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I just launched my e27 last Monday. The boat has never really taken on much water before, but I noticed that the fore keel bolt area (where I think they originally attached to lift the boat) has a slow leak. I dry the area out and notice it just slowly fills back up again. I have gone weeks...

We recently purchased a E30+ and need to drop and rebed the keel, it's a shoal draft. Has anyone done this on this boat? I need specifically to know the pattern of the bolts, how many etc.., as it looks like we'll have to bore into the cabin sole to gain access...? So for we can see and possibly...

The deck organizer has siezed and I cannot remove one of three bolts holding on the deck. What is the best way to cut it off?

Hello All, Well, my E38 is on the hard and the keel bolt/keel rebedding project is underway. So far the 12 nuts and washers have been removed but the keel will not drop. The yard will try again on Thursday and I have asked that it sit over the weekend in the Travelift hoping gravity will do...

anyone know the keel bolt torque specs for a shoal draft E38, 1985?

Loren, I'm about to buy a new main and I'm looking for opinions on loose footed vs bolt rope style. My Newport 28 currently has a bolt rope on the boom but North Sails now uses loose footed. You sail here on the river and I think you cruise and race. I really just daysail or cruise. Your...

Does any one know what the torque foot pound specs would be for keel bolts on a 1990 Ericson 28? I would like to tighten them up as routine maintenance on this fine vessel I just purchased. The diameter of the bolts are 1". Thank you in advance, Sam

Hello, Well i tackled the fuel tank installation this afternoon and of course it wasnt as easy as i thought it would be and in the process another issue has arisen with this neglected 32 yr old E27. I pulled the waterlift muffler to give myself more room to install the fuel tank (planned...

In changing over the mainsail from a rope bolt to slugs I've ran across a problem. Where the rope bolt used to go into the mast is the feeder - a large section of the mast track that is wide enough to fit the rope bolt. So now the problem; when you raise, lower or stack the slugs they all fall...

Hello, We have our new-to-us 1984 Ericson 35 in the yard, doing a multitude of repairs and rejuvenation treatments. This morning we dropped the keel, due to a very strong suspicion that a little bit of water was getting in through the keel-hull joint, and that my wife had heard too many...

I pulled on my engine stop plunger for my 1986 M-18 Universal diesel engine the other day and the cable pulled loose from the fitting that attaches to the stop lever. That fitting (a bolt, screw, or something else) had corroded and disintegrated. I couldn't locate the remains and I don't recall...

I'm looking for information on how much torque to put on the keel bolts of my Ericson 35. Anyone out there have a clue? Thanks, drlmk@aol.com