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E-28+ Universal 5411, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
1983 Ericson 28+ "Ruckus"
Hello all,
It is a bittersweet moment, I will be parting with Ruckus as she is going up for sale. I am looking to move up into a larger boat.
Most of my photo files were to large for this site but I have included links to ads that have more photos (of interior and on deck) and can provide more upon request, in the meantime, enjoy some photos of Ruckus under sail on our adventures together!
www.usedcowichan.com
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I found this was the perfect starter boat to cruise and explore the Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast and Broughton's on weekends or for weeks at a time.
She is in condition to immediately sail and cruise.
She loves to be under sail, often outpacing boats larger than her. She's very light, maneuverable and manageable for a solo sailor or couple with all lines led aft to the cockpit and a new Tiller Clutch installed, allowing periods of hand free steering. She has a new genoa with only one season of use on it. Ericson's are strong, well-designed boats with excellent reputations.
Her engine is incredibly economical and efficient, sipping fuel.
Previous owners have brought her as far as the remote and stunning Princess Louisa Inlet, and over several summers I have brought her through the Gulf islands and up part of the Sunshine Coast as well as serving as a functional liveaboard.
Her cockpit is quite large, allowing day sailing with 4 or more people, her interior is airy and open with warm wood and light coloured cushions.
She has 4 fixed portlights, 2 opening portlights with built in mesh screens and a massive forward hatch, which allows you to stargaze while lying in bed, and funnels airflow through the boat on hot days at anchor.
The companion way hatch is custom plexi, which adds natural light, opening the space. There is also a double quarter berth, which serves well both as a guest bed, or a storage "garage".
Since owning the boat from Fall 2018, numerous upgrades have been made including: new foresail, new anchor and chain, new hot water heater, entirely new plumbing, new wiring, new solar controller and inverter, new batteries and more. She has been used and loved, but after learning and adventuring extensively on her for the last few years, I will be upgrading to a larger boat.
Boat last hauled out in 2020, where I spent several days sanding down years of built up antifouling, and reapplying much smoother coats, and installed zincs, replaced through-hulls and polished the hull. Hull inspected by diver this August and cleaned in the water, boat will require new zincs as they were knocked off in cleaning process.
The boat is ready to be used and enjoyed immediately for the last part of the cruising season, and off-season sailing. You can call, text, or email me to set up a viewing at 250-882-2595 or mel.dixon77@gmail.com
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Length: 28' 6"
Beam: 10'6"
Draft: 5'
Displacement: 7500lbs when empty
Engine: Universal 5411 (11hp)
- full inspection and repairs 2019 by Gartside Marine
- new head gasket (2019)
- heat exchanger flushed (2022)
- glow plug shunt (new 2019)
- 3 blade prop (Campbell Sailor)
Sailing:
- 7/8ths fractional rig sloop
- SA/D ratio 17.68
- new Tiller Clutch X (2022)
- 2 self tailing sheet winches, 1 non-self tailing halyward winch on cabin top
- adjustable backstay
- tiller refinished (2022)
Foresail: UK Sailmakers (2021)
- 110%
- 2 "reef" points with foam luff pad, reef patches, Sunbrella UV cover
- roller furling
Mainsail
- fair condition
- 2 reef points
- lazy jacks
Anchor System:
- Rocna 10kg anchor (2020)
- 75' G40 chain, >300' triple strand rope
- secondary anchor = danforth
Plumbing:
- entirely new plumbing (PEX tubing, sharkbite fittings) (2022)
- new plastimo water bladders 2022 (100L under settee installed, +50L ready to install vberth)
- new freshwater pump (2022)
- head faucet with shower hose built in (2022)
- new hot water heater (heats via 100V AC/shore power and engine)
- water filter attached to foot pump (2022)
Electrical:
- Victron 75/15 MPPT Solar Smart Charge controller with bluetooth (2019) with 80W solar panels mounted to cockpit rail
- 500W inverter (2019)
- Victron battery monitor (2019)
- most electrical wiring replaced with assistance of marine electrician 2019/2020
- LED interior lights (2019)
- custom electrical panel with new switch boards (2019)
- new batteries (2022)
- ACR
- 12V and USB chargers installed 2022
Navigation:
- Lowrance GPS/radar dual screen unit mounted in cockpit
- GPS has navionics SD card with all local charts
- Lowrance radar on custom aluminum post
- Standard Horizons depth sounder
- VHF radio
Safety:
- all bronze seacocks replaced since 2018, all attached to reinforced hoses, double clamped
- lifesling
- swim ladder mounted on stern
- fire extinguisher mount in main cabin
- 2x haul-rope bags
- manual bilge pump (cockpit) rebuilt 2021
- electric bilge pump wired directly to battery, bilge pump float switch
- carbon monoxide alarm in main cabin and below v berth
- propane sniffer and solenoid (emergency cutoff)
- cockpit compass
Other Features:
- SIG marine diesel furnace with diesel "day tank" and electric pump (very dry heat, incredibly efficient - 1 day tank lasts approx 3 days running 14 hours a day on low setting)
- 3 burner Force 10 propane stove/oven, gimballed
- Magma cockpit BBQ
- foot pump fresh water in galley
- easy to inspect chain plates
- 12V fan
- fold down settee table
- boat has dodger however stitching needs to be redone - stainless steel bars and hardware and old dodger available either to use once stiching repaired or as template for new canvas
- custom plexi hatch board (2019)
- Hypervent layer under V-berth mattress allowing greater airflow/prevent condensation
- Raritan head - seawater hand pump, attached to black water tank with both a manual hand pump out and deck fitting for pumpout stations (unknown age, can be tempermental)
Hello all,
It is a bittersweet moment, I will be parting with Ruckus as she is going up for sale. I am looking to move up into a larger boat.
Most of my photo files were to large for this site but I have included links to ads that have more photos (of interior and on deck) and can provide more upon request, in the meantime, enjoy some photos of Ruckus under sail on our adventures together!
1983 Ericson 28 + Sailboat
1983 Ericson 28+ "Ruckus" - Located in Duncan The perfect starter boat to cruise and explore the Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast and Broughtons on weekends or for weeks at a time. Ready to sail and cruise immediately. She loves to be under sail, often outpacing boats larger than her. She's very...
www.usedcowichan.com
1983 Ericson 28 +
1983 Ericson 28+ "Ruckus" The perfect starter boat to cruise and explore the Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast and Broughtons on weekends or for weeks at a time. Ready to set sail and cruise...
www.facebook.com
I found this was the perfect starter boat to cruise and explore the Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast and Broughton's on weekends or for weeks at a time.
She is in condition to immediately sail and cruise.
She loves to be under sail, often outpacing boats larger than her. She's very light, maneuverable and manageable for a solo sailor or couple with all lines led aft to the cockpit and a new Tiller Clutch installed, allowing periods of hand free steering. She has a new genoa with only one season of use on it. Ericson's are strong, well-designed boats with excellent reputations.
Her engine is incredibly economical and efficient, sipping fuel.
Previous owners have brought her as far as the remote and stunning Princess Louisa Inlet, and over several summers I have brought her through the Gulf islands and up part of the Sunshine Coast as well as serving as a functional liveaboard.
Her cockpit is quite large, allowing day sailing with 4 or more people, her interior is airy and open with warm wood and light coloured cushions.
She has 4 fixed portlights, 2 opening portlights with built in mesh screens and a massive forward hatch, which allows you to stargaze while lying in bed, and funnels airflow through the boat on hot days at anchor.
The companion way hatch is custom plexi, which adds natural light, opening the space. There is also a double quarter berth, which serves well both as a guest bed, or a storage "garage".
Since owning the boat from Fall 2018, numerous upgrades have been made including: new foresail, new anchor and chain, new hot water heater, entirely new plumbing, new wiring, new solar controller and inverter, new batteries and more. She has been used and loved, but after learning and adventuring extensively on her for the last few years, I will be upgrading to a larger boat.
Boat last hauled out in 2020, where I spent several days sanding down years of built up antifouling, and reapplying much smoother coats, and installed zincs, replaced through-hulls and polished the hull. Hull inspected by diver this August and cleaned in the water, boat will require new zincs as they were knocked off in cleaning process.
The boat is ready to be used and enjoyed immediately for the last part of the cruising season, and off-season sailing. You can call, text, or email me to set up a viewing at 250-882-2595 or mel.dixon77@gmail.com
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Length: 28' 6"
Beam: 10'6"
Draft: 5'
Displacement: 7500lbs when empty
Engine: Universal 5411 (11hp)
- full inspection and repairs 2019 by Gartside Marine
- new head gasket (2019)
- heat exchanger flushed (2022)
- glow plug shunt (new 2019)
- 3 blade prop (Campbell Sailor)
Sailing:
- 7/8ths fractional rig sloop
- SA/D ratio 17.68
- new Tiller Clutch X (2022)
- 2 self tailing sheet winches, 1 non-self tailing halyward winch on cabin top
- adjustable backstay
- tiller refinished (2022)
Foresail: UK Sailmakers (2021)
- 110%
- 2 "reef" points with foam luff pad, reef patches, Sunbrella UV cover
- roller furling
Mainsail
- fair condition
- 2 reef points
- lazy jacks
Anchor System:
- Rocna 10kg anchor (2020)
- 75' G40 chain, >300' triple strand rope
- secondary anchor = danforth
Plumbing:
- entirely new plumbing (PEX tubing, sharkbite fittings) (2022)
- new plastimo water bladders 2022 (100L under settee installed, +50L ready to install vberth)
- new freshwater pump (2022)
- head faucet with shower hose built in (2022)
- new hot water heater (heats via 100V AC/shore power and engine)
- water filter attached to foot pump (2022)
Electrical:
- Victron 75/15 MPPT Solar Smart Charge controller with bluetooth (2019) with 80W solar panels mounted to cockpit rail
- 500W inverter (2019)
- Victron battery monitor (2019)
- most electrical wiring replaced with assistance of marine electrician 2019/2020
- LED interior lights (2019)
- custom electrical panel with new switch boards (2019)
- new batteries (2022)
- ACR
- 12V and USB chargers installed 2022
Navigation:
- Lowrance GPS/radar dual screen unit mounted in cockpit
- GPS has navionics SD card with all local charts
- Lowrance radar on custom aluminum post
- Standard Horizons depth sounder
- VHF radio
Safety:
- all bronze seacocks replaced since 2018, all attached to reinforced hoses, double clamped
- lifesling
- swim ladder mounted on stern
- fire extinguisher mount in main cabin
- 2x haul-rope bags
- manual bilge pump (cockpit) rebuilt 2021
- electric bilge pump wired directly to battery, bilge pump float switch
- carbon monoxide alarm in main cabin and below v berth
- propane sniffer and solenoid (emergency cutoff)
- cockpit compass
Other Features:
- SIG marine diesel furnace with diesel "day tank" and electric pump (very dry heat, incredibly efficient - 1 day tank lasts approx 3 days running 14 hours a day on low setting)
- 3 burner Force 10 propane stove/oven, gimballed
- Magma cockpit BBQ
- foot pump fresh water in galley
- easy to inspect chain plates
- 12V fan
- fold down settee table
- boat has dodger however stitching needs to be redone - stainless steel bars and hardware and old dodger available either to use once stiching repaired or as template for new canvas
- custom plexi hatch board (2019)
- Hypervent layer under V-berth mattress allowing greater airflow/prevent condensation
- Raritan head - seawater hand pump, attached to black water tank with both a manual hand pump out and deck fitting for pumpout stations (unknown age, can be tempermental)
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