Recent content by JPS27

I no longer have my ericson but this is a sailing question so I hope that's ok. I was sailing my 36 footer this weekend and the wind piped up 2x what was called for. I was furling the jib in about 20k or more. Typically I let out the genoa to relieve tension and just furl. That's how I would...

The owner of Merrimac Shores Marina in Hampton VA (zip 23669) is parting out an abandoned-and-unloved-for-sometime Ericson 27. The boat looks and is rough but it has the hatches, stanchions, pulpits, tiller handle, mast, boom, sad looking atomic 4 etc etc. The owner Mike is a real community...

First, I have sold my Ericson 27, but I continue to be engaged in the facebook forums and continue to seek wisdom on this forum. I took possession of a Pearson 36-2 (1990) with a brand new yanmar (6 hours at the time). Of course, the boat had some things to work on and a surprise or two that I...

Have you set a date with this particular crew for the next sail? ;)

I would practice self flagellation for my misdeed in the form of getting down there and sanding it off ever so carefully no matter how much is on the cabin sole or deck. :p I would think that other methods would do more harm with a simple slip or misjudgment. This would take long enough to put...

I have never needed to use it, so I can't vouch for it. But I believe that Splash Zone epoxy (pettite?) can be applied underwater. Not 100% certain but worth a look.

Southpaw is sold to a knowledgeable and very pleasant buyer. I've been hunting for the next one. Send me any leads. I'm looking at the next one on my list on Saturday. Favoring Ericson, but looking at all options.

Not that my e27 can inform a 35 much, but I kept my signet instruments in their cases on the pedestal platform and bought this over priced nav pod for my autopilot.

Grant, I feel like the opposite is true and the prop a floating line would foul would be someone else's while I'm out. For years I have tossed my line to the piling, it sinks like a rock and goes straight down along the piling.

if you zoom in on the pic looking bow to stern you see the piling off the stern to starboard. You can see the spring line I coil on the piling. before I back out i bring that line on board. Carefully fake the line on the starboard side of the cockpit, having also run the line from the piling and...

I have an 1977 Ericson 27. It pulls to port under power. I'm no expert regarding differences with engines, transmissions, props etc. but most of these models also have a good deal of prop walk to port in reverse. At first it irritated me. But now I just use it to my advantage. I use a spring...

Thanks, Tom. I actually dropped the price a little. I've priced where -- and I'm guessing here -- the knowledgeable buyer will realize all I've done to the boat so they don't have to. I don't want to give it away, but I'm also trying to be realistic that most people can't "see" the...

https://norfolk.craigslist.org/boa/d/hampton-ericson-27-sailboat/7573890721.html Know of anyone looking for a well cared for Ericson 27? I'd appreciate you passing this info along. The ad lives on facebook marketplace and craigslist. Boat resides in Hampton VA (southern end of Chesapeake)...

Done! Happy holidays!

I just dropped my mast to do rewiring this summer/fall. I don't see how it would be doable to run new wires without dropping the mast (having dropped your messenger line :)). There are too many obstacles. For example, the small pipe that the wires feed through. In upgrading my wiring I had to...