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The other "fiberglass rod" type boom support is the "boomkicker" - these are 1/2 the price of a solid vang and worked very well on our J/30 for years.

Thanks to everyone for all the great info. It certainly is our intention to let the weather determine our schedule, but weather changes, especially on 2-3 day passages, and having that margin of safety is comforting to newbie cruisers like us. So it is good to hear that power isn't generally a...

We (a couple) are looking for a boat to cruise the Bahamas and the Caribbean, and the Ericson 35-III is high on our short list. They tell me we will most likely be doing a lot of motoring (or motor-sailing), much of it upwind, to get from Miami to the BVI's. Most of our research seems to...