Recent content by cityhix

Hello Ericson lovers, we are sadly (hoping) to part with our 1971 E29. https://bellingham.craigslist.org/boa/d/bellingham-ericson-29-sailboat/6940944163.html I will be away from my computer for a bit but can receive emails by phone: finddylan@yahoo.com

Kenneth, Thank you for the link to the Good Old Boat article. It leads me to believe I'm on the right track with the muffler I just acquired and now it's just a matter of shoehorning it in to the limited space I have. I'll be visiting my local stainless welder to see about making some...

True, it's a tight space. Any harm in having a hard connection between the exhaust elbow and the muffler? Currently nursing a bound up lower back.

So I tracked down a water lift muffler from my local sailboat salvage yard and bought it with the hopes of making it work. In my E29, I'm severely limited in space aft of the motor. Our house batteries are located in a fiberglass pan approx 12 inches aft of the aft bulkhead in the engine...

I did find that the section of reinforced rubber tubing just after the stainless elbow was close to failure with delamination of the internal layers. Perhaps the was causing an obstruction preventing full evacuation of exhaust gas and raw water? So I shut the motor down and a hose full of...

I removed all of the exhaust system this evening, from the manifold to the through hull in the transom. The system as I acquired it has no muffler of any sort. I have a SS elbow that comes directly off the manifold, rising up several inches and then turning down at 45 degrees, terminating...

I'm confuseed by terminology re: exhaust standpipe. I see products (like the Vetus NLP) that are referred to as a water lift muffler and appear designed to be installed inline after the exhaust elbow (with the raw water inlet). Does this serve the same purpose as a standpipe?

Hello! I have a '71 Ericson 29 with the original Atomic Four. I've been having issues with seawater back flowing in to the exhaust manifold. This has occurred both under sail and at the dock. The exhaust outlet in the transom is roughly at the water line on a starboard tack and 3-4" above the...

Thank you, each and all. I figured that there must have been previous discussion on this subject but I couldn't think of the appropriate search terms! I'm still trying to make sense of what exactly is going on structurally in that area of the vessel. One thing I know for sure is that sleeping...

Hello, fine Ericson stewards! We have recently purchased s/v Spirit, a 1971 E29. The previous, previous owner was active on this site and it was a great help to be able to peruse his postings over the ten or so years that he owned it. I'm still benefitting from a number of diligent repairs...