Recent content by Todd Craig

Sorry for the non-specific Ericson question. I've heard 6volt golf cart batteries can be routinely discharged lower than the 50% one would discharge a 12 v deep cycle battery. Is this true, and how low can you go?

I can't speak for the Ericsons per se, but in the Santana 20 fleet, the wing keels do not point as well going to weather, though they're reputed to be slightly faster going downwind. The wing has a slower phrf rating and no serious competitor would race one, but a good wing sailor can beat a...

Hello, All. What are the differences between the E38, 38-200, and the 381. I believe the 200 has more waterline and a different cabin layout but what are the differences in performance, construction, etc. I've only been able to find a phrf rating for the 38. Does anyone have one for the...

I subscribed to PS for a couple of years. In that time they went from a fairly useful publication of about 30-40 pages to a slim pamphlet of 10 pages or so. The topics they covered were very redundant. After the third or fourth time reading an article on bottom paint, you just lose interest...

Greetings, All. I once read on an earlier Ericson list, that someone had replaced the flax packing on the always troublesome E32-2 rudder stuffing box with an o-ring. Does anyone have any information on dimensions, material, and where to get such an o-ring? I'm hauling out this year and would...

Re: the PS article: What stood out in my mind, was the contradictory nature of the owner's comments. Some said it was a lousy light air performer, some said great. Some said good upwind, some said better downwind, etc. I think the author's analysis was pretty much on target. The...