Recent content by MadMax

Thanks for your ideas an advice Hi All, thanks for the input, I have the utmost admiration for all of you single-handers, I'm not one of them yet. My wife and I are a team on our boat, maybe someday I'll get the nerve to go solo, we'll see. What I'm really trying to figure out is how to...

Hi All, after about 40 trips in our E27 I finally put ding on her starboard side after scraping the anchor on the bow of another boat as I was trying to get into our slip. Coming into our fairway, our slip is on the starboard side with a port side tie up. The tide was going out at the midway...

Hi All, we're getting ready for our first official summer sailing season on our E-27 "Variation". We are going to be day sailing mostly, no racing or anything like that and we need a boom vang. I've been looking at the different makes and models and my eyes are now glossed over so I come to...

thanks for the reply thanks for the tips Ragamuffin, I used what the PO used and all went well, the bottom was in much better shape than I thought, better than most boats in the marina for that matter. The marina gang is all set to touch up the spots where the jacks were, I left them some...

Thanks for your ideas thanks for your thoughts guys, I'm going to have the folks at the marina take a look and see what they can do. I think, overall, a functioning legal HT system would be best in the long run both for usage and resale value. I'm not a handy person and don't mess with the...

Hi All, our E27 was built in 1976 prior to the marine pollution regulations so the current system is illegal. We seem to have two choices, either install some kind of holding tank somewhere and cut a hole in the deck for pumpout purposes or go with a portable. We are leaning towards the...

thanks Dave thanks for the tips Dave and Tim, painting went well, the marina is helping with the spots covered by the jacks, no problems, thanks again for your assistance MM

thanks for the reply thanks tim, will do MM

Hi All, I hate to bother you with something this basic but we bought our E27 at the end of last summer, first boat, had a great time on the water, winterized it, got it hauled and covered, the cover's off and now it's time to paint the bottom. Never did that before. The current paint job is in...

Hi All, what's the preferred method for rigging the tackle that comes with Lifesling for hoisting an MOB onto an E27? Thanks. MM

Thanks TRMN8R I feel confident in the surveyor I found, he's going to be doing just about everything with the exception of taking the engine apart and I will certainly make sure all the safety concerns are addressed, thanks again DM

Thanks TRMN8R Thanks for the reply, if you could give me a quick walk through of your survey and what they found wrong and how you worked that into your negotiation I would certainly appreciate it, thanks again. MM

Thanks Loren I'll be at the survey taking copius notes and pictures. The guy doing the survey is Jim Dias. He made this DVD so I feel pretty good that he knows what he's doing http://www.nauticalmind.com/Pre-Purchase-Survey-for-Power-Sail-pr-78674.html

thanks for the reply The owner said the sails were in good shape, the surveyor will take a look at them. It looks like there's a good chance I'll be taking a sail with the owner the day before the survey so I'll get more info then. Thanks for the quick reply, seems like you've got a great...

Hi All, I'm contemplating a 1976 E27. I grew up sailing on Long Island Sound in boats up to 20' and for about 5 years I was on the Marine unit of a shoreline police department operating boats up to 35'. My skills with sailboats with power is almost zero. My skills at taking care of boats is...