Recent content by chappy

Double head rig. Hi Steve, As for where I attach the staysail to the deck. I have a 24" long t-track 1 1/4" wide. it is located centered over the bulked that separates the anchor locker from the v-birth. Other E35s I have seen and also in the Ericson 35 MK II manual a pad eye is located over...

Double head rig. Hi Steven, I have been running a double head rig on Bellisima for the past couple of years. Mostly because it looks cool! Yeah silly but true... As for how I run my sheets for the jib they do cross in front of the staysail. Or between the fore stay and the baby stay. As for...

my two cents I have an E35 mk II. It was re powered with an MD7A before I bought it. Yes I would love more power but I have to say that little diesel cruises right along. In the beginning it was a dog. But the owner before me had not upgraded the prop. Had a 12" 6 pitch prop... top speed on...

Storing lines.... I too store my lines in the lazarette. I have a closet dowel the inside length of my starboard lazarette. About 6" from the hull up high. There are about eight cords about 12" long about 6" apart with a loop on the end. There are corresponding SS screws for each piece of cord...