Recent content by Joe Benedict

Boat Sold That Lady has been sold!

I may be too late here - I've been otherwise occupied. I have an E29T for sale. I bought a bigger boat and now am the proud owner of 2 boats. It is located at Skipper Buds in Winthrop Harbor. The yard is pretty well snowed in right now. One thing to consider is the availability of a slip...

Rooting around on eBay I came up with several sails for sale which I believe to be for an Ericson 38. Search on the seller ID in the attached to get all of the sails. I contacted the seller and she is not a "sailor." Good hunting!

Maybe Penguin is back in the water and the issue is mute - but after spending the last 3 days on Lake Michigan here are some thoughts. It really depends how you want to use the boat. If getting in and out of a slip or traveling under power to the ocean are an issue, the prop needs to be...

Bought an Indigo prop for my E29T. Works a lot better than the standard 2 blade. You actually have a reverse and generally more "bite" at slow speeds - takes a lot of the adventure out of docking. Max speed still about the same. CDI has also started making their Performance Props again. I...

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After considering several options, I have determined that bigger is better. For the specifics go to http://skipperjoe.home.comcast.net . It runs a little slow so be patient - refreshing helps - think it's Comcast's security stuff.

I feel your pain. I replaced my stock prop with an Indigo 3 blade. It reduces prop walk and actually gives you a reverse. It is nowhere near as expensive as the feathering type but will give you a much improved performance - just think ahead (it isn't a power boat) and use the walk to your...

Anyone know the secret to getting the two halves of the drive unit (old black ring unit) apart? Most of the ones I have seen are so badly damaged that they fall apart. This one wants to live!

Unless the rudder is completely waterlogged, it should float. There's another thread somewhere on the site that deals with this issue.

Sorry - jumping in late here. I had/have the same annoying leak which has had a few sources. The larger leak would only "appear" when there were a lot of people in the boat or on a fairly rough day. The source was the "T" fitting for 2 of the cockpit drains. The "T" is lightly over the water...

Latest from BoatUS This link should get you to the latest on E10 http://www.boatus.com/news/e10_0706.htm

This is apparently a big problem out east - here in the mid-west we have had ethanol for a long time so we are well past the initial shock. The ethanol is being used to replace a very toxic gas additive. Boat U.S. has been following this in there magazine If you know someone who is a member...

CDI/Indigo Prop I bought my Indigo prop last year and had considered the CDI prop but they no longer make it (at least last year they didn't.) The Indigo prop is great and most of all you actually get a reverse.

Well Randy, I guess no one disagrees with the thickness, so 1/8 inch it is.