Recent content by LunAzul

salt water frozen winches we bought this e 23, now LunAzul, and have been restoring her and sailing her for three seasons, the "frozen winch" starboard was nothing more than a broken spring for the ratchet which looked like a safety pin so I found a safety pin comparable in size snipped off...

Keel Fell OFF !! Ok ,But wait... I own a 1968 MkI and some of the keel bolt nuts when I look forward under the access panel into the bilge are very rusted and splitting. The others are still coated with fiber glass with minor cracks. Is this happening from water coming in from above through...

MkI 23 Beauty "Defiant" Good Eye!! We also own a 1968 MkI. LunAzul giving her some TLC since her days in the salt west coast. Love sailing her and want to share info with any MkI owners!:egrin:

Bowsprit for 23 mkI Hi Mark, Thanks for the reply and information.! This is Doug and Sharyn and we are still getting ready to share photos and info of our boat. We are land locked in NM but have some great sailing and wonderful people with a marina/yacht club/PHRF races just Good sailing...

We recently purchased this boat from a previous member (see Skank Bottom). After re-doing standing rigging and dealing with a bad impeller and some other things we had some wonderful time sailing her on a windy lake in Northern New Mexico actually setting a way too big spinnaker w/out pole...

Here is our "landlocked" '68 Ericson 23 M1 at Heron Lake in NM. If you ever helped "rbonilla" with his project, this is the same boat - we bought it in June 2010.

OK Mark, Coaster blows me away! I like the sprit but the interior work leaves me drooling! Maybe I can bring LuAzul close to some of your expertise. Thanks for sharing, Doug