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    Help, Crack on Bow!

    It's called a Stemhead / stemhead fitting. When I removed my stemhead it was fastened to the forecastle by wood screws. Didn't seem appropriate for the expected tack loads but hey ymmv.... It was quite dry at that point, so I just filled the holes with epoxy and hung the stemhead on the...
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    Why Are Ericson fixed Portlights tapered?

    I think the original design was a (brilliant) aesthetic that allowed the tops and bottoms of the portlights to perfectly parallel the horizontal line molded into the top of the cabin sides and the line of the deck sheer. Unfortunately it's hell for us replacing things. Very recently (weeks...
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    Compression post and bulkhead fix?

    Honestly, that doesn't look that bad to me. :) I've dredged up some of my photos to share of what mine looked like when i got it. Forward, mine had a hole cut through the tabbing in the trough to the left of the ballest-hump that allowed the wires you can see in the photo of it to go through...
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    Seeking Input - Hull Repair

    Having filled a few holes.. I lay up a few layers of biax on plastic or in a paint tray liner big enough to cover all the holes with ~1" overlap, then pick them all up, wet, and drop them on top of the holes like bigd14 suggests. Let them tack enough to provide some backing, and then go to...
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    Compression post and bulkhead fix?

    I found the hull # written on the bottoms of the plywood-backed cushions, and someone on the forum clued me into the fact it's stamped on the rudder-head bearing in the cockpit (if you have a tiller-steered model, at least..not sure about the wheel models) Re: the decks...honestly, the top of...
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    Compression post and bulkhead fix?

    Hi RS64, I have a 1971 E-29 I am completing a major refit on (mine is #8 -- what hull number is yours?). That's a really interesting way the wires are running, with someone having cut directly through one of the molded in liner-stringers, then routing through the plywood. I'm not sure I'm a...
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    Thickening epoxy with 406 colloidal silica

    Double-ditto on the respirator/good quality mask. Silica is worse than fiberglass in the lungs. It'll kill you, long and slow like. I used to use doubled up tongue depressors, but on larger batches I kept breaking them and even if i didn't, the epoxy that got between the sticks always...
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    Thickening epoxy with 406 colloidal silica

    I use quart-mixing cups and wooden paint stirrers for anything more than two pumps of epoxy. Also, since the silica floats on top, I use a very slow "submerge"/push the silica down method until the silica is wetted out (ie not floating away with every puff of wind). So, 1) mix epoxy and...
  9. sanding.. glassing.. fairing... sanding... fairing... sanding... fairing....sa....

    E29 sanding.. glassing.. fairing... sanding... fairing... sanding... fairing....sa....

    So continuing on last entry, here is a bit of a collection of imagery from the still-not-completed transom. I won't storyboard this one so much, but there are some interesting facets to cover -- one of the annoying construction details of the Ericson 29 is back upper edge of the transom...
  10. I'm not a cutter..

    E29 I'm not a cutter..

    But I really hate climbing over the side of boats from the dock. I’m sitting here at the lake, writing this from my Macgregor 26s, waiting for the wife and slip neighbors to get up before we go sail to one of the coves and raft up for the night. When we got to the boat last night, she started...
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    Need ideas on paint for my boat

    Majr87, that is clearly peeling paint, and an excellent poster child for sanding down or fairing the existing nonskid pattern before painting over it. I have a '71 E29 Tall that I am refitting, and my plan is to aggressively remove the existing nonskid pattern with 50 or 80 grit and then paint...
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    Potential interferences between SSB and Raymarine autopilot EV100 - what's your experience?

    Hi MCD. I don't have particular experience with an autopilot being interfered with by an HF(ssb) radio, but I do own both an EV-100 (tiller model) and have owned/operated a lot of HF and VHF/UHF radios, (as well as some pretty powerful compact MPPT solar installs, including in a small boat next...
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    2019-2020 Fund Raising Season Now Open!

    Impossible to say how greatful I am to you, this site, and this community. Thanks Sean!!! --Sean :cheers:
  14. Doors are cool.

    E29 Doors are cool.

    So eagle-eyes toddster noticed that I was building a box instead of a head. :egrin: The astute would see the batten I added to the bottom to allow it to drop down enough to get it out of the slot in the cabintop. This was routed with a roundover bit (later on) to match the inside-curve of the...
  15. More interior work

    E29 More interior work

    The new main bulkhead was primed then painted with a high-gloss interior-exterior kitchen and bath type acrylic paint. The reasoning is that paint should be the hardest and least porous "economically sustainable" paint, hard enough to sand without gumming up the paper and easy to keep clean. I...
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