Recent content by Cory B

Another vote for rail cleat. BUT on our 1984 35-3 the Schaefer did not fit, so I have some other brand. And ours if far enough forwards that we always want our Genoa car further back, so no problems there. We have occasionally hooked it while tacking though.

Thanks Sean for your time in keeping this website going!

Our previous boat was an E32-2. We had a similar crack under the mast. In our case, the root problem was the cast iron that was underneath the beam that was transferring the load from the mast to the keel had weakened due to rust/corrosion. My solution was to take off the mast, jack up the deck...

Hi Bert, I'd consider getting an engine survey (separate from boat survey) if you are serious about the boat - it can pay for itself. For example, when we bought our boat, the engine supposedly had an oil leak. Engine survey determined it was actually just the wrong dip stick was installed...

Love that green paint job. We had a 1974 E32 on the Columbia River for many years, with a similar shade of green. You've done a great job with that boat.

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I did this on our boat when we got it many years ago. A previous owner had done something funky with the mast step (trying to induce extra mast rake I think) that had concentrated loads on the aft portion of the support. It's a "relatively easy" DIY job, but does require the mast to be removed...

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I don't recall. But I don't think it was anything unusual. For what its worth, making sure the valves were adjusted right made a way bigger difference on our boat than cleaning/servicing the injectors.

I took ours out to be professionally serviced/cleaned 10 years ago or so. Not difficult. At the time it was cheaper than buying new ones. Their report showed 2 of them had ok spray patterns, but one was way off - they tuned them all to optimal. But to be honest, I didn't notice much difference...

My experiences of emptying and cleaning the tank on our boat many years ago is that the spec'd number may be a tad optimistic, but pretty close. There is also a gallon or so below the pick up tube that is unusable.

For real-time river levels, may I suggest the free app Rivercast (www.RivercastApp.com)? It includes the Vancouver gage, as well as others on the river (as well 10K+ others around the country). Full disclosure: I wrote it. I originally wanted a way to figure when I could safely get over the...

Downriver by Astoria can get pretty gnarly in the summer afternoons. If you can, you might want to arrive there early before the waves and wind really kick in the first time you go. We do a trip to Astoria with our kids most summers. We try to break the trip down the river into at least 2 days...

This is the route we took about 15 years ago on our 35-3. Harken matched the bend perfectly. The only downside was the track would bind occasionally, but that was rectified by using their "one drop" lubricant on the track. That stuff is magic. When we attached the Harken track, we attached it...

That looks terrific. I especially like the teak grate in the head. Whenever I get around to this I am definitely stealing that idea. One question though, on my boat at least, there is a single sheet of ply surrounding the mast step. I noticed your mast is still in place. How did you divide up...