Recent content by mdgann

Sails: Main and 3 foresails 1-180% 2- 150% 3- 110%. Masthead spinnaker (Blue), pole and rigging. Instruments: depth, speed, windspeed. Trailer: bearing buddies - new bearings 2005. 4.5 mercury outboard, 6 gal. tank. Danforth anchor, 10 ft. of chain and 200 ft. nylon rode. VHF radio. All...

Mk 1 sails It looks like you have Mk 1 sails that do not fit. I am not sure of the year of the change over, but the "I" (deck to top of mast) measurement on a Mk 1 is 26.5 and Mk 2 is 29. The "E" or main foot measurement is 9.5 on the Mk1 and 7.5 on the Mk2. They have a similar area, but...

E23 owner I've owned my E23 fixed keel for about 5 years now and have found it very nearly bullet proof. With so few systems, not much to go wrong. It sat on a trailer for 4 years before I found her and cleaned her up. I've probably put $2000 into her now and love the boat. There is a...

Thanks for your reply Seth. I was beginning to think that no one cared :boohoo: Maybe it's a size thing. Less than 30 feet, who cares. Anyway, I think that I will do it. I have not done this before, but I would suppose that it would be critical to get the shape symetrical and would even...

My 1976 E23 MK II has a montrous slab of mahogony (sp?) for a rudder. Last Saturday as I was enjoying a 10 knot breeze, sailing at about 4.5 knots I had to raise my voice to be heard over the noise of the water going around my transom hung rudder. The boat balances very well, so I was not...

Thanks for the suggestions. The noise was the dinghy bumping into the boat. The anchor idea is a good one that I will definitely try. I was in about 12-15 feet of water with about 15 feet of painter between the aft stbd cleat and the dinghy. It was like there was a magnet in the boat that...

I just have come back from a week anchoring out on Bear Lake in Utah. I used a D5 dinghy that I built and am very pleased with it. But... how do you tie it up to the boat at night. I tried several techniques and am not completely satisfied with any of them. I first tried just the painter and...

Keel format Bob, My experience has been with only 2 types of keel formats. My E23 has a fully encapsulated lead keel that was "built in" to the hull. In other words, they built the hull around the 1100 lbs of lead so that it is fully integrated with no seams or keel bolts. The other format...

Thanks, quick reply Thanks for the info Loren. I was born and raised just North of Portland outside of a small town called Toutle by Mt. St. Helens. I now live in a desert and crave the green of home. Also the water. The reason I like the integrated keel is that I have had some experience...

I love it that the keel on the E23 is an integral part of the hull. I have a fin keel 1976. Do any of the other smaller Ericsons have the same set up? Also, how was it manufactured this way. Did they have a casting that they just roughly shaped and then enclose it in the hull molding or was...

E23s for sale About a week ago there were 3 E23s for sale on EBay. One was in Wisconsin and the other two were in Texas. One in Dallas and the other in Austin. I am a 1976 E23 MK 2 owner and can highly recommend the boat. The ones on EBay did not sell so the owners may still have them. I...

spreader base Two years ago I had the same experience with my E23. I am told that they used the same mast extrusion for E23, E25 and the E27. I searched high and low for about 6 months trying to find a replacement. Many suggested that I go with a round tube set of new spreaders. I like the...

bottom prep Bob, Here is some of the basic fluid dynamics behind the bottom prep game. There are two forms of Drag that apply here. Form drag or pressure drag and skin friction or viscous drag. Form drag is due to the basic shape of the object in the fluid flow (the hull in our case)...

water tank Sven, My E23 MK2 has a tank under the cockpit up against the bulkhead as you describe. I keep mine empty because of the weight it adds to the back of the boat. Mine is strapped in with 2 perforated metal straps, but it sits on a glassed in platform of plywood. I cannot remove it...

Good Job!!! I love it whenever I hear of someone with initiative and creativity. It is kind of synonymous with sailing isn't it? Doing things with ingenuity. I especially love beating the system. I am a zero budget sailor and probably enjoy the sport as much as some spending thousands of...