Recent content by aaronwestward

OK, I've reexamined this, and I agree with toddster completely. The metal rails come off trivially. There's no backing hardware, and they're super-easy to reseal etc; it's just affixed with self-tapping screws. On my boat, the middle screws are missing, probably because there's no actual way...

The reason I didn't go this route was that it wasn't clear this would work (I have an additional handrail over the companionway, bolted to the deck.), and it would mean resealing the rails. I figured this was a bigger unknown that partly disassembling the hatch, which I need to refinish anyway.

I tried this without thinking, and realized I had another problem: a previous owner had installed a deck organizer near the mast, which prevents the hatch from being able to slide all the way. So I tried doing it the other way: I removed the screws from the fore side of the hatch too, and it...

My tiller has several pretty serious cracks along the laminate, with some water intrusion under the chipped and aged varnish. I'm going to give a shot at restoring it by removing varnish, regluing, and revarnishing, but I'd like to get a replacement tiller in the meantime, since this might take...

Does an Ericson 27 have enough displacement by USCG standards to be eligable for documentation? Has anyone ever done it?

Our Ericson 27 came with two anchors, the smaller of which has an attached short length of some light chain and has a matching mount on the bow pulpit. They were just sort of chilling in random lockers in the boat. There was also a container with a longish length of twisted anchor rode with a...

Thanks for all the help; I've figured things out a lot better. I'm using a shackle until I can find a proper clevis pin. There was no downhaul or cunningham rigged as I received it. One of the lines in the picture that looks like it might be a cunningham is actually a reef line. There are...

I recently purchased a 1972 Ericson 27. It came in decent condition, with a good set of sails etc, but the seller had never actually sailed it substantially/successfully, so he wasn't really in a good position to explain the rigging. I've never sailed a boat of this size before, so I don't...

I'm looking at buying a 1972 Ericson 27 with a dead outboard. This is apparently a model that came with a factory-installed outboard, but the current dead outboard is not the original one. What type of outboard should I get to replace it with? Most importantly, how much HP do I need? But...