ericson 25+ 1984 good boat?
Hi, I'm in the market for a daysailor, a few nites and weekends possibly, shoal draft for west coast of florida. I'm a novice sailor, but know how to windsurf, have taken sailing lessons, crewed on boats. I want something safe, a bit on the fast side, cruiser/racer, something maybe to enter club races and get familiar with that venue, not always get last place eventually. I came upon an ericson 25+ 1984 for sale, draft 3'11", wheel steering, roller jib, pics look good, looking at it in person in a few days. It has an inboard diesel Yanmar 1 cylinder in good working order per owner. Owner seems to have everything well documented and seems to keep it in good shape per our conversation.
I'm trying to find out more about this model, what are it's known problems? any problem areas to pay particular attention to? is it a safe boat? fast? ANY info. on this 1984 ericson 25+ would be appreciated.
PS have now seen the boat. The jib is a 150, new 3 years ago so it's in great shape, mainsail is in good visual shape. Problems I see are that there are some gelcoat cracks around the mast base, a circular ring around the mast, I guess it's a little large crack than gelcoat crazing I"ve seen in other boats but I'm not sure it's anything really bad, and also there was water leakage damage at the hatch area, owner says was a one time thing, didn't seem wet inside at this time, chainplate areas looked dry. It has wheel steering and it's a bit tight to get behind the wheel when a bimini is up, is wheel steering a plus or minus in this size boat? How safe is an ericson 25 in general, the boat seems to have been well maintained.
Thanks again for any info.
Doug
Thanks in advance.
Doug
Hi, I'm in the market for a daysailor, a few nites and weekends possibly, shoal draft for west coast of florida. I'm a novice sailor, but know how to windsurf, have taken sailing lessons, crewed on boats. I want something safe, a bit on the fast side, cruiser/racer, something maybe to enter club races and get familiar with that venue, not always get last place eventually. I came upon an ericson 25+ 1984 for sale, draft 3'11", wheel steering, roller jib, pics look good, looking at it in person in a few days. It has an inboard diesel Yanmar 1 cylinder in good working order per owner. Owner seems to have everything well documented and seems to keep it in good shape per our conversation.
I'm trying to find out more about this model, what are it's known problems? any problem areas to pay particular attention to? is it a safe boat? fast? ANY info. on this 1984 ericson 25+ would be appreciated.
PS have now seen the boat. The jib is a 150, new 3 years ago so it's in great shape, mainsail is in good visual shape. Problems I see are that there are some gelcoat cracks around the mast base, a circular ring around the mast, I guess it's a little large crack than gelcoat crazing I"ve seen in other boats but I'm not sure it's anything really bad, and also there was water leakage damage at the hatch area, owner says was a one time thing, didn't seem wet inside at this time, chainplate areas looked dry. It has wheel steering and it's a bit tight to get behind the wheel when a bimini is up, is wheel steering a plus or minus in this size boat? How safe is an ericson 25 in general, the boat seems to have been well maintained.
Thanks again for any info.
Doug
Thanks in advance.
Doug