DanielW
E-28 Owner
I'm toying with the idea of sailing my E28 across the South Pacific (Asia to Panama). The plan is to beef her up over the next year and a half and go, but there is one niggle that I cannot find an answer to.
The published Capzise Risk Factor of the E28 (found at http://cruisingresources.com/Ericson_28) is 2.05 (which is, of course, above the holy grail of 2.0).
However, the E28 came in two versions, the standard draft at just over 4ft and the competition version at 5.6ft.
Does anyone know which version the 2.05 rating applies to? If this figure relates to the smaller keel, any ideas as to what the published Capsize Risk on the version with the competition keel is? Mine is the latter and I've googled to no avail.
Thanks in advance for any input and any feedback from owners of E28's who've made similar trips much appreciated. I'm aware of an E27 being sailed across the Pacific and an E29 circumnavigating but not aware of any E28 doing such a trip.
I love the boat, she suits the two of us just fine and she appears to take things in her stride having sailed South East Asia extensively. That said, I've never sailed her in very heavy weather. I'd rather not have to change boats but if she is simply proven to be incapable of a quick and safe righting after a capsize then I'll have to rethink.
The published Capzise Risk Factor of the E28 (found at http://cruisingresources.com/Ericson_28) is 2.05 (which is, of course, above the holy grail of 2.0).
However, the E28 came in two versions, the standard draft at just over 4ft and the competition version at 5.6ft.
Does anyone know which version the 2.05 rating applies to? If this figure relates to the smaller keel, any ideas as to what the published Capsize Risk on the version with the competition keel is? Mine is the latter and I've googled to no avail.
Thanks in advance for any input and any feedback from owners of E28's who've made similar trips much appreciated. I'm aware of an E27 being sailed across the Pacific and an E29 circumnavigating but not aware of any E28 doing such a trip.
I love the boat, she suits the two of us just fine and she appears to take things in her stride having sailed South East Asia extensively. That said, I've never sailed her in very heavy weather. I'd rather not have to change boats but if she is simply proven to be incapable of a quick and safe righting after a capsize then I'll have to rethink.