Recent content by Bill Merrick

Swapping Masts Phil, What a deal. Throw in the sails and I'll pitch in, oh, how about $1,000? Bill Merrick Ergo E35 MKII 1970 #141

Hi Mike, No, Phil has the standard rig and I have the short one. There's about a four foot difference. I've been told that Ericson offered the shorter stick for Northern California because the standard rig was considered over powered. My J is 14 and that's the only number I've ever seen...

Gutting Ergo Hi Dan, No I haven't gutted Ergo yet but will probably move in that direction if Phil on Sail La Vie decides to do the Singlehanded TransPac in 2010. As you may know Phil's stick is 4 feet bigger than mine and he only owes me six seconds per mile as a result. That's only about...

Hi Dan. You're missed here in Sausalito. The inside track does work very well. I just screwed mine to the deck and haven't had any problems with it. Re: the chainplate thing, Ergo is also a 1970 hull # 141 and has the mystery plate. Bill E-35 MkII #141

Hi Phil, I guess that's right but I still don't understand why there's a hole in it unless Ericson just wanted to use the same chainplate. I'll miss losing the Half Moon Bay race to you this weekend but I suppose i can find someone else to beat me. Bill

Thanks, Mike. I appreciate the response but, Why dose it have a hole in it? What I'm thinking about is moving the forward lowers to the center "chainplate" when I'm flying a chute. Using the center "chainplate" would let me get the pole back quite a bit more and would let the boat go...

I have a 1970 E-35 MkII. It has a chainplate between the chainplates for the forward and aft lowers. What is that for?