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Recent content by kiwisailor

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    Big Problem while sailing yesterday [Main Halyard]

    I prefer to use a halyard hitch on the main. https://www.animatedknots.com/halyard-hitch-knot
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    E38-200: seeking all the dirty details

    My experience is the E38 is a great sailing boat. You won‘t hear pounding sounds like you hear in the newer flat bilge designs when sailing upwind into large swells. Also I never heard my boats internal structure creaking or groaning like I’ve heard in those new fancy condos on water sold as...
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    Farewell fellow Ericson owners

    We will miss see Loki around SYC. But hope to see you "powering" around Fishers Island Sound.
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    Labeling wires

    I just use Dymo labeler and put them on as flag labels. Easy and cheap.
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    How far is too far?

    Takes me 1hr 15 to get to the yacht club. But you’re now in a better location to explore this end of the sound. Sail up to Plum Gut into Gardners Bay for a long weekend.
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    38-200 Galley Organization - behind the sink and garbage

    Use a hanging sink cuddy for dish shrub and soap etc.
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    Change is not always improvement [Defender Marine Supply]

    Yip they have gone backwards for in person store sales and prices have gone up noticeably. I've given up on Defender now moved my purchases to WM Mystic, CT as they have in person store shopping, the downside is their store stock levels are often low or out of stock on the shelf. The WM gold...
  8. Replacing the Engine Mounts

    E380 Replacing the Engine Mounts

    When I purchased my boat I didn't like the look and condition of the engine mounts, particularly the port side ones that were badly rusted. The Yanmar 3J2HE engine has the integral heat exchanger and water pump impeller access on the port side above the engine mounts. So over the years those...
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    Lazyjack Rigging Design

    My new boat has lazy jacks and I'm already thinking about converting to a dutchman system next season. Dutchman system is just so easy to use.
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    Solar arch designs

    No solar arch just frame above the bimini and had 4x90W panels. I'm currently doing this same setup to my E38 but with 2x100W panels. See my old blog for setup info. https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/ubs/solar-pv-setup.599/
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    Genoa Halyard Shackles???

    So I've got a new 1996 Pacific Seacraft E38 and I'm in the process of replacing the running rigging and I've come across a few odd things that I have questions about. My boats genoa halyard has a snap shackle, where my old boat used just an eye splice halyard with a Wichard captive pin D...
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    Lewmar 36" Folding Wheel

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    Lewmar 36" Folding Wheel

    I'm selling an unused Lewmar 36" folding wheel. Comes with fittings for tapered shaft and straight shaft. Straight shaft fitting needs slight modification to fit though. $650. I'm located in CT for pick up. PM me if interested.
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    Change is not always improvement [Defender Marine Supply]

    Just to add. The warehouse has been closed for "remodeling" for months now so you can't shop in store, only store pick up or shipped. So I went online last night to purchase an in stock outboard and the only option it gives me is truck delivery at a cost of $225 - what no store pick up option...
  15. Networking Navigation Upgrade

    E380 Networking Navigation Upgrade

    My boat came with mixture of older Raymarine ST60+ Wind, Speed, and Depth instruments at the helm networked via Raymarine SeaTalk to the C80 MFD chartploteer and the SPX 10 autopilot as well as an original B&G Multi Data instrument display at the nav desk that was no longer networked. A new...
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