Cape Dory 33
The Cape Dory 33 is an American sailboat that was designed by Carl Alberg as a cruiser, and first built by Cape Dory Yachts in 1980.
The Cape Dory 33 design was developed into the Cape Dory 330 in 1985.
Design
The Cape Dory 33 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with a balsa-cored deck and teak wooden cockpit coamings and trim. It has a masthead sloop rig or optional cutter rig, a spooned raked stem, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel. The boat has a medium-aspect rig, and a wide beam extended well aft. Draft is with the standard long keel. The boat displaces and carries of lead ballast, equal to 42 percent of its displacement.The mainsheet is attached to a mainsheet traveler on the bridge deck. There are five winches for the mainsail halyard, genoa halyard, jiffy reefing and the genoa sheets. Either a Universal diesel engine of or a Swedish Volvo diesel engine of is installed. The fuel tank holds and fresh water storage is.
Rather than a V-berth forward, a single berth is mounted in the port side of the bow, with a seat and bureau in its cabin. The berth may be also converted into a double. In the main cabin are settee berths, including one that converts to a double and a third quarter berth in the aft main cabin, partially under the cockpit and adjoining the navigation table. The head is forward and to the port side and includes a privacy door and shower. The galley is on the port side, at the bottom of the companionway steps and includes a three-burner, alcohol-fired stove. The cabin sole is made from teak and holly.
Ventilation is provided by two opening hatches, one each above the main cabin and the bow cabin, five opening bronze ports on each side of the cabin, and dorade vents.