Recent content by Fencer21

these are great resources, thanks Mark...

My boat is currently moored on Lake Mead here in Nevada, and I primarily use it for day sailing. Lake Mead can be fun and poses challenges one doesn't get on the open water/ocean. I don't have the time to devote towards maintaining the engine, it has a lot of hours on it, it's used up and...

Hi Folks, I haven't posted on here in ages. I have an 1974 E27, the boat is still in excellent shape, however, I'm fed-up with working on the damn engine all of the time. I want to replace it (A4) with an electric motor, my question is, is this a viable option, if so, who of you out there...

I too have the same problem, I thought it was just me. Hmm, I think I'll give that (squeezzing the shackle it a little) a whirl as well, see what happens.

This is not to say that our E38 isn't a great boat, it is. It just may not be THE correct boat for right now. Man, don't be second guessing yourself like that.:mad: Anyone else ever feel like this? No. I haven't. Okay I lied, I did but only for a minute. Or at least until I went...

I have a 1974 E27, it's in good shape and it wasn't too bad when I bought it. Basically everything I did was an upgrade. It's a real good boat but then again it's my first sail boat ever therefore I wouldn't know how to compare it to anything thing else. Pick the 27' I don't think you'll...

My friend and I both have Ericsons, his is a 32 and mine is a 27. Both have Atomic 4's for engines. Here's the problem: Yesterday out on Lake Mead (here in NV) we had an excellent day of sailing, we were in his E32, the wind was perfect, strong without overpowering the sails. Anyway on the...

Just take an outline of the Ericson logo into a sign shop and tell 'em you want a sticker made out of it. Cost you about 15 dollah...

That's about right... I had read the same thing off of the Ericson 1 E27 fleet (or whatever it's called) from that Bay Area Ericson club. It had listed the vulnerability in the E27 was the area behind keel. Once that area (also known as the sump) is broken the rate at which water is taken on...

Been there, done that Hi Rob, This is what I did, I sent the upper row of life lines to West Marines rigging in California, there they reproduced the lines exactly to specs. Cost: approx. $350. The bottow row I did myself, and it was simply a matter of buying the lines, getting a rigging...

I Feel Your Pain Jim, Last year I hauled my E27 out for a bottom job, the boat yard told me the boat had been previously puttied over with a substance called "red-hand". That stuff had blistered horribly all over the bottom, I thought it was the gel-coat, but they said the gel-coat was...

so I get down and I got my nose in the bilge and the muck and grim (not to mention the smell) is making me gag, and for the life of me I can't seem to find the friggin float switch. This is on an Ericson 27 by the way, even a friend of mine who owns an Ericson 32 is helping me and he can't...

Thanks John, I'll take a look at that this coming weekend. Yeah the connection hose is rated, and I did have a chat with Don Moyer on the phone last month and his primary concern was for me to insure the water was flowing through the engine before mixing with exhaust. In other words he...

The manifold exhaust on my A4 is melting the hose that connects to the wet-exhaust pipe (the one that runs out to the transom) causing the hose to rupture and spew water and exhaust fumes everywhere. I can't figure out whats causing this overheating. Water is ejecting out of the transom so...

I'm gonna take a stab at approximately 40 feet in length. :confused: