1981 Cape Dory 28' (8.53 m)
Trappe, Maryland, United States
Lovely Cape Dory 28 Sloop rig with Roller furling head sail, Engine replaced with a Yanmar dsl, Updated interior cushions, Lewmar Self-tailing primary winches. Great starter vessel. Owners willing to listen to all offers.
- Cruisers
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: CPDF0293M81G
Vessel ID# Last Updated: 2025-07-21 18:54:33
Specifications
HIN/IMO: CPDF0293M81G
LOA: 28' 1'' (8.56 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 1981
Beam: 8' 8''
LWL: 22' 2''
Draft Max: 4'
Cabins: 2
Sleeps: 4
Single Berths: 2
V Berths: 1
Double Berths: 1
Heads: 1
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Hull Shape: Monohull
Fuel Tank: 13 Gallons (49.21 Liters)
Fresh Water: 60 Gallons (227.12 Liters)
Displacement: 9000 lbs
Ballast Weight: 3500 lbs
Designer: Carl Alberg
Builder: Cape Dory
Exterior Color: White
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Exterior/Interior Accommodations
- What draws one to the Cape Dory are her lines altogether typical of Carl Alberg, including a graceful sheer that sweeps forward from a counter stern to a teak bowsprit. Teak grabrails and eyebrows accentuate the fine proportions of the long trunk cabin, and easily navigable side decks connect the generous cockpit to the fair-sized foredeck. A full keel and a keel-hung rudder complete the profile.
- Details below complement the traditional exterior. Solid teak and teak veneer are abundant, and bronze, in the through-hulls and the eight opening ports, is everywhere it should be.
- Above the saloon settees, narrow shelves hold books; beneath each settee lies a 30-gallon water tank. More storage spaces are located behind the seatbacks. The starboard settee serves as a single berth, as does the Port side settee. A teak table swings down from the bulkhead and unfolds between the settees. The saloon has about 6 feet of headroom, and two opening hatches overhead help keep the air moving through it.
- The head is forward of the saloon and contains a hanging wet locker and a small sink to starboard. The marine toilet is installed below the waterline, so all valves must be closed when it’s not in use and is opposite the sink to port. A folding door separates the head from the V-berth, which covers various compartments. A cushioned plywood insert fills the V to create a double berth, forward of which a panel opens to the anchor locker.
- The companionway, its top step on the countertop next to the single stainless-steel sink, bisects the galley, between a spacious icebox to starboard and an alcohol stove to port. Under the companionway stairs is the access to the Yanmar dsl engine.
Galley
The galley runs athwarships of the companionway at the aft end of the salon.
- Single stainless steel sink with pump
- Large Ice chest to starboard
- Lockers outboard to starboard
- Storage compartment under the cutting board to port
- 2 burner alcohol stove to port
- Lockers outboard to port as well
Rigging
- Aluminum spar stepped on deck
- Roller furling for the headsail
- Main sail is not original, not sure of the age but has seen little use
- Headsail is not original, not sure of the age but has seen little use
- Lewmar #16 Self-tailing Primary winches
Mechanical and Electronics
- Original Volvo engine was replaced with a Yanmar Dsl. Hours are assumed to be quite low
- Dual batteries with parallel switch - one house and one starting battery
- Interior lights
- Runing lights
- Standard Horizon VHF Radio
- Cybernet Marine stereo radio with cassette
- 2 speakers in the salon
- Datamarine depthsounder
- Compass
- Bilge pump
Deck equipment
- Teak Bow sprit with anchor roller
- Danforth anchor with rode
- Stainless steel bow pulpit with side stanchions and single life lines
- Stainless steel stern pulpit with swim/boarding ladder
- Teak cockpit combings
- Teak toe rails and rub rails
- Teak eye brows
- Cowl vent on teak box
- 8 bronze opening ports
- Opening hatch in V-berth
- Skylight in main salon
- Beige non-skid
- Cockpit Cushions Navy Blue and look relatively new
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.
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The water has always been a part of my life since learning to sail aboard a Sailfish while vacationing in Chatham, Massachusetts. At twelve, I graduated to Penguins and 420’s at the Tred Avon Yacht Club in Oxford, Maryland. My parents always belonged to the Corinthian Yacht Club in Philadelphia and I often accompanied them on cruises aboard a Hinckley Bermuda 40 that we cruised in the Chesapeake.
Understanding banking after working 12 years for Loyola Savings and Loan of Maryland, I helped navigate the purchase of a 32’ Pearson Vanguard for a friend and taught him to sail. Loving the idea of sharing my passion for boating, I joined Oxford Boatyard Yacht Sales (in what is now Safe Harbor Oxford Boatyard and Marina) in 1990 and worked as a broker and office manager for 25 years.Â
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