Bristol-Blue Lake Michigan Sailing Adventures

1st a good cleaning.   The boat was pretty messy but the inside was really bad.  Full of Mud Douber nests. Yeah these nasty little guys.  Luckily there weren't too many adults.  Basically, the entire boat was emptied out.  I went through and pulled down the nests and vacuumed them all out.  Then I pulled out the garden hose and sprayed out the entire boat stem to stern.  It's pretty tight getting in the back of the boat under the seats and spraying inside the fiberglass liners.   When we where kids we squeezed in and out of my Uncles Cape Dory Typhoon this way all winter long not a second thought.  ... I've grown some since then.   A Tight Fit. Cleaned out and Drying. Wasp nest free even in the bilge.

Hi all.  We have purchased a new to us Cape Dory Typhoon.  It's a bit of a fixer upper. This is her straight from Illinois full of Mud Dobber nests and all.  Lucky thing my wife ( see stranger than fiction ) went into the hospital or I might have never found it.  Seems I'm always buying a boat while or right after she gets out of the hospital. A lot has happened since this picture and I hope to have time to start updating this blog soon.   Here are the basics. This is a 1978 Cape Dory Typhoon Weekender.  For all the specs and some history on the Typhoon you can check out this link .   It's late so I'll get working on more updates later.  .