I was about to say the same thing.

[@10lauset]

.. Cheers to you ..

[@mountainmandale1587]

Cape Dory used to be my dream boat. Now, I just want a little bit more comfort. I.e...a walk through transom for this old guy.👍 Great video, Tim. Negotiate shrewdly and keep it on the beam.

[@michaellove465]

The most popular and sought-after Cape Dory is the CD31. I am wondering why you did not mention the CD31?

[@stevethurlow9059]

beam on the 33 is 10' 3" and 36 is 10' 8" the 40 is 11' 8" and 45 is 13' 0" I have the Cape Dory books we were a dealer in Florida

[@SailingSarah]

What about the 27? I can't find much on it.

[@tonywrobleski5185]

What about the 27 CD?? Thanks

[@gdecon]

The Cape Dory 30 was offered as Cutter and Ketch although the atitude of the era tended to be make what the customer wants

[@johnbrown5565]

Sea Sprite 23, the best most fun boat I ever owned. Should never have sold it.

[@youaregodspursuit-47]

How is it that some many thin/skinny boats were sold? No other choices or initial $$ needed?

[@77jesseday]

Would love to see a top 5 list for under 18 feet dinghies.

[@AndrewTheCelt]

My future boat

[@charlespeterson7772]

On your expertise. Have a deal.but the wood mast is gone.they have alum spare that will need to be fitted and rigged. How much that could cost

[@pmnfernando]

mate, the best sailboat is, always, the one you have currently. ;)

[@DairyIsDeadly]

So I should circumnavigate in a sunfish?

[@stevethurlow9059]

you are right, they are 18 feet but they are 18' 6" and were called 19......l w l 13' 6" disp. 1,900 ballast 900

[@hankrichard6769]

Have you done anything on the Pearson 419

[@GOTMV]

What about the CD27?

[@calaprawdaoprawdzie]

2022 Golden Globe Race approved designs: Westsail 32 • Tradewind 35 • Saga 34 • Saltram 36 • Vancouver 32 & 34 • OE 32 • Eric (sister ship to Suhaili) • Aries 32 • Baba 35 • Biscay 36 • Bowman 36 • Cape Dory 36 • Nicholson 32 MKX-XI • Rustler 36 • Endurance 35 • Gaia 36 • Hans Christian 33T • Tashiba 36 • Cabo Rico 34 • Hinckley Pilot 35 • Lello 34 • Gale Force 34.

[@blackmax222]

I've waited so long.... I've waited so long and patiently.... my Nordica please. Not just another pretty displacement. :-) Thanks

[@LadyKSailing]

I wish I could. I have looked and looked but can't find enough information about the company to fill an episode :(

[@blackmax222]

@@LadyKSailing its the little Sea Cow 🐄 that could. Maybe combine the episode between Nordica, Halman and Lynaes. Svend Billesbolle sailed one around the world in 1988. His sailboat stormy 2 ( giggly) is in a museum now. I been watching your show since you crossed the Gulfstream. You love sailing, no doubt about it. I respect your passion for what you clearly love. Winston Churchill said " if your going threw hell...keep going. Best regards Captain of The Black Whale 🐋

[@tlspurlen6442]

What about the Cape Dory 27 foot?

[@philmerling8356]

When are you going to the Bahamas again

[@everettrowingnightcrew690]

How about a Flicka 20?

[@gonzosierra1]

I own a Cape Dory 27. What happened to that???

[@SailingSarah]

Right? No mention of that one. 🤷

[@brandonlove8]

Oh, but that Alberg designed CD 27. 🥰

[@LadyKSailing]

Right?!

[@jerrylynch5611]

Where does the Cape Carib fit in?

[@whgrunow]

Many great boats, There are a few 🐕 dogs though.

[@iknownothingaboutsailing5308]

Which model do you consider dogs? Just wondering

[@SailingSarah]

​@@iknownothingaboutsailing5308hear hear

[@rodrigosenra2693]

The best sailboat is the one you build for yourself :)

[@davidboily2424]

How about taking a crack at Caliber yachts?

[@thomashoberg3573]

Nice but How about some European yachts. Example X-yacht, HR from Sweden, Dehler, etc.

[@mikemalone2834]

Great boats but bad deck to hull joints...

[@stevethurlow9059]

They were bonded and thru bolted...

[@peterfaga1582]

My 25 is fine after 50- I do cover 6 months

[@foreverendeavors6210]

Sam Holmes sails his cape dory 28 all over the world, I believe it is a 28..

[@jmsask]

👍✌️

[@marcderveeuw]

electrics are a mess

[@richardrose7382]

Oops! Sent to the wrong guy! Sorry

[@kestral37]

You have any comments on a PACIFICSEACRAFT 37 Thanks enjoy your videos