Recent content by Glenn McCarthy

After 3 years of E35 MkII ownership, and 150 days of nothing but rehab work put into her, it was sold to the owner of Sailing Anarchy in June. I still had 25 projects (after 330 projects completed) to make it really right. He's gutting things removing weight to make it a 44 year old racing...

I wanted a CO detector on the boat, bought one. Got to the boat and the engine mechanic 2 years ago was working the engine over. I didn't want to get in his way, removed the detector from its package, pulled the little tab out that now connects the battery and set it on the nav table. A few...

Thought I'd make a game of this, not working out. My Dad, sister and I could argue over the color of summer grass. In the shortest discussion ever, all three immediately agreed that: Without the bootstripe, the boat looks: Bigger More modern More powerful Cleaner And I will add, save me a...

The prior owner did a lot of projects to the boat, a few well, and most poorly. He moved the bootstripe, I have no idea what his logic is. We race the boat, so there is little "stuff" stored in the boat.

While we have made the decision, just like to toss it to ya'all to hear your answers. The bootstripe was high at the bow, and low at the back end. I'm taking it off to raise it at the back end (it turns green and slimly in summer) and lower it at the bow, so it is parallel to the waterline...

Lifelines are within the same reach.

Ours are opposing both Starboard and Port, the port ones continue opposing into the head too. 25 years ago we had a 1973 C&C 43 and removed the handrails which were similar to end leaks forever. We found we didn't need them on the deck which made for better sitting. Below there was a secondary...

On our 1976 E35 MkII, the handrails below oppose the bases of the handrails on deck. One must remove the bungs on the deck and below in each handrail to access the screw head and the nut.

A trick I learned from the Garhaeur site when we ordered a rigid vang was to take a piece of solder, wrap it around the mast or boom (half of it), then set it down on a piece of paper and trace the inside of the solder. It works like a charm. Then you could flip it around and do the other half...

I removed the rubrail this past spring, description with photos - http://www.chicagonow.com/sail-lake-michigan/2019/07/restore-a-sailboat-june-2019/ Making an addendum to that work, now that we have one season on it, I had not put a 1" wide fiberglass tape around the whole boat before filling...

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End fittings sold.

Yup, she is on a can in Monroe Harbor. Should we start a pool as to when the front will fall off?

We went with Garhaurer rigid vang. Love it. Only their directions say to mount the piece to the mast as low as possible. We did. Big mistake. The bottom two bolts go through the mast and into the deck casting. Now you can't pull the mast without taking out the two bottom bolts of the mast...

To Kapnkd, I just used a couple of bar clamps to squeeze the two halves of the frame together. Seemed to work alright. Here are the 18 steps I used to rebuild the portlights on the 1976 E35