Recent content by Rolf

While this has been stated over and over, there is nothing sweeter than racing experience hammering this point home. As some of you know, I've been frustrated with Sirius' (my refitted 1979 E35-II) performance racing around the buoys for the last several year which has forced (:egrin:) me to...

CT . . . what will you do with the oven once you remove it? Will you sell it? If so, for how much? rolf

Hmmm . . . to sell or not to sell . . . NOT. All: Thanks for helping me decide on whether or not to keep my Ericson 35-II. I will not sell her . . . unless someone makes it worth my while. She is such a great boat is so many ways . . . however . . .the cool thing is, I also purchased...

How do we contribute? I'm interested!!

Pix of my strip built dinghy . . . See www.compumarine.com for plans

I built my own dinghy . . . It's a 9footer from plans obtained from www.compumarine.com. Attached are some pix. Rows like a dream with Shaw and Tenney spoon oars. rolf

Thanks for the info Seth . . . I'll be doing the "Last Race Race" out of Waukegan to Kenosha (Lemans start :o) ) on Saturday and then race her back on Sunday. I'd love to get you and Greg out on Sirius sometime, but since I'll be yanking her out of the water the next weekend, this will have...

Loren . . . like you said . . I would very much be interested in hearing from Phil and Seth! rolf

Tim . . thanks for the reply! I do have some mast rake . . . but how much is appropriate I can't say. What I do know is that there is some weather helm, not too much, and if I throw in my first reef at ~18 knots . . and my second at 23-24 knots with a 155, and crank on the backstay as the...

All: I have been racing my 1979 Ericson 35-II (Sirius) on Lake Michigan for a few years now with mixed results (2nd place in double handed Queens Cup this year, 2nd Waukegan to Montrose, 1st Montrose to Waukegan, but lousy finishes in buoy races 4-5th place out of 5 boats). I am totally...

Late to the party Is there anyway that I can avail myself of the polars for the E35-II? Please contact me off line at 847-937-1138 so we can work something out. rolf

Captn Dan is absolutely right. I own a '79 E35-II (Sirius, previously Simba, previously Sirius)and have suffered a dismasting as a result of this very issue. BTW, when I removed the old bulkhead I discovered an expertly concealed rotten bulkhead with a 1/4" mahagony plywood lamination. A...

Anyone have these? I have gotten into racing pretty seriously over the last few years and I figure it would be nice to have these for my boat. I'd be willing to pay a reasonable fee (less than the US Sailing charge!) for these to help defray your former cost! rolf

Hi Rich and Buford: I was thinking that the June 24 date was better, or how about the next weekend allowing us to take advantage of the July 4 weekend? If we do June, the later the better, since some people put their boats in on the late side of the month. Also, just because we do one of...