Recent content by Chip

Update on fixed ports Here's an update, 8 years late, to the fixed portlight problem. I finally bought custom ports from Bomon Corp in Canada. They are custom made, use tempered glass (no hazing.. low impact),and look great. The price was no more than the plastic Lewmar ports. Much stronger...

stanchion replacement I need some stanchion bases, a pair of gate stanchions and a 24" upright. Do you know what brand name these older ones are? I see one may be a newer Schaeffer base. Thanks, Chip Virginia, 1989 E35 MKII

I've dealt with this issue twice. The Lewmar stock sizes won't fit all the openings of the fixed ports. Try contacting tony@selectplastics.com . He's the only authorized lewmar repair facility in this hemisphere and is very familiar with the Ericson portlights. He may have some of these...

Sean, good observations. I don't have ready access to the boat with my camera. (She's 2 hours away and I'm busy with work right now.) I'm, sadly, a somewhat of a long distance sailor. I live at the edge of the mountains in Virginia, and sail on the Chesapeake Bay. The new laminated beam...

aft head bulkhead The problem is at the base of the bulkhead between the head and the holding tank. I'm not sure what you're referring to with "years of high acid waste" in this area. The holding tank never leaked. There is a hose to the holding tank going through the bulkhead. The movement...

Sean, thanks for responding. Unfortunately the untabbing is occurring at the bottom of the bulkhead. At first we thought it was due to the deck flexing from the saturated core and the absence of a complete support beam attached to the underside of the deck. It simply stopped somewhere above the...

The bulkhead aft of the head has twice come untabbed on my 89 E35. the first time was attributed to soggy and flexing deck core under the dorade box. The box was removed, deck recored, and a laminated beam placed under the deck just forward of the mast. Sadly :( this expensive fix didn't seem...