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roller furler On the furler, it turned out to be a jib halyard that was not fair off the upper sheave as it connected to the upper swivel. That, plus the jib halyard was under too much tension. I dropped the jib, and increased the length of wire leader off the lower swivel, which got the foot...

sailing with headsail Our first E was a 1980 30+, in 1985, San Pedro. The joys of a 5 year old boat ! She had the original smaller rudder, which was updated to deeper in '81 or '82. She also did not have a lower bronze rudder bearing glassed in (which the later ones also did). I learned all...

"A few months ago we purchased our E38-200. We're still in the endless process of preparing her for more extensive cruising so haven't had much time actually sailing her but the time we have she performed incredibly well, especially in the lighter air mostly upwind conditions we experienced. "...

Bodega Bay Not sure what your next stop is, north of SF. Bodega Bay is about 58 statute miles north of the Gate, rounding Reyes. Spent a couple of weeks camped there in a VW Westfalia. CG motorlife boat station is there, along with fishing fleet, and good anchorage in the large harbor. Fairly...

Sailing to weather in 30 kts in Santa Barbara Channel We had E38-200 Hull # 231 (sold in 2005). Being sometimes caught in short steep chop in late afternoon coming back from Catalina (to Ventura) with 30-35 kts between Anacapa and the shoreline at Pt-Magu- With a large size harken furler...

My wife and I went through 3 Ericsons (1980 30+, 1982 E38, and 1987 E38-200 # 234). We had the two 38s a total of 10 years. The 1982 is our favorite (#64). I would have bought another older one instead of the 1987 but the bank liked the fact that it was only 12 years old at the time. The...

E38 Rudder Post grease fittings Don, We used to own hull # 64 (E38-1982), and it also had these fittings. When we bought the boat in 1988 in Long Beach, it was a YOUNG six years old, and the fittings were still in good shape, although covered with grime and basically invisible unless you knew...