I am in the process of a pretty extensive refit on a very early (hull #8) e-29. So far, with gutting and rebuilding the engine bay, filling in the back part of the keel with epoxy+sand, cutting out the cabin sole and rebuilding the area with floors and stringers, replacing the rotted mast-compression-post-step with laminated G-10, moving the head from starboard to port, adding a new bulkhead to support that, extending the galley (kind of like Toddster's refit, GREAT job by the way -- i am going to put double sinks there on mine), glassing over all the existing through-hulls and putting in new ones, switching to gray-water pump instead of drain thru-hulls, repowering with electric, and I dare say an adventurous plan to rebuild the transom as a walk-through (a-la the '27s with an outboard) I thought I had a pretty extensive refit going on. But I am always looking for ideas,
And then I saw this:
https://www.popyachts.com/sloop-sailboats-for-sale/ericson-yachts-29-in-chester-maryland-185341
This is the most epic '29 interior refit I have ever seen. I'm in Arizona and have nothing to do with this Maryland yacht, but wanted to share the link for ideas for other owners to contemplate. (I'm always looking for ideas to solve the space/usability problems myself...)
There are some what I think to be good ideas there, and some what I think to be terrible ideas there too, LOL, but all in all it's amazing food for thought. Sorry it's on POP yachts ( not a fan ) and the pictures' aspect ratio is wrong, but HOLY #@$@ that's an amazing transformation. I'm going to try to attach a couple photos to hopefully outlive the ad, if I fail, it's my first time I'm sorry..
I worry that the boat has been structurally compromised on the port side, as the "stringers" in '29s are the settees, and the settee is gone.. along with any semblance of a bulkhead ( i know later '29s had a half-as... err, partial bulkhead with the hanging locker to port, but still..
What are your thoughts?
--Sean
And then I saw this:
https://www.popyachts.com/sloop-sailboats-for-sale/ericson-yachts-29-in-chester-maryland-185341
This is the most epic '29 interior refit I have ever seen. I'm in Arizona and have nothing to do with this Maryland yacht, but wanted to share the link for ideas for other owners to contemplate. (I'm always looking for ideas to solve the space/usability problems myself...)
There are some what I think to be good ideas there, and some what I think to be terrible ideas there too, LOL, but all in all it's amazing food for thought. Sorry it's on POP yachts ( not a fan ) and the pictures' aspect ratio is wrong, but HOLY #@$@ that's an amazing transformation. I'm going to try to attach a couple photos to hopefully outlive the ad, if I fail, it's my first time I'm sorry..
I worry that the boat has been structurally compromised on the port side, as the "stringers" in '29s are the settees, and the settee is gone.. along with any semblance of a bulkhead ( i know later '29s had a half-as... err, partial bulkhead with the hanging locker to port, but still..
What are your thoughts?
--Sean
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