Recent content by patrscoe

Interesting - never seen this done in the water as a voluntary decision. Sometimes it is just worth spending some money for a short haul out. Once he started, there was no turning back. I get nervious when I am the hard performing throughhull work and it certainly takes more a few weekends....

Steve, I purchased a S2 11.0a about 14 yrs ago that had micro-pox throughout the bottom of the hull. I recieved quotes from boatyards from $5k to $8k and I ended up performing the work myself. It costs me just over $2k all in but it was hard work. I started sanding the entire bottom of the hull...

Funny - while my sailboat was for sale, I would drive up towards the sailboat to periodically check on her while on the hard and almost every time, I thought how nice the lines of the hull looked and I ask myself, why am I selling her again?…

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When I was chasing down my air leaks (OP), I also investigated the decompression lever. Mine also started in the fixed and 'floating' position but the decompression is when you push it all the way over under spring tension. But I remember there was a different sound of the engine when it was in...

As posted earlier, I have put my Ericson 34-2 up for sale. I am going to drop my asking price and accepting offers. I had an good opportunity to purchase my new sailboat so that is what I did but it was not my intent to upkeep two sailboats but here I am. I am hoping to have my Ericson with a...

Does anyone know what the zipper number / size is for the ceiling vinyl zippers? I had one zipper get stuck and broke, and would like to replace it but it is diifcult to know what zipper size (which are in numbers 1, 2, 3 etc..). Patrick

Have you tried wet sanding starting with 800 and end with 1500?

I have signed on a broker to sell my sailboat starting this towards the end of this week. I am in the process of finalizing a purchase of another sailboat and should be closing by the end of the year. I have completed a good amount of refit, got to know her well and maintain my Ericson 34-2 the...

Yes, it performs well. I have 60' of ht hot dip chain and 120' of rode line. Anchor costs roughly $350, plus new HT chain and hdw. Chain was expensive for a good ht... My 120' rode was existing and was in good shape so I didn't replace it. If you are in a good blow, you can add another line to...

I am selling my Ericson 1988 34-2 sailboat. I will be contracting with a broker after Jan 1st or around that date but will be putting it out here and a few other places prior signing a broker. It is currently at her slip and will be going on the hard the first week of Dec. It is located in the...

Christian: how do you prevent rainwater for coming into the mast?

do you have a picture or exact location of this area?

Has anyone repainted over the molded non-skid deck surfaces? I have this on one of my projects for the winter and spring. There are a few nicks in the non-skid and I have removed some unwanted deck hardware in a small non-skid area and filled in with epoxy, so on. The molded texture is in...