Recent content by Tazman

1985 Ericson 32 Floor Replacement One of the most challenging and rewarding projects I ever completed was replacing the floor on our Ericson 32. One day my wife was complaining that the floor felt a little spongy. Sure it was discolored from years of marine environment but did we really need to...

Boat show and Oakland Yacht Club We spent the night on our boat Wednesday and attended the boat show on Thursday. We allowed out 12 year old son to miss school to attend the show. What a great day but as always we were pleasantly reassured that we already own the perfert boat, an E 32. Despite...

No reservations needed at Oakland Yacht Club. Just show up and be welcomed. I look forward to seeing many of you there. Have a great time at the boat show.

Stuck Screws I just had a need to access the guts of my boom. Imagine what 21 years of electrolosis (sp) does between stainless steel, aluminum, and a cast product of something. I had to access the boom so I removed it from the boat, thought about options for a long time, and came up with a...

Motor Mounts in M25 I have a 1985 32' with the M25. Two years ago I put on a 3 blade sailor for our travels around SF Bay and the coast. I was very pleased with the vibration reduction and after resetting the tach, pleased with RPMs. I do feel a fair amount of vibration at certain rpms. I was...

I have a 1985 Ericson 32 and as far as I know they are not subject to a blister problem. My boats bottom is clean of anything that could be considered a blister. My experience with Catalina educated me about blisters. I did have a slight crack where the keel mounts but neither I or the surveyer...

Oakland Yacht Club May I suggest The Oakland Yacht Club (it's in Alameda but don't say anything.) They offer a great dinner on Friday and Saturday nights. Food is good, price are reasonable, bar is fully stocked. Their Sunday brunch is tough to beat. Lots of room, few crowds. It is a tough...

Hogin Sails We had Hogin make the sails. Overall we are pretty satisfied. I did not shop around and the sails on the boat were Hogin. The original sails were made by the previous owners of Hogin. I had the new owner, Steve, repaired the sails and treated me well. I got a quote for the jib and...

Hello fellow SF sailer. I also have a 32' Ericson. We are on our 3rd year of ownership and are almost complete with our rebuild. Last winter I put a Sailmaker to work in the off season and saved 20% on a Genaker (Assym) and a 90% jib. The smaller jib in the 30kt summer winds makes a huge...

We really battled with how to mount our Raymarine last year. I did not want anything that distracted from the beauty of the Ericson lines. And I did not want to add a lot of weight up on the mast. I walked around the marina and payed attention to all the boats on SF bay over the season. After...

Baha Haha 2007 We are on for next year. Any other Ericson owners interested in joining us. We were planning to go this year and have the boat ready. Hopefully we can set our landlubber life aside for a month or so. We plan to leave our boat in Mexico for 6 months to a year, using it as a...

Dingy I have two dingys, one that I use as a toy and one when I need serious transportation. The toy is a 8' West Marine with a 2 hp Merc. 2 stroke. The real dingy is a 11' Achilles (sp) with a 15 hp 2 stroke. The dingy has a inflatable v hull and hits 18 kts with 2 adults. During our summer...

I have a 1985 Ericson 32 with a M25. I installed a 15 x 9 3 Blade Michigan Sailor and find that I can hit 2700 rpm. I usually run 2000 rpm and feel that I get good economy, no smoking, and good spead. If I run above 2000 rpm, I still have an overheating "issue" but I believe that it is the head...

Smaller Jib for heavy winds We sail our 32 on San Francisco Bay. Typical summer winds run 25-35 and our 130 was very difficult to sail with. Rolled up a bit and the sail shape was terrible. Soooo we decided to bite the bullet and have a 90 made. Heavy cloth and built for our roller, we are very...

Swirls showing in wax We just hauled Tazman at Svendsens in Alameda to fix a crack in the rudder, install a transducer, have new bottom paint applied and finally wax (two coats) the hull. We experienced the same problem using Collinite wax. This was is very high in Carnuba and is very hard. I...