Recent content by ndrake95

Hi Mort, I appreciate you posting this as I am the new owner of Firecracker, which has been renamed to Kraken. She's back in Chicago and I'm looking to get her back into racing. My goal is to race her in the 2025 Chicago Mackinac, which will mark 25 years since her last Mackinac race (according...

Thank you everyone for taking a look at this. I reached out to the owner, but he did not know what that was. The yard mechanic thinks it’s actually a SSB communications ground plate. Here is what they said: “We don’t want to call it an access plate as there is nothing to access, as above the...

Hello, I am currently looking into purchasing a 1979 Ericson 34T. I had a marine survey completed and the report came back with a question regarding what the access plate is for (located outboard of the leading, starboard side of the keel). Is this a part of the original Ericson 34T design...