Recent content by Mike.Gritten

All, this is just a quick note to let you know that our beloved Ericson 35 MkII has moved on to a new owner and we have taken possession of our new (to us!) Reliance 44 ketch. Papillon will be berthed at a slip at Canoe Cove marina in Sidney, BC for her new owner Vivian and her daughter...

Dan, You can't get rid of me that easily Dan! I don't think that Sean is revoking my membership here and until he does, I will still be hanging around. I have a LOT of work to do on Wanderlust V, mostly cosmetic, but there is a nasty chainplate attachment issue that I have to deal with. I...

SOLD! Okay, I just got a call from the broker...the deal is done! Papillon is sold. Hazel, the new owner is from Quadra Island up close to Campbell River on Vancouver Island, is taking possession of her on the 31st of March. We will close on the new ketch the following day or so. I will keep...

Dan, I guess that's one way to look at it! ;) Loren, the soon-to-be-daughter-in-law is quite the sailor having sailed dinghys and done chartering with friends over the years. My son, however, is a different story! He likes the idea of boating, but has a terrible issue with motion...

this is not what we like.. the engine location behind the ladder works great for us. It is not really quiet either, but it works! The space allows for bigger alteranators, etc. Also we have our house band in the same space that the mid-engine is mounted. keeps the weight in the center of the...

Ours has a factory westerbeke diesel. I don't think they put the diesels under the settee where the A4 goes. It works fine for us! BTW, looks like it's sold!

Sean/All, the dates just don't work for us this year for the rendezvous. I am out of town the last week in May and then my son is getting married on 27 June, so we just don't have the vacation time left after that. Plus, all our financial resources are tapped out being used for the new boat...

thanks, Loren, Kind words from the captain of a vessel as pretty as Fresh Air! We (our broker has done all the work!) have shown her to 5 different potential buyers, all of whom commented how nicely set up she was. The lady who visited her from Quadra Island this last weekend, however, is...

This can be a very complex issue, not easily answered in this forum. Buy/read Nigel Calder's book and it gives excellent advice based on many different scenarios. There are many safety issues to be addressed, and I found the book to be an excellent guide and I now have a system that works how I...

Excellent advice! CO monitors are inexpensive insurance and take the guesswork out of the equation.

I have often thought of doing exactly the same thing, Sam. I have a friend who follows this program but with the 2000 watt version from Honda. He claims great success!

Loren, when we were going through this discovery phase before we purchased our Espar system, we made the same observations you are noting. Our boat came with a VERY old Wallas kerosene forced air furnace installed and my first thought (being a cheap ba*tard) was to try and have this fixed (It...

We always leave ours open (as discussed in another thread recently). We replaced all the hoses a couple of years ago and check the seacocks regularly as per John's regimen.

You are correct - the aft cockpit scuppers both drain into lines that "tee" into the forward cockpit drain lines, which in turn drain through the P/S throughulls.

IIRC, there is NO mast rake on the E35. Check the manual and specs in the documents section on this site.