Ericsean
Member III
Some friendly advice, which I learned the hard way.
Modify the box in the quarter berth which hides the port side steering pulley to be removable. Then inspect the connections and tighten, using lock nuts.
I had to do this after the pulley fell off, resulting in the cable dropping off the quardrant, while delivering my new E-38, 1980, hull # 3, from Montauk to Fire Island Inlet. A trip of about 80 ocean miles. We left port at 7:00 am & about 2 hours later, after rounding Montauk in 5-6' sloppy seas with a 15-20 knot NE wind.
PS , check your emergency tillers. When I put mine in place, the vertical post did not rise above the binnacle. When I put the smaller pipe through the hole, it was too long to clear between the stern pulpit & the binnacle, even after removing the wheel. So I couldn't steer with it. No hacksaw on board. I had to attempt to steer with a winch handle through the hole. Obviously my 1' lever arm did not make for fun steering in the ocean, going downwind.
Our local heros, USCG came out & gave us a 3 hour tow back to Montauk.
After removing the teak box, we made repairs in 30 minutes.
Now more fun, since I had previous commitments, had to reschedule the delivery for the next Monday, (day after fathers day). Found a marina, since I was afraid to leave it on the hook unattended for 5 days. When we came back at 6am Monday found a mangled bow pulpit which had gotten caught on pole at the dock in a crazy storm.
Any advice where to get a replacement pulpit? Also, a cheap 3/4 tri radial spin, since the PO lied to me regarding the new spin he recently bought which turned out to be an ancient 1/2 oz radial head. And a good spin pole? Any retired e-38 spin sailors out there who feel bad for me after my tale of woe?
PS Surveyor didn't see the bad steering situation either.
By the way, as usual my worst day of sailing turned out to be great. Noboby got hurt, we met lots of great people especially the USCG crew, whose only advice to us after they put us on the fishing dock at Montauk, was to point us to a bar down the block.
I guess I shouldn't have changed the name!
Modify the box in the quarter berth which hides the port side steering pulley to be removable. Then inspect the connections and tighten, using lock nuts.
I had to do this after the pulley fell off, resulting in the cable dropping off the quardrant, while delivering my new E-38, 1980, hull # 3, from Montauk to Fire Island Inlet. A trip of about 80 ocean miles. We left port at 7:00 am & about 2 hours later, after rounding Montauk in 5-6' sloppy seas with a 15-20 knot NE wind.
PS , check your emergency tillers. When I put mine in place, the vertical post did not rise above the binnacle. When I put the smaller pipe through the hole, it was too long to clear between the stern pulpit & the binnacle, even after removing the wheel. So I couldn't steer with it. No hacksaw on board. I had to attempt to steer with a winch handle through the hole. Obviously my 1' lever arm did not make for fun steering in the ocean, going downwind.
Our local heros, USCG came out & gave us a 3 hour tow back to Montauk.
After removing the teak box, we made repairs in 30 minutes.
Now more fun, since I had previous commitments, had to reschedule the delivery for the next Monday, (day after fathers day). Found a marina, since I was afraid to leave it on the hook unattended for 5 days. When we came back at 6am Monday found a mangled bow pulpit which had gotten caught on pole at the dock in a crazy storm.
Any advice where to get a replacement pulpit? Also, a cheap 3/4 tri radial spin, since the PO lied to me regarding the new spin he recently bought which turned out to be an ancient 1/2 oz radial head. And a good spin pole? Any retired e-38 spin sailors out there who feel bad for me after my tale of woe?
PS Surveyor didn't see the bad steering situation either.
By the way, as usual my worst day of sailing turned out to be great. Noboby got hurt, we met lots of great people especially the USCG crew, whose only advice to us after they put us on the fishing dock at Montauk, was to point us to a bar down the block.
I guess I shouldn't have changed the name!
