Recent content by Jonathan G.

Just my observations: As far as the water goes, I've never seen a leak through the hull that fills to a certain level, and then stops. What would make sense to me is backflow from the bilge pump hoses. The pumps can't evacuate all of the water, and some of it inevitable flows back down into the...

Last year, my E25 had a leak because of a hole worn through the glass by years of the centerboard pendant rubbing against it. The hole was right at the spot where the vertical pendant tube meets the trunk proper. The only way to see the hole was to drop the centerboard. The water that got in...

Those tracks that your existing curtains use are standard, and still widely available. The easiest thing to do would be to find somebody who can replicate the old curtains with sliders to fit the track, a marine interior fabric, and a backing of black-out fabric. Sailrite has everything you...

A couple of books not yet mentioned here, but that I have enjoyed: Sea Change: Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat by Peter Nichols. You think you've heard of everything that can go wrong with a boat, but here's a new wrinkle. North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic by...

Welcome to the Ericson gang! Yes, I have a suggestion, The Sail Warehouse has a headsail+furler package available for the Ericson 27. Right now, the package which includes the CDI FF6 furler, and a Rolly Tasker 135% genoa with foam luff pad, lists for $2,657. I bought a similar package for my...

So a pirate walks into a bar. The bartender looks him over and can't help but observe, "Hey, you've got a ship's wheel sticking out of your pants." The pirate replies, "Aye, it's drivin' me nuts!"

To answer your original question: I've seen three E25's in person, and looked at a lot of photos while I was looking to purchase one, and I have seen no others with teak on the cockpit coamings. I suspect that it was an addition by a previous owner. (That winch is not original equipment...

Yes, I took my boat to the Grand Canyon. I kid, I kid! I drove out from Wisconsin to Flagstaff, AZ, to buy mine. Then I realized that it wasn't far to the Grand Canyon, so I did haul it up there before turning around and making the trip home. I bought it from a guy who made several trips to...

When I bought my 1974 Ericson 25 at the end of 2020, it came to me with two rudders, and an extra centerboard. One rudder has cracks like that, and I take them to be wear 'n tear from the metal straps that connect to the gudgeons after nearly 50 years of use. I fixed up the spare rudder, but...

I have also happened upon a stove available in Scandinavia called the Oriondo 3000. The maker has made some quite obvious changes to the look of this unit, but the fuel canisters look identical. But it appears that the vendors only offer shipping within the country.

Those tires don't look too bad compared to mine, and mine made it from Arizona to Wisconsin. For 100 miles, I'd be tempted to get that BoatU.S. membership (with Trailer Assist), and go for it. :)

By the way, those upright, roller guides are useful for centering the boat on the trailer when pulling it out of the water, but they should come off before a long road trip. A previous owner of my boat left them on, and the wore through the gelcoat down to glass. They stow horizontally in that...

That's a very common type of cabin window for boats of the era, and so there's lots of information online about re-building them, though it's not specific to Ericson boats. I had a bear of a time trying to find that gasket material you're seeking until I learned the name of it: window glazing...

For the backstay, one major factor to consider is that it should have a lot of tension on it. For a masthead rig like the E25, it's not only keeping the mast up, but also putting tension on the forestay to eliminate sag, affecting the center of effort and improving the boat's ability to point...

Didn't you just buy that one? :)