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The asking price is $65,000. Not sure how to add this to the original post. It was interesting that the weather-helm resolved when I purchased a new mainsail. Having the center of effort a few feet forward made a huge difference how she sailed. With the traveller to leeward and a tight leach...

Yup. She’s a sweet boat. We’ve made a steady 7.2 knots with the spinnaker up!

1998 Ericson 333 Regatta Sailboat for sale. This sloop was built by Pacific Seacraft. This is a superb sailing sloop, well cared for with many upgrades. This boat is loaded with features to help you cruise live aboard more comfortably. • LOA 33’, Displacement 11,500 lb, Ballast lead 4500 lbs...

Good thinking. Thanks!!

So then is the overhanging lip of the reinforcing board useful if not in contact with the middle of the forward edge of the hinged aft hatch cover? I’m just at the point of making these decisions!!

Did you match the reinforcing board lip (coming from the forward triangle) to the camber of the remaining aft hinged section?

Yes I saw that. I think I will drill oversized bolt holes then pour the plinth. Then after cure drill all the holes. The epoxy plugs will serve as compression posts. Thanks Neil.

After reading Neil Quigley's post again, I see he did have a cored lid. Thanks for your input!!

I am not clear if he had a cored anchor locker lid, or a thinner fiberglass lid to which he attached the reinforced plate (without the weakness of the coring). Perhaps with a full plate on the underside the lid will be strong enough, even with coring in-between.

I have chosen to mount an anchor windlass a la Neil Quigley, and as I am weighing options for my new Maxwell 8/8, I realize after a more perceptive moment, that the anchor locker lid is 1' thick and likely balsa cored (it's lightweight compared to solid fiberglass). So I am concerned about the...

How tight is the windlass platform? Did you have to tap it into place? Does it rattle around when the windlass is in operation? How did you get the 'wings' under the windlass platform adjusted so they hold the windlass in place securely? I'm thinking of mounting a windlass in a similar way...

Thanks for your detailed write-up Neil. Have you deployed your anchor system yet? I'm wondering how the hawse pipe works and are chain castles and rode fouling an issue? Can you operate the system from the helm?

Oh wow. Thanks Christian. I hadn’t see this complete rendering of the steering system.

Lauren Beach (see above) posted the expanded view of the steering mechanism but the wheel brake is different. The diagram here is the wheel brake in my boat. The wheel brake is contained in the center of the wheel - see SR 16 bearing in expanded diagram. The issue I have is the brake knob...

Yesterday I was on my way to removing the top plate to the binnacle with the intention of finding out why my wheel-quadrant misalignment occurred, and about to drill through undersized frozen allen bolts....when I realized I can just back off on the wheel brake to free the toothed sprockets...