Category: Dudley Dix Yacht Design

This morning I took a longboard with 80 grit to the hull so I could identify all the low spots. Then, I filled them with fairing glaze. The stuff dries pretty fast. While drying I started removing the interior window trim. As you can see some of the wood has just started to be compromised. This is why it’s…

Yesterday evening I painted the bottom. Today I faired the sheer strake and sanded the rest of the hull, tacked it down and then put the first coat of jade green on her. Hopefully if it doesn’t rain I’ll add a second.

Yesterday I faired the port side and mixed some epoxy fairing filler and applied it heavy! This stuff is pretty easy to sand and will give me a fair surface to paint and then fit the new full 1″x2″ fir gunwales. Today I also removed the homemade things that were, I believe to be windows. They leak badly, I…

Today I start the repair and restoration of the Dudley Dix design Cape Henry 21. Back in 2011 I bought a study plan of this vessel (Cape Henry 21) and at that time after doing the materials take off along with calculating the cost of a trailer, motor, sails and rigging I opted to build a smaller sloop. But,…

I received this photo by email. It is “Slough Coot” under full sail just off the south side of Puget Island.

Here are a few pics of me and my wife Jody along with close friends Jerry and Nancy sailing the Cape Henry 21 “Slough Coot” in front of our place on Puget Island. A little background on this vessel: in 2011 I was looking at plans to build a sailboat. I wanted a traditional gaff rig sloop or…