Recent content by Spirit Moon

The chain plates on Ericsons of our vintages, and unfortunately with no new Ericsons being produced we all have vintage boats, are hitting that point in time that replacements are going to be much more common. The previous owner of my boat, a 1980, had a rigging and fabrication shop replace all...

Really enjoy our propane fireplace Photo attached of the propane New Port fireplace on Spirit Moon, E 38. Use it a lot in the shoulder seasons and cool summer nights when cruising the west coast of Vancouver Island.

1980 E38 Shoal Draft for you.

I have an E38 that was re-powered with a Volvo Penta MD2030 in 2004 as part of a complete refit to the vessel. The previous owner did the refit along with a maxi prop. I'm the second owner. The previous owner bought a Liberty 54 to circumnavigate. In any event I haven't had any trouble with my...

This past week I noticed for the first time rusty water coming out for a short period before clearing. Inspection of the bow tank showed a small rust spot on the bottom of the tank and on the side of one of the baffles. I'm in the Pacific Northwest so the boat stays in the water year round...

Same problems I was having and am still having the same problems though my tach doesn't go beyond the RPM I'm running at. It will show what I'm doing and then drops off. After several attempts to fix it a marine mechanic found the issue was as Tom Metzger describes in his post. If I put some...

I noticed a good cruising article about Synchronicity, a shoal draft E38, in the September issue of Blue Water Sailing. The article is titled Kuna Yala and describes Taryn and Stephen's exploration of the San Blas Islands. The owners departed Chesapeake Bay in the fall of 2009 and sailed the...

Quiet running wind generators I have an AeroGen 4 mounted on my E38. It is very quiet to the point you won't hear it until you have 15 plus knots of wind and which point you won't hear it under sail because of the usual noises associated with sailing. You also won't hear it down below at any...

There is an article in the Sept edition of BWS magazine by Taryn & Stephen Toman of the E38 Synchronicity. I tried to find an on line link but couldn't. It is an interesting article of their maiden trip from Baltimore to Bermuda. Stephen is an experienced blue water cruiser but this voyage...

I'm contemplating buying a life raft in anticipation of retiring next spring and doing some extended cruising to Alaska and spending more time on the offshore coast of the Pacific Northwest than the inside straights. Has anyone installed a canister life raft on an E38? if so, can you tell me...

Change in Plans: I had registered and was going to be in attendance but will now be out of the country during that weekend. Sorry to miss it. Have a great time. Hopefully next year. Regards, Frank & Linda Spirit Moon

I think what is inspiring and important about this outstanding achievment is that she did it in a production boat, not much different than our designs. Sure they did some modifications but at the end of the day this is the same hull, deck and rig. This is certainly no custom one design purpose...

I didn't notice any damage to their docks and haven't heard of any. Poets Cove was lucky enough to be located in about the least exposed position it could be. The marinas that did get hit with damage were virtually all exposed to wide open expanses. Some had nothing more than a floating log...

I sailed over to Bedwell Harbour / Poets Cove on the weekend and made my reservation. Looks like there is still a lot of space left.

Frank It sounds like you have things well covered . Being based out of Sidney I've spent considerable time in the San Juans. Sometimes we just sail over to Roche Harbor for lunch, check in with Customs, eat and sail home. The US Customs staff at Roche and Friday Harbor are thorough but very good...