Recent content by chris85green

Just chiming in since I was looking for older photos of my boat. The boat originally posted is the boat i currently own :D There have been several issues I've run into, may of what were mentioned by dona and tenders. I do still have this crack in the skin which i plan to fill. I will say the...

For I will for sure watch out for this.

No worries, I spoke with the guy at zephyr works and he wants me to pull the actual sheaves and he can get the new ones in a day or two. I will be pulling the mast in a week or two.

Hey there, any chance you know the size of sheaves you used when replacing yours?

Hello all, I am finally preparing to bring the boat to the yard to bring down the mast and replace the sheaves. While its down I will paint, replace parts, and rewire. This is a 1974 Ericson 35-2 with standard mast. I have read up on all things that need to be done to take it down, boom, stays...

LeifThor sorry to hear your A4 has kicked the bucket. I have been keeping an eye on the systems over at thunder struck. they have full conversion kits and my hopes were to get a hold of 4 100aH batteries to get a 48V 100aH setup with the 10kW motor kit. I havent done all the math to gather...

I’ve seen a lot of people have the life sling bags on their rails. I don’t know all the differences but I grabbed the ring because it was cheap and required. I’ll look into upgrading my setup soon.

Awesome thanks for that!!! I will for sure overhaul this thing. I do have a ladder that attaches to the tail so good to go there. Thanks for the info!

So yesterday we finally took the boat out for a sail with my lashed blocks up top as a temporary sheave replacement for the mainsail. Im learning a lot about the boats needs now that I've actually taken it out for a sail but also now I have more questions. For now the question is what is the...

Whoops I have a E35-2 with the style of mast head in the image below.

Also looking to replace my sheaves and I was up top of my mast a few days ago but didn't take the measurements. I'll be back up in a few days to see if mine line up with you twos' specs but from what I saw it looks like what @tenders spec'd out. Question though, is there any issue with having a...

Yea, I plan to use Zephyr works when I have the old ones out and ready to replace. I hear great things. I will search the forum for some more thoughts on freeing the current ones or removing them more efficiently. Sounds like I just need to make sure to secure the old ones in place while...

This is fantastic, I did read about setting the temporary line if the need to remove a stay was necessary. I will only attempt this if next time i go up i get the sheave pin to budge. If it looks like it will not move while the mast is up then i wont get crazy. If it seems i may indeed be able...

Well the wire halyard still travels through the sheaves so I clip myself into that with a person belaying (climbing gear) from bottom. My jib halyard which is up, I use to devices called ascenders and have a foot loop in one, and a second one tied into my harness. I stand up and then take my...

Well update, called rigger and he said that if I went back up that I should try to free the sheaves with a hammer and screw driver and knock it free. He almost guaranteed it would free up. I attempted this yesterday and it was not budging. The screw driver was a giant flat head and just kind of...