Recent content by seabreeone

Thank you all for your excellent advice . You confirmed what I did not want to do or hear. Pull the mast. However since it looks like I must pull it. I will repaint and rewire it? I am in a dilemma. I am 62 I have owned a sail boat since I was 17 . Bought one to live on and go to college, He in...

My Ericson 35-2 . Both my main and jib sheaves are frozen solid making it almost impossible to raise the main. Jib is on roller furling when I took jib sail down to clean it. It also was very hard to raise. I had one guy go up the mast and he sprayed pb blaster on sheaves and could brake them...

I always wanted to anchor in Little Cat harbor. Took a Zodiac there, Had a great time, but never my boat to anchor for a few nights. Have you ever anchored at little Cat? if so please tell me about it.

My son and I did our first trip to Avalon Catalina for this year this past May. Sailed over in 20 + cold head winds, overcast and large confused seas. Once moored on the island woke up to incredible nice weather for the following 5 days. 79 + degrees blue skies. Had a great time. going home 5...

Heat gun Had a issue with my headliner falling down and last owner didn't do anything about it. I bought a heat gun from Harbor freight for like $20.00 or less. I heated the liner up very hot but didn't burn it and was able to stretch with ease. Stapled it and as it cooled down it fell into...

Water tanks My holding tank is 13 gal. Also has macerator to dump at sea. Fresh water tank is under V birth. I try to always carry 50+ gal of fresh water. 30 Gal. in the tank that we use for cleaning and rinsing off. Two 6 Gal. Jerry cans on deck and bottle water, beer and soda to drink. We...

engine placement under stairs I have a 1978 Ericson 35. It is the dinette model and has a Yanmar 2qm20 under the stairs. I like this set up, very easy access to the engine. My holding tank and a spare battery are under the dinette seat.

Yesterday we were on the boat it was a beautiful 78 degrees. Today it is a bone chilling 66 degrees... They say it may get colder???? I can't wait for summer....

engine and trans. I have Yanmar 2qm20 Kansaki trans 2.14 ratio 1" shaft.

more prop If anybody has played around with different prop sizes and pitches please if you can share your findings with me I would really like to hear what you found out...Thank you..

Trans and props My yanmar Manuel. It says do not put Kansaki transmission (cone type) in gear. forward or reverse when sailing or serious damage will occur and void Yanmar warranty. It has been out of warranty for years but I had it rebuilt last April, $2400.00 not cheap at all. the parts...

Mark 2 Yes my boat is a Ericson mark II. typo, Thank you for catching that. I have seen threads on the Mark 3 boats but not many on the Mark 2. With my transmission it is recommended that it stays in neutral when sailing. Or to have a shaft brake installed to keep shaft from spinning and to be...

Last owner installed a 14 RH 14 2 blade prop on my boat. a Ericson 35 mark II. I have a Yanmar 20 HP diesel. I want to change out props to a another 2 blade or maybe 3 blade. If you have a Ericson 35 Mark II and know your prop diameter and pitch please share it with me. So I can make a decision...

Cng I have CNG on board. I like it. Send Force 10 a email with the model number and they will tell you what you have. Great company and good public relations. They quoted me $10.00 each to change the orifices over to propane. But after looking at the price of a propane tank and locker and etc...

Just running the Yanmar