Recent content by Monty Beed

I am looking for someone with an Ericson E35-2 that would let me take pictures of their rigging. I am rebuilding my 1974 E35-2 and the mast was already down when I purchased the boat. I will be in Seattle April 9th and 10th and can stop anywhere along the coast or I-5 on my way up 8th of April...

Looking for someone in Portland, Olympia, or Seattle with an Ericson 35-2 that would be willing to let me take some pictures of their rigging. I am rebuilding my 1974 E35-2 and the mast was already off the boat when I got it. I will be going to Seattle on the 9 and 10th of April and can stop...

Liner Issues If the crack is just in the liner and there are no structural issues above the liner it's no big deal. If you want to repair the liner you will not be able to just fill in the crack. You will have to grind out the crack, bevel the edges, make a fiberglass repair then fair and...

Hmmm Sorry your unit makes noise, mine are virtually silent. They do make a hard wired version that should take care of you power issues if you have on board solar power or such. I live in the Pacific North West and I have been very happy. The batteries can and do ware out and if you run them...

Solar Vents Do not waste your time with the cheap units on ebay. You'll be sorry. There is only one way to go in my book and that is Nicro Vent, A purpose built marine solar fan with battery back up. They come in 3" and 4" versions. I am installing 3 on my E35-2. There is a plastic version and...

Opening ports O.K. the New Found Metals ports I used are the 4x14" in stainless with tinted glass and teak spacers. Here are two pictures. Ports are not installed yet as I am prepping for paint.

Ports I can not remember which ones I purchased to replaced the foward six ports and the boat is masked for painting and all the ports are in the boat. Sorry. If you go to New Found Metals website thay have a listing of ports and optipns with drawings and dimensions. As soon as I can get back...

Inverter issues The automatic charge relay is made by Blue Sea Systems part number 7610. This will automatically take care of charging your house bank while isolating your starting bank from being discharged by house loads. The inverter most likely was destroyed by high input voltage as an...

Replacement ports I spent a lot of time chasing down possible options for new ports. My Mk II had the original LEWMAR non opening ports. I replaced them all with opening ports from New Found Metals. The smaller front six ports will require only a small amount of cutting. It is a strait forward...

Inverter You can safely run your small inverter off your starting battery with the engine running. If you have a seperate isolated house bank it would be better to run off the house bank. If you have a house bank I recomend installing an automatic charge relay to your system in addition to your...

Electric Drive More than likely that was me. I am in the process of replacing the old atomic 4 with a solid nav unit. Solid Nav has since gone of business but there is pretty much niothing that you can't buy to replace anything that may break on these units. The design is robust and maintenance...

Backstay chain plate The backstay chain plate is indeed glassed in. I am currently reftting a 1974 E35 II and since this is the only glassed in chainplate I felt I needed to investigate. I cut out the chain plate and found it to be in excellent shape. What I did find is that during installation...

Rudder Bearings? I just pulled the rudder on my E35-2. Thre are no rudder "bearings" to replace. The top of the rudder shaft fits into the steering head where there is a grease fitting. The bottom portion of the shaft has a fiberglass bushing on the shaft that turns inside the lower rudder...

I have an Ericson 35-2. I am rebuilding every system in preps for cruising. Has anyone installed a bow roller on the narrow bow? Need pictures and ideas. Thanks Monty

Reason for change The chain and cable method takes up a lot of space underneath and the various braces and mounts underneath is a mess. The mounts and braces are made out of steel and they are rusting, some of the mounts have split the fiberglass tabbing. I guess it could be rehabbed but I...