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My understanding from the PS PDF is that the post was just a short steel (316?) plate. I'm not clear on what is welded to it in the glass and how much cutting back of material is necessary to get the tube out. I guess this is what I was hoping to gain from this post. No doubt. I guess the...

Hi all- I have an 1969 Ericson 41 sloop. I currently have it out of the water and on the hard, for some glass work to the keel. While reviewing below the waterline, we noticed a crack in the glass of the rudder, where rusty drips oozed out on the top 1/3 of the rudder, forward near the post...

Thank you very much Loren!

What material (lead, iron, ???) was the encapsulated keel made of on the early (ie: 1969) E41s?

Hahaha! My partner thanks you - she also told me to look more broadly. With that said, the quick internet search has a lot of speculation. One useful post of another builder asks if it is Iron vs Lead keel - which I do not know. Apparently Lead is repairable, but Iron is a lost cause -...

I came here to post this exact same problem with my 1969 41ft sloop. I am in the PNW and over the summer, it was exceptionally dry - no rain at all. No condensation otherwise. The water was still there all summer. The last haul out, the base of the keel has seeped water out for days. Even...

Hello new the forum, happy to have found ya'll. I have owned a 1969 E41 for the past 3 years. Only now am I trying to determine if our boat has the infamous rudder design [PDF]. I'm trying to determine that by hull number, but I don't know where to find it on my boat. Anyone know where to...