Recent content by Woot17

Where are you or more importantly the jib located?

direct contact is toddwootton at yahoo dotcom

I really like that model and am in the market for a boat that size. I'm looking at a boat on Saturday down here in Florida so I will have to see how that goes. The boat is intended for use in New York/New Jersey in the summer so I am not opposed to traveling between here and there to make a...

Hi. Did this boat sell?

The idea about changing stems from support and parts availability. I looked again and the Barlow 16 winches have been known to suffer from catastrophic failure, which probably was the cause of the Barlow 15 a year later. I am looking for a winch that will be reliable for many years to come and...

I am happy to have donated. Thanks for keeping this resource going.

Hello to all and Happy New Year. I have two Ericson 23-2 sailboats. The 1975 E23-2 has Barlow 16 winches. The 1976 E23-2 has Barlow 15 winches. Has anyone upgraded away from the Barlow winches to something different and preferably still maintained by an operational manufacturer/supplier...