Recent content by Baslin

That’s awesome! Exciting plans for the future it sounds like. Our 38 has proved to be a solid choice even for offshore sailing. Quite a tough boat and fast in light air

Hey there that’s us! We left Texas back in Nov 2021. We are headed to Panama and through the canal. Probably head to Panama in a week or so from Jamaica

Although I know it isnt always possible or safe, I find it much easier to fall off the wind to furl the headsail

Thalassa what model Ericson do you have?.....We have an 83 E38 and Our water tank vents are shared between the bow and stbd setee tank. They drain into the head sink through a spicket.......If we run our tanks dry, it helps to prime the system with the galley fresh water manual foot pump. Im not...

Neil do you still have your old 3 blade prop?

I put a zinc on my strut just last week. I dont think it would weaken it too much

The pulpit I found had the stanchion bases welded on. There were no slip joints. I have my 4 old stanchion bases still.

I just bought a used one for my E38. Its not an exact fit so I'm having to drill new mounting holes for the one I got used. I got a price from railmakers and it was $1500...I bought the used one for $250

I have an ACR. 2 Group 31 batteries wired in parallel for the house bank and a single group 31 start battery. The battery switch is a simple ON/OFF/Combine

We replaced our furler last year and chose the Schaefer 2100. We absolutely love it. I can furl the jib with 1 hand in relative calm conditions. We did all the work ourselves. Schaefer has a wonderful video to follow. I also installed the long link kit to get the furler drum off the foredeck a...

I just replaced our furler and standing rigging last year. We chose the Schaefer Furler. We love it. I would go with Schaefer over Harken

Does your wheel have play "in and out" ??? Or does it have play like Christian mentioned while turning left or right? Our 1983 E38 with the YS pedestal has a drift pin installed into the steering shaft chain sprocket. The pin actually came out on on of our passages and it causes the steering...

LOL Roger That

Haha..... yeah I remember dealing with Don. Very nice guy, but like you mentioned, he's very excited about making rudders still. :) Are you changing to a different self steering vane? We just put a Monitor on our E38 back in October and have been very pleased with the performance.

Christian, I had Foss make me a new rudder in September 2020. My rudder post was bent. Here is the drawing. The rudder fit perfect.