Recent content by leshthomas

Hey, My wife and I finally got our boat out of the slip yesterday, and I noticed the engine was running at about 200 degrees F, and it crept up to about 210. Is this normal? Does anyone know the normal operational temperature range for an E-29 Freshwater Cooled Atomic 4? We looked in the...

Newby update: Thanks for the advice, everyone! With a lot of help from a fellow Ericson owner (Thanks Harold!) we changed our oil three times, and now the oil seems to be free of water: so far so good. The sink still doesnt drain like it should, but it works. Hopfully my wife and I will have...

Hi folks- My wife and I bought a 1976 29' Ericson recently. The survey showed few problems, we had a compression test done (excellent), and we sailed it a few times with no problems. Then we tried to fill the water tanks. There was a cap that said "water" near the bow on the starboard side...