Recent content by gareth harris

There is a nasty side to me. Once when single handing in San Diego Bay (asking people to go sailing on my old Ericson apparently lacked the appeal I thought it had) I saw a multi-hundred thousand dollar brand new forty something foot misshapen yacht idle in the middle of the bay with sails...

Kenneth is spot on. I have had a wire come loose and short circuit on the engine block, and then melt its way through the starter cable, with the first alert being the sound of the starter turning along with the cabin filling with smoke. The solution was to run the starter cable through a 100A...

I have sent you a private message since the last one you sent with your email address has disappeared. I have borrowed a pickup truck and expect to get there in about ten days to two weeks time. Gareth Freyja E35 '241 1972

I have done it and it worked - one colour at each of the likely entry points. Gareth Freyja E35 #241 1972

If you look back a year or so there was another E35 being scrapped and the owner had all four spreaders in teak. They might still be available in San Diego.

My original head was a Raritan PHII which is still made. Gareth Freyja E35 241 1972

I sent you an offer for some of the parts in a private message. If I travel there in March to pick them up then I will look at whatever else you still have by then. Gareth Freyja E35 241 1972

Are the bases to the stanchions and stern rail available?

The tiller and hardware, jib track, and hatch runners look good. I am also interested in the spinnaker and stay sail if you have one. These are the remaining items on my list: Teak cockpit sides (there are nine screws on the back, if they do not come off in good condition I'll still take the...

Does that run across the entire hull or is it glassed to the back of the locker (starboard) and quarter berth? It sounds like interesting addition, although I wonder how rotten the balsa around the rudder was. Gareth Freyja E35 #241 1972

I am not sure who that was directed at, but I would still like to see pictures of the items I mentioned. I may be able to borrow a pickup truck once I am legal to drive again. Gareth Freyja 35 #241 1972

The salesman at Thunderstruck openly admitted knowing nothing about matching the motor to a propeller, so can anyone here make any recommendations for a source? I chose the incident on San Diego Bay as an example of how you can get into trouble even when you think you are doing everything...

Are you able to take pictures of the tiller, tiller hardware, and mast step? If I have some idea of their condition then we can start to talk about money. I am currently in central NY so more than a thousand miles away. If you can hang on to the items until I can get there I will combine the...

I searched your entire posting history before I created this discussion, and you contribution here is exactly the kind of feedback I have been looking for. When I spoke to a salesman from Electric Yachts he told me that a propeller for the E35 should be either 12" or 14" with 11 degrees of...

From a map it looks like you are close to Minneapolis. How is your storage space? It would be well worth my making the trip if I can pick up those items, however I have two problems right now, the first of which is that I recently had a seizure which under federal law means a six month driving...