Recent content by Roger Ware

Smaller, Newer, Faster Hi Brian, you are right about the boats and APs. After an operating system upgrade in my second season mine has worked very well. Its too much boat given my family's relative lack of interest, hence the smaller, newer faster mission that I am on.

Happy New Year to you too Hi Seth, great to hear from you - I am looking for something a bit smaller, a lot newer, and a bit faster. I would like my sailing life to be less about projects and more about sailing! Because of the "newer" criterion, it will not unfortunately be an Ericson. Not sure...

My 1989 Ericson 38 200 is for sale. It is listed with Swans Brokers in Toronto, but can be sold privately. Some upgrades and features are: new (2009) teak and holly sole ST8001 autopilot new (2006, 2007) ST60+ wind and speed standard horizon CP170C at helm all instruments synced through...

sold I am afraid Sorry, I am afraid that the bimini is sold. good hunting, Roger

Thanks Thanks again Morgan, now I just have to get into a position where I can actually make that trip! Cheers, Roger, Kingston, ON (getting ready for launch)

Thanks for the helpful information - Morgan, just to be clear (and I am not in fact about to take this trip in the immediate future) - a Canadian reg boat with a Canadian crew could happily depart from a US port to Cuba and return to the same port without undue harrassment? On the tourism...

Someone on this list knows the answer to this, I am sure. What is the current legality of a US registered boat and US skipper making a (strictly tourist) trip from Florida to Cuba? How about a Canadian crew in the same (US registered) boat? How about a Canadian crew in a Canadian reg'd boat...

Could you put me down for a flag also, please? If you have any available. Need to know how much and where to send $. Thanks very much. Roger Ware Ericson 38 200 "Starlight II" Kingston, ON

Large Bimini, complete with SS frame, Hemlock Green Sunbrella, from Ericson 38, excellent condition. Aproximate dimensions 10’ wide X 6’ long. $200. Johnson Marine Lifeline Netting. Safety Netting designed to be wrapped between lifelines to keep small children on board. Two packages each 2’ X...

simpler solution? I very much appreciate all the suggestions, but I wonder, instead of all the complex siphon break arrangements that have been proposed, or the check valve which seems to come with its own baggage, why not just close the bilge thru hull (which I will need a valve to do) when...

and meanwhile, back to the flood ..... Both cockpit drain hoses seem very sound and free of leaks. I ran water down them while I looked at them through the stern lazarette, and not a drop of water escaped into the boat. In fact, the whole stern section of the boat seems noticeably dry, there is...

two likely candidates Steve, thanks for all these great thoughts - I WISH that I had posted this SOS two years ago when my newly installed teak and holly sole actually looked new and was free of water damage. When you say direct a hose at the cockpit drain hose do you mean - at the drain, from...

Reply to Frank Langer Frank, thanks for all the thoughtful idea. I can address most of them, which by process of elimination ...... 1) no water gets in at all when the boat is at rest, horizontal (true only since I fixed the keel hull joint 2 years ago) 2)not sure how many hoses are vented...

My Ericson 38 200 has the following alarming characteristic that I have had to deal with at least once in every one of the 4 seasons I have owned the boat. When I sail my boat in more than 15 knots of breeze, and the boat is heeled at greater than (as a guess) 40 degrees or so, it fills up with...

Check out the Fastnet Tracker at http://www.eventserver.co.uk/raceplayer/playertest.aspx?app=oce&event=50&typ=E In my experience these race trackers rarely work, and never work well. But this one is pretty spectacular. Cheers, Roger Ware Kingston, ON Starlight E38 200