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I have a '70 Ericson 30 slipped at Lake Mead, Nevada. I do not have a boom vang installed and am looking for direction on if the boom is capable of a boom vang and secondly does anyone know the proper measurements? I don't want to weaken the boom and am apprehensive about drilling holes...

Land Locked A quick reply to not only being land locked but watching lake levels. Lake Mead has dropped almost 80' in the last couple of years and where we used to sail before is now a huge rock sticking out of the water. We still have plenty of places to sail but night sailing takes on a...

Mast Winch Filling in the holes and running all the lines back to the cockpit sounds like the perfect answer. Thank you for such sound advice. That is something I was wanting to do for awhile and now is the perfect opportunity.

We were sailing in 15-knot winds on my Ericson 30. While tightening the Genoa halyard with the port side mast winch it started to come out of the mast. We quickly tied off the halyard to a cleat and were able to remove the winch from the mast. Upon inspection we found the bolts holding the...

Lake Sailing Greetings from Lake Mead, Nevada. We have about 110 miles of lake here and the saying is: "If you can sail Lake Mead, you can sail anywhere". It's 12 month a year sailing here and is beautiful on our Ericson 30. Summertime gets a little warm though, up to 115 in August...

4th of July My wife are new to the San Pedro Area but will be on "Gypsy Woman" from the 4th for a whole week. We are new to our E30 but plan to sail to Catalina for a few days. We've heard there is a dock party at Cabrillo but as new comers not sure where to go. Looking forward to any...

I have a 1970 Ericson 30 that I just bought. It has been modified with a Universal Diesel engine with a 25 gallon fuel tank just behind. It is almost impossible to get to the packing gland through the port side locker. Is it feasible to cut a hole behind the port side quarter berth to get to...