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Thanks all for all the advice. I'll give the progress reports as the project develops.

This Dory has been in my family since the early 70's. I grew up sailing her. Thanks for all the advice. I have a web page for my Mirage 27 that I restored, and I'll add this project to it.

http://www.capedory.org/specs/brochures/CD10_14.pdf

Here is the original brochure from Cape Dory. It shows how much shear there is.

Thanks Tim for the response. (We spoke yesterday about a Bristol) I believe the original wood gunnel on the Cape Dory was teak. What wood would be easier to bend? I'm not opposed to building a steam box for the job. I doubt any heroic measures were undertaken to install the rail on that dinghy to be...

I could use some advice on how to replace the wooden gunnels on a Cape Dory 10. I believe they are teak, but are in bad shape having been destroyed by rot and wood boring critters. There is one on the inside of the hull and one on the outside. The issue is that it is a compound curve due to the curv...