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Ericson E32-3 review in Cruising World

u079721 — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:49:01 GMT

There was a nice review of the E32-3 in the June issue of Cruising World: "Ericson's Lofty Left Coast Lineage"

http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Ericson32.jpg

Cool Easter Island story...

mherrcat — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:52:16 GMT

http://www.thethinkbox.ca/2012/05/10...s-have-bodies/

Good source for a budget gennaker?

Andrew Means — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:52:32 GMT

Hey Folks -

I got a set of quotes on a Reacher and a Gennaker from North Sails, and I was wondering if there are other options of decent quality out there?

Two years of trouble with mainsheet - SOLVED

adam — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:16:28 GMT

Ever since I bought my Ericson 29 almost 2 years ago, I've had trouble with the mainsheet. I've consistently had trouble getting the mainsheet into the cam cleat, and also releasing the sheet from the cam cleat, which felt very dangerous in high winds.

I thought the problem was the angle of the fiddle block. I tried raising the fiddle block, which made little difference.

On Sunday, I got very frustrated again, so I removed the blocks to take them to the local rigger to see if they could help with any sort of solution. I was seriously thinking of adding a mainsheet winch, almost solely to take care of this problem.

But on my way out the door, I grabbed a spare line to demonstrate the problem to the rigger, and the other line went in and out of the cam like butter. The problem vanished.

As it turned out, the source of two years of problems was the previous owner had replaced the mainsheet line with a slightly undersized line (7/16" vs. 1/2").

Problem solved. Lesson learned.

28+, 30+, 30-2, and 32-2 as PHRF Racers?

Pokey — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:56:26 GMT

Hail all,

When I was a young man, it was all about speed. But now...

Well, suffice it to say, toddlers don�t race in the A1 fleet. And these days, much less of my time and income are allotted to sailing.

Now, I'm looking for a boat that will fare well in the C fleet. I'll be racing with Santana 27s, Cal 29s, Ranger 29s, and the ubiquitous Catalina 30, which seems to be the boat to beat.

The rating band for the C fleet is approximately 160-200. I sail out of Long Beach CA, where moderate winds (8-18 knots) and fairly flat seas prevail.

My getting-in budget is $10-20K. All the subject boats fit this budget and rating band.

I'm looking for opinions on chosing an Ericson for racing in PH fleet.

Who's your competition? Can you correct on the Cat 30s?

I'm partial to frac rigs of the 28 and 30+s, but am a little worried that the 30 will have to give the Cat 30s too much time. The 28+ will race them almost straight up, and to me, that match up looks good for the 28.

What's your take?

National flag requirements ?

Sven — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:41:34 GMT

This is not a flag etiquette question but a question of legal requirements.

It's such a trivial question that I was surprised that I couldn't Google an answer right off the bat.

When are you required to fly a national flag ? When you are documented ? When in a foreign country and flying a courtesy flag ? Never ?

-Sven

Mast rigging on my E 27

SeaMck333 — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:14:40 GMT

Hi all, I'm new to this site, but love my Ericson 27 that I sail in the Albamarle Sound and surrounding waters.

One quick question. The mast has a large space for the sail slugs to enter their groove, but it means that when I raise or lower the sail, the slugs rarely make it across the space without falling out. This is inconvenient because my halyards are lead back to the cockpit forcing the helmsman to tail while the deck crew is hoisting and guiding slugs. Inefficient to say the least.

How should I rig the halyard so that I can just raise from the cockpit or at least not be forced to guide every slug?

-Sean

E25 CB with a trailer on Ebay Peoria, Illinois

blessard — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:24:26 GMT

For any one else that is looking for one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...SS%3AUS%3A1123

Looks in nice shape with a lot of the original accessories!

Ben

32-200 galley wiring

Leon Sheean — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:36:38 GMT

In my spring cleaning I discovered a set of wires installed by the factory in the storage locker above the stove. Two gray and one black. They are not related to the 110v duplex nearby. What would these normally be use for?

Thanks

race weekend

thomthod — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:23:19 GMT

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She is not the fastest on the water but sure is purdy! We came in 5th out of 8 boats!

Thom

Blooz Traveler

E29:egrin:

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Life span of glassed in Back stay chainplates

belafonte — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:09:39 GMT

Should I be worried about my backstay chainplates on my E39? As far as I can tell it looks original and being glassed in I can't see or inspect most of it. Has anyone else replaced theirs and if so how did you go around it?
What a great Forum!
Leif

Mast Step Pivot E25

blessard — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:00:44 GMT

Wanted to see if anyone had a Pivoting mast step for an E25 they are looking to sell. Or see if someone would be willing to take a few measurements for me so I can fabricate one?

Thanks

Cove Stripe Logos

C Masone — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:02:50 GMT

Had these made for my boat, can have them made and shipped for $15 a pair to anywhere the USPS let's me mail for $.45. They are 2 1/2" tall. Colors other than white may be more.

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Rigid Vang or not

gadangit — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:18:03 GMT

Hello-
We've been steadily chipping away at my E39 since we bought it in January and are outfitting the boat for long distance cruising. One of the next items is the vang: rigid or not. Most of the boats I've sailed on only had non-rigid vangs and the ones that had a rigid vang I didn't think too much about it. We have a spare halyard that we are planning to use as a topping lift. I have scoured all the posts about vangs and have yet to find the "gotcha" post that seals the deal on spending the extra money on a rigid vang. Is there a point where the size of the boat/main and length of the boom make it silly to not have a rigid vang?

In full disclosure, I have not yet hoisted the main that came with the boat to see if the leech interferes with the toppinng lift and the boat has no vang now...

Thoughts?

Thanks much!
Chris

12V Water Pump

sailingjazz — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:31:12 GMT

I have a 89 E28. The boat has a 12V fresh water pressure water system with a water heater. I think the system should work by turning on the breaker for the pump, the system pressures up, and then the pump shuts off. What happens is I turn on the breaker, the pump runs (and pumps water just fine), but the pump does not shut off when I shut the water off.

I have bled the system per the manual, but the pump will not shut off. I have not worked with one of these pumps before. First, the pump should shut off when the valves are closed, correct? Second, how do you trouble shoot the problem? I assume there is a pressure switch on the pump, but I can't see one.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers
Kevin

Santana
E28
Sandusky Bay

It's all good.