Recent content by Robert Mann

Our experience in the sunny south, in fresh water, where boats stay in all year is that the best way to treat blisters is as follows. Sand the anti fouling off the bottom, down to bare gell coat. Sand the tops off the big blisters and open all blisters you want to fix up with a spherical...

My E26 also has the sink drain attached t a through hull and the ice box draining to the bilge. West Marine has a Y fitting for garden hose that has shut offs in both of the Y arms. They also have fittings from the garden hose size to regular barbed fittings. I installed this in the supply...

Oddly enough a pure 100% anti freeze mix will not protect to as low a temperature as the 50/50 mix. Bob Mann Wind Warrior '88 E26

Mike Would you plese email the vectorized scan file to me at mann3065@charter.net I talked to the local sign shop, who mentioned the need for this very type of file. Thanks Robert Mann Wind Warrior '88 E26

My 1988 E26 has a tiller that is 45" long, has a vertical rise of 9" (wooden part, measured by putting it on the floor and measuring from the floor to the underside of the forward end) and is 2" x 2.25" at the point where is joins the rudder head. Hope this helps Bob Mann Wind Warrior...

Is there any "magic" in the type of vinyl that should be used for boat graphics and decals? What should one ask for at the local sign shop? Thanks Robert Mann Wind Warrior '88 E26

My 1988 E26 has a tube for the ruuder post. There were several email strings on the subject of rudder repair following water ingress on the Ericson list on Sailnet. I think one of these described the attachment method of the foam core to the post. These emails were last year if my memory...

The casting on top of the rudder post, where the tiller attaches, of my Ericson 26 has cracked and needs replacing. Does anyone know of a source for this part? Also it seems like a good time to replace the tiller, has anyone used one from West Marine? Thanks Robert Mann E26 Wind Warrior

Have any E26 owners (late 80's vintage) fitted a Bimini cover? If so was it custom made or is there an off the shelf solution? Thanks for the help.

If it's spring loaded one would like to presume the decompression release is not engaged when it the natural position. This is the case with all such devices I have seen. The mechanism should operate on the exhaust valve. If the valve is all the way closed then you ought to be able to feel the...

During an attempt to rig a spinnaker halyard, the sheave or sheave spindle has broken. Resulting in the sheave being inside the mast at deck level Does anyone know how the sheave is installed in the Isomat mast on a 1988 E26? Can the sheave carrier be removed from the mast without taking...

It seems like the no 5 wire is the main 12v feed from the battery via starter, thro the ammeter to the keyswitch, from here all switched 12v supplies are taken. I feel there should be a fuse in here to prevent dead shorts in this permenantly hot wire. The 20A fuse in the wire from ammeter to B...

My Universal 12 has needed the starter push button to be pressed several times to get a good starter engagement, while holding the glow button even when new. I've cleaned the ground spots etc, finally I dug into the back of the panel and found the screws on the starter button loose! This...

Strictly speaking, if the engine runs away in the true sense, ie it ingests fuel through the air intake, such as some type of combustable gas or the fuel rack should stick in the wide open position or something in the governor jams, (all of which are possible), stopping it with the compression...

GMaurer is correct the shut off lever moves the injection pump rack to a zero fuel position, shuting off the fuel supply to the pump plungers and hence the injectors. A decompression device operates on one of the valves and opens it slightly relieving compression in the cylinder. If this is...