Recent content by Jeff Thornton

The Craigslist posting has been deleted by the author. So I hope the boat has been sold to see the water again!

A guy showed up late to the auction. The auction was very close to the Eastern/Central time line and he said that he was thinking the auction was in central time. He wanted the boat real BAD! So I sold it. Story was the previous owner had just installed the engine when he had a "problem"...

It is amazing how many times I see this scene while driving around. Out in the middle of the mitten (Michigan Lower Peninsula) i find them along farmers fields. Setting there rotting. I have been given and acquired sailboats of various sizes and condition for free and little of nothing be it...

I do not own or have personal knowledge of this boat but found it on Craigslist and about an hour from my home if anyone is interested I may be persuaded to go take a peek for a prospective buyer. Copy and paste into your browser https://up.craigslist.org/boa/5670875646.html 1975 Ericson...

Already thought of that. "Sure check the width. You might be able to find some replacement sheaves that fit the mast. APS carries a handful and the delrin/nylon variety are fairly inexpensive. But the ones there now may work as well. We can make your halyard a little longer in case you run it...

This is what I got from my Rigger- For the halyards we'll need to have a look at the sheaves at the top of your mast and make sure they're wide enough for rope. Often these older boats were originally set up with wire-rope halyards and have really narrow sheaves at the top. If they're narrow...

My sheaves look to be in good condition. My rigger suggested using 10mm and use the existing sheave or swap out the sheaves to go with 3/8. If it is easy enough, I would just order a couple of sheaves if I knew what to buy. He suggested getting sheaves from APS, but I have no idea what size...

I got a little carried away with the power washer and got too close to the halyards. Now a section of my halyard seems a bit.........Frayed or ........Fuzzy. Don't have a picture but about a foot of halyard looks like a caterpillar! I am sure I am not the first to do this, but is there a...

Thanks Frank Thanks Frank but I am good on reading material. Jeff

For the last 72 hours I have been sailing the net absorbing everything sailing related. Even messed with the Harken sailing simulator for a while. Watching reports of winter storm Linus hit on the Great Lakes. Hmmm when did they start naming snow storms? We here in Yooperland just call it...

Some awesome video! You know, I think I had better get a go pro! I LOVE the kite shots and would love to know what kite and how to rig? Drakeparagon did a kite shot with a foil kite, which was a bag kite (compact) but the way it was rigged didn't seem too secure. Let me be a little more...

didn't see ericson in either of the links you posted Christian? Or did I miss them? Jeff

Well, in trying to get through winters grip, I have been prowling the interweb and found two cute channels that feature folks but their adventures happen to occur with their ericsons. One, who also was breifly mentioned on this site but I found him while couch cruising youtube, Wicked...

So, still looking to see if their is any builders information available? Seems like there would be builders documentation of some sort? Jeff

For one, I have two homes on two different of the Great Lakes. But was thinking more of circumnavigating a few of the Great Lakes by taking a long weekend, every other weekend and work my way around a lake over the course of a season. Drive to the boat and sail for a while, have the car...