716Ericson27
Lake Erie Viking
My 1976 E27, in it's 45 years of existence, never had the privilege of any sort of spinnaker setup. Which left a nice blank canvas for deciding whether to go with a traditional symmetrical spinnaker setup or asymmetrical. After much thought and consideration I decided to go with the asymmetrical and put the effort into finding and installing a proper bowsprit rather then pole, track, topping lift, guys, etc. required for the symmetrical. Well here you have it. An E27 with a retractable bowsprit! Still have not had the opportunity to fly the spinnaker, but was too excited to not share ahead of its working load test. Hopefully the pictures will explain themselves, but if anyone has any questions or thoughts I can provide more detail. Bowsprit is made by Sparcraft / Facnor