For anyone interested, I met Darrell Nicholson, editor of Practical Sailor Magazine, last year when I sent the magazine a question related to one of their publications. Darrell and I corresponded, and I invited him to sail with me on NOMAD when he was visiting Chicago. He and his family took...
John Kretschmer wrote a very complimentary review of the E39 and E39B in his Used Boat Notebook in Techline (Sailing magazine ?). I haven't found it online but a slip neighbor gave us a copy. As our neighbor said, it points out that she is a really nice boat ... "but you already knew that"...
Hi All,
I went ahead a acquired five different high output interior 12v LED bulbs for comparison.
I wanted to capture the actual beam width and the light color as best I could. I brought the bulbs home and set them up in my garage to shine on the back of the white garage door. I placed the...
The July/August issue of Good Old Boat Magazine did a nice 4 page article on a 1986 32-3. The overall opinion of the boat was very favorable. Reading the article was like reading an article about my own kid considering we have a 1987 version of the same boat!
One of the other Ericson owners on our dock in Kingston, WA (Dick Smith) said he was a writer for Good Old Boat magazine. He says one day, "why don't we do a review of your boat?" Well, the July issue will run it. :) Dick and I talked about why we owned an Ericson etc and exchanged emails on...
The Port of Los Angeles Public Meeting To Review Proposed Tariff
I was wondering if other LA Harbor Ericson owners were aware of this? I did not know about it until this past week.
THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING TO *REVIEW PROPOSED RECREATIONAL VESSEL REQUIREMENTS PROPOSED...
The new (Feb) issue of Sailing arrived today. Very Fine article on the E-23. Lots of input by one of our own, Bob Boe.
There's even a reference to EY.org, as a source of Ericson information.
Way to go!
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Loren in PDX
This review answered many of my questions, such as the hard steering under power. Sounds like it was written by an experienced sailor. Read on. Jeff Asbury.
Very well built small cruiser. 9' beam and 7000lbs. Modified fin keel with encapsulated ballast and fin rudder. Have a Simrad 3000...