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Ericson 38 keel drop We spent over 3 K on dropping and then refastening the keel bolts on our 89 Ericson 38-200. This work was done in CA. Prompted by leakage.

35 knots in E Santa Barbara Channel Charlie, Your report sounds sensible. We had our sailmaker put in a 3rd set of reefpoints last year for just this possibility. We also run a 100 % jib on our E 38-200 set on a roller furl. So far we have not yet needed the 3rd set, but for sure the time...

more unhanked jib. Mike, Good points about using the cal 34 working jib as a heavy weather sail. I think what we will try is using a pennant and placing this sail on the furler when we anticipate heavy stuff. That way we can reduce it if needed with just a turn or two. That combined with three...

un hanked storm jib Mike, As you can see at the start of this thread, we too have a E 38-200. Since beginning the thread we have added a 3rd reef point to the main. I am very curious about your experience using a smaller jib just supported at the tack and the head with no hanks or sleave...

heavy weather tactics Having kicked off this thread, I see a number of folks mention the use of a storm jib for going to weather in heavy air. Our version of this tactic is to put up our 70% roller furled jib with a deep reefed main and take a few turns on the self furling device leaving us...

more heavy weather Seth Thanks for your thoughts. Yes there are two issues under discussion. 1. Survival tactics and 2. Going uphill in say 30 plus knots. What I am hearing in this thread is that the use of a jordan series drogue from astern is a good survival tactic. Also noted is...

heavy weather tactics So far folks this has been and educational discussion. Sam, a warp is just a line trailed behind the vessel often in a loop to create drag. I know J Adalard Coles advocates this in his book Heavy Weather Sailing. It certainly will be less work than setting/retrieiving a...

heavy weather tactics Thanks for your tip about the Jordan series Drogue. This looks extremely promising in liu of a sea anchor. Bob baron:egrin:

My brothers and I are in our first year of owning a 1989 E 38-200 and would be interested in how other owners rig these boats for shall we say "more adventurous conditions". Our is a deep keel [6'6"], tall rig model. Currently she is rigged with a Roller Furled working jib [100%] and a full main...

thanks Mark, Thanks for the reply. That sounds sneaky. It turns out that our leak was from the keel bolts. We are rebedding the keel now. Bob b E38-200 Beyond Reason Ventura

keel bolt leak Folks, My slip neighbor just gave me a report that suggests this leak is coming from the keel bolts [no seepage from direction of the engine compartment---water rising about an inch an hour]. I Plan to have our diver make an inspection ASAP and I will soon go aboard and...

Very helpful ideas Gentlemen, I'm very appreciative of your suggestions. We were in fact taking green water on decks and often burying the anchor on this test run. So checking the anchor locker seems wise. Also the mast boot was leaking [now fixed] on that day. That is when we saw the most...

Thanks Hey everybody. Thank you for the fast and useful replies. The food coloring idea had not occurred to me. We will also use our oil pumper to totally drain the bilge and thereby get a better fix on the keel bolts. And I was ready to dig down to the thru hulls for the cockpit drains and now...

Question 1: After a vigorous 6 hour shakedown sail in 30 knots of wind our newly acquired E 38 has developed a hard to track leak that adds an inch an hour of salt water to the bilge level even when the boat is in the slip with engine off and the seacocks closed. The stuffing box and thru hulls...

We are looking for used anchors: a Fortress X 23 [as a stern hook] and a Rocna 20kg or a Manson Supreme 44lb. [ as a main anchor] for our E 38 berthed in Ventura CA. Respond to robert-baron@uiowa.edu.