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Hi all my name is Cynthia I closed the deal two days ago. I am now a boat owner. I live in Long Beach California. Well I am a little confused where to start. My boat is in very good shape but I would like some tips or some web site links to buy cheaper gadgets like the basic light bulbs, cushion...

I'm thinking about installing a bimini top on my 27. Any suggestions on brand and dimensions?

I am setting up a tool kit for my E32-3 with an M25 universal diesel engine. I welcome suggestions as to what that tool kit should include. The engine of course is metric while the rest of the boat is US measurements. If anyone has made a list as I am doing now I would appreciate knowing...

I'm considering a Garmin 640 chartplotter but I'm concerned with the charts provided. I sail Lake Ontario and therefore the version I need is the "coastal" charts version. But this covers only US waters and any trips I take will likely be to Canadian waters. Am I understanding this correctly...

Folks, I am slowly moving around the boat changing incandescent bulbs to LEDs - had started with navigation lights. Next project is cabin lights - and there are a lot of varieties of LEDs on the market, however I am looking for the usual insight from people on this forum to identify what works...

Hi All, we're getting ready for our first official summer sailing season on our E-27 "Variation". We are going to be day sailing mostly, no racing or anything like that and we need a boom vang. I've been looking at the different makes and models and my eyes are now glossed over so I come to...

I have a 1983 25+. The twenty gallon :esad:alumimum tank is orginial. After running the engine a 9.9 outboard for five hours, fouling of the gas filters occured. We have been changed the filters twice and now installed temporay tank with new hoses. This seems to have eliminated the orginial...

I'm looking for ideas for a dinghy for my 35-2. I don't want to have to carry gasoline as well as diesel on board so my thoughts point toward a sail/row type with a capacity in the 500+ pounds range. I'd appreciate any ideas or tales of experience from other members. Al

I don't use the sink in my E-25 very much, just for rinsing out glasses or emptied beer bottles, water for hand washing, etc. What can I add to the tank to keep the water fresh?

Time to repaint the bottom of Penguin. Wondering what my fellow southern california brethren suggest as paint? Seems that products change every few years I open to all suggestion? John

Hello, I just picked up an 18 gallon Tempo tank to replace the original steel tank in my E27. The original tank was held in with a couple of pieces of plywood that were fiberglassed to the inside of the hull and also fiberglassed directly to the tank. It is my understanding that fiberglass...

Perhaps in the maintenance/mechanical and design areas there may be sortation into model or size "groupings". As the owner of an E25 I would just drool over the info/pics of the larger boats but those aren't *as* useful as material that fits the range of boat I have (admittedly I like to...