1982 Cape Dory 25 D 25D

Further Description From Owner
Meander is the perfect boat for the cruising couple. With standing headroom of 5'11"(rare in a boat this size), two comfortable settee berths, alcohol stove, pressurized water, a deep icebox, and a spacious head. We have enjoyed cruising Narragansett Bay and the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts for many days at a time. The quarter berth makes a great sea berth and when not used makes the perfect place to store all gear needed for cruising.
We've had many wonderful adventures in Meander but after finding Skylark, a Cape Dory 36 two years ago, we had to come to terms with passing Meander on to another passionate Cape Dory enthusiast.
Meander's previous owners sailed her on Lake Michigan where she was well cared for stored inside during the winter months. My wife and I purchased Meander in April 2018 and found a weather window that allowed me to drive up to Michigan and finalize the purchase. In route to Florida, Meander's Triad trailer (available under separate consideration) went back to Triad for several upgrades. These upgrades improve ramp launching and retrieval for future adventures.
Once back in Florida, the retrofit began. Seacocks and thru-hulls and aging wood backing plates were removed and replaced with composite backing plates. Engine mounts were replaced with new as was the cutlass bearing, prop shaft and log. Meander's rudder also received some attention. The hull bottom paint was removed to gelcoat and a barrier coat was applied. Why stop at the hull bottom? Virtually every hull gelcoat imperfection from nick to scratch was gelcoated, polished and buffed to make her hull as pristine as her bottom. Electronics and Electrical
ELECTRONICS

• Raymarine Depth Sounder
• Standard Horizon GX1700 Explorer VHF with integrated GPS (5/19)
• B&G 7" Vulcan chart plotter with internal GPS (5/19)
• Emtrak 300 series AIS "B" Transceiver and Emtrak VHF Antenna Splitter (5/19)
• Sitex GPS external antenna installed and connected to Emtrak AIS (5/19)
• NASA Clipper Masthead wind system installed (5/19)
• NASA Clipper wind masthead unit (5/22)
• NMEA 2K converter for NASA Clipper wind (5/22 New in Box)
• Quark Bi-directional NMEA 2K to 0183 converter (5/19)
• Quark NMEA 0183 multiplexer with Seatalk (5/19)
• Custom chart plotter and Wind speed and direction swing mount installed adjacent to companionway (4/19)
• Boss 100-watt Bluetooth Marine entertainment receiver (5/19}
• Raymarine Tiller Autopilot 

ELECTRICAL

• Blue Seas 7605 BatteryLink 10A Charger 65A ACR. The battery link charger has an integrated charge relay that senses charge from 110v or 12v sources and automatically combines two banks via a 65amp relay and isolates the batteries when charging source is not present. (2/19)
• House and Engine Start batteries Group 31 AGM (5/19)
• Victron Battery Monitor
• 120v Shorepower electrical panel relocated from sink area to main salon mounted to a custom panel (3/19)
• 100 watts of mono crystalline solar panels (50 watt each Renogy) Mounted to stern rail and can swivel down. Comes with custom storage bag (4/19)
• Mast wiring replaced 12V, VHF cable and wind speed direction cable. All bundled and fitted in Mast channel to eliminate wire slap in mast. (8/18)
• Mast Tricolor converted to LED (8/18)
• LED Anchor light installed (8/18)
• LED Steaming / deck light replaced (8/18)
• Six White LED cabin lights installed (4/19)
• Three existing lights were converted to Red/White LED (4/19)
• LED Bicolor bow and stern navigation light (5/19)
• VHF and masthead wind instrument quick disconnect installed flush with deck and protected from running rigging by custom stainless steel guide rails. (5/19)
• Four Caframo 12v fans (3 Bora and 1 Scirroco) (5/19)

Rigging and Sails
RIGGING

• Standing rigging replaced (10/18)
• Running rigging replaced (5/19)
• Lifelines and pelican hooks replaced (10/18)
• Mast step removed and replaced with Ballinger heavy duty hinged 316 stainless mast step. (10/18)
• Lewmar deck organizer and 70mm blocks installed at base of mast (10/18)
• Lewmar triple DC1 rope clutch to lead all halyards to cockpit (10/18)
• Lewmar 16 bronze two speed self-tailing winch for main (10/18)
• Schaefer Snapfurl CF700 roller furling (4/19)
• Double cheek block for 2nd reef line added to port side of boom (5/22)
• Harken mainsheet block and traveler
• Lewmar 16 bronze two speed self-tailing primaries

SAILS

• Main (North Sails)  Condition Good
• 140% Coastal Weight Genoa (SailTechnologies 3/19) 
• Asymmetrical Spinnaker with sock - good 

Hull and Deck

• Thru-hulls, seacocks and wood backing plates replaced with composite G10. G10 backing plates, shaped to hull contour and epoxied in place (4/18)
• All thru-hull hoses and hose clamps replaced (6/18)
• Spartan seacocks were lapped in 4/18. Seacock cones removed, cleaned, inspected, lubricated with Spartan grease and reinstalled (annually)
• Spartan seacocks and thru-hulls serviced and replaced with new bronze fasteners and bedded with 3M 4000. (4/18)
• Bottom paint sanded to gelcoat and three coats of epoxy barrier coat applied. (4/18)
• Cosmetic blemishes in hull gelcoat were color matched filled, sanded, and polished as needed (5/19)
• Rudder repair starboard side - small 6"x8" fiberglass skin delaminated from rudder foam core. Fiberglass skin was removed, and rudder core was dry. Repair area was prepped and glassed with epoxy (5/19)
• Rudder was abraded where top of rudder post enters the rudder thickened epoxy applied as prevention against water intrusion (5/19)
• Teak rub rail port and starboard was rebedded with polysulfide Life caulk (6/18).
• Port cockpit coaming was repaired and reinforced. The coaming split was prepped and injected with epoxy and clamped. Polished stainless-steel plates were fabricated and machined and affixed to the repaired area to further support the repair. Three plates were added to the starboard side coaming for symmetry and reinforcement (6/18)
• Bow pulpit and anchor well door removed. Bow pulpit was deburred and prepped for new wiring for replacement navigation bow light. Larger backing plates were installed when bow pulpit was replaced. (6/18)
• Ballinger heavy duty hinged mast step installed. OEM step mated to hinged mast step (6/19)
• Thru deck fasteners that penetrated core material were slightly over drilled and core material (balsa) removed and holes filled with thickened epoxy (fumed silica). These same preventative measures were also taken for wires that passed thru the deck for the mast. The deck core was dry in all areas where new or OEM bolts were removed and where wires were installed. Butyl Rubber tape used where appropriate for bedding hardware.
• Stainless steel rope deflection tubes in front of mast protects thru-deck electrical and vhf connector from genoa sheets (5/19)
• Cockpit lazarette hatches removed and teak border supports removed, inspected and re-bedded (11/18)

Canvas and Interior Cushions

• New Ultraleather interior cushions (8/18)
• Dodger installed (4/19)
• Handrail, tiller, and forward hatch covers replaced (4/19)
• Stack pack installed (7/19)
• Custom tailored bed linens to fit cushions (8/18)
• Cockpit cushions 

Galley and Head

• Two burner Origo alcohol stove
• Custom drop hinged table adjacent to stove
• Main salon pedestal mount table provides accommodations for four
• Pressurized fresh water in galley and head.
• Manual fresh water hand pump at galley sink.
• Head replaced with Dometic Sanipotti 975MSD. 

Engine

• Engine mounts replaced (6/18)
• Engine realigned once Meander was launched for shake down (3/19)
• 35 amp Alternator replaced (5/19)
• Raw water pump replaced (6/20)
• Cutlass bearing replaced (6/18)
• Prop shaft replaced with Stainless steel shaft (6/18)
• Prop serviced and dynamically balanced - 3 bladed prop (6/18)
• Shaft log hose replaced (6/18)
• Holding tank converted to freshwater engine flush tank. Submersible pump fills reservoir with water and salt away corrosion inhibitor. Y valve diverts fresh water to engine for flushing (8/18)
• Yanmar raw water seacock replaced with Spartan ¾" seacock and hull strainer (5/18).
• Fuel tank drained and cleaned (10/19)
• Fuel tank sender removed and installed to tank with rivetnuts, threaded fasteners and diesel compatible sealant. (6/20)
• Fuel treated with biocide and Startron tank cleaner since tank cleaning. Fuel treated with Power Service cetane booster and injector lubricant
• Fuel tank topped for winter storage
• Yanmar zinc anodes replaced annually
• Engine oil and Yanmar filters serviced regularly with Shell Rotella synthetic oil
• Yanmar 1GM oil analysis performed the last three seasons and results were all normal.

Self-Steering

• Self-steering Atlantic Windvane, a wind driven servo pendulum self-steering device, was installed along with blocks and tiller chain stop for the windvane steering control lines
• Raymarine Tiller pilot
• Cockpit bulkhead mounted Compass

Ground Tackle

• Rocna anchor
• Danforth Anchor
• Chain and three strand nylon rode

Miscellaneous - Other

• Fairclough Full Winter Cover (8/20) 
• Radar Reflector
• Spare Racor filters
• Spare oil filters
• Yanmar shop manual
• Yanmar tool kit with spare impeller, gaskets and engine zinc anodes.
• 12DC wet / dry vac
• U.S. Flag on Teak flag pole
• Winch handles
• Telescopic boat hook
• Boat fenders
• Outboard motor bracket installed on stern rail (5/19) 

INCLUDED - AVAILABLE IN FLORIDA  (Buyer pickup or pays shipping)

• Manual Engine Crank handle 
• Emergency floating strobe light 
• A-frame mast lifting pole with articulating hinged deck pads 
• 12V 2500lb winch with dyneema line. Attaches to mounting bracket on trailer and with temp guide lines can be used to raise the mast using the A-frame

AVAILABLE UNDER SEPARATE CONSIDERATION:

• Trailer - Triad galvanized tandem axle with six screw pad stands.  Very nice. Re-fitted 2018-2020. Contact us for more details.

AVAILABLE UNDER SEPARATE CONSIDERATION (located in Florida -Buyer pickup or pays shipping):

• New in Box - MarineAir 6000 btu cool and heat marine air with premium install kit. The unit would fit nicely in the lower bow locker.
• New in Box - Mermaid Marine Condensator - removes condensate from marine AC pan keeping bilge or sump pumps dry and protected. Functions on the Venturi principle, which uses a vacuum effect that pulls the condensation water out of the drain pan, combines it with any discharge water, and sends it overboard where it belongs.

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.