Recent content by klb67pgh

Our marina opens April 15th. Last year due to constructing a new sliding companionway hatch, I launched mid June. Today, my oldest son and I towed Awela to the lake and effiiciently rigged, hoisted the mast, and launched, and tied up as the first boat on our dock. I would have grabbed a pic...

It is. The settee back is plywood w magnetic catches that lifts away. I store the folding ladder, boat hook, paddle, and whisker pole behind it. I don't think I have any pictures with the settee back removed.

Our E25 just had a door to the space under the sink to access the drain seacock. I have wanted to add a shelf there and finally the off-season task list was short enough that the shelf made it to the top of the to-do list. I've collected salvaged bits of teak and mahogany from other salvaged...

Thanks for the info on your E25. That's helpful, and gives me some peace of mind.I won't be needing to add a bend come spring. I do wonder how it happened. I thought perhaps someone tied a springline around the chain plate at a dock and a big wave suddenly jerked the boat to aft. But a...

Here's a so so pic of one of the original chainplates. I don't really notice a grain. It is likely 304 stainless, from bar stock, and was never polished. Note the diagonal scratch is just that, a really light scratch, I assume added to confirm the desired angle to the side deck before the...

I pulled the maybe original chainplates on my E25 to check them. I discovered the starboard one was bent towards the bow and decided to replace them. No corrosion, no rot, and no leaks - so that's all good news. I ordered 316L stainless online and had a machinist put holes where they needed...

In short - yes, if the sheeve under the mast step is frozen or broken, then you are just dragging the centerboard line across it. See my post HERE: HERE is another good discussion. I would work on those possibilities rather than adding leverage via a 4:1. I can crank my CB up with one hand...

Peter, I have an E25 with masthead wiring through the mast step like yours. My existing connectors were aviation plug connectors that needed to be replaced. I ran new wiring to the masthead and replaced bulbs with LED bulbs. I also ran a new to me Raymarine windvane wire and exited that wire...

I forgot this photo existed from the factory marketing materials until it popped up from Roscoe's Oystercatcher web page from my google search. It answers the approximate location of the pole halyard block on the mast and routing of the sheets. Roscoe's page goes into detail on the factory...

My boys are 16 and 12 and my oldest in particular enjoys tweaking the sails and will enjoy the foredeck work. When they both are on their own, I suspect they'll come back to visit and find Awela with a new Asym set up on a furler. I still recall coming home from college and going out to plow...

I just have sheeves at the masthead for main and genoa halyard. All are external. I plan to install an eye strap and block on the front of the mast for the topping lift. I found and watched a good video on a J24 spinnaker rigging and hoist. It was helpful and discussed details on sheet...

Thanks for the responses so far. I should add I'm on an inland lake and the serious racing is done in Flying Scots, not keelboats here (I have raced my Sunfish and made a few races in one of our club's Flying Scots last season). I don't have many other examples of keelboats with kites. There...

I've used a whisker pole with my drifter sail without any topping lift and plan to try out my new to me symmetrical spinnaker next season, so I need to add the hardware to operate the spinnaker pole. I'm trying to imagine how the pole will be handled and adjusted flying the spinnaker and gybing...

Do you have a deck-stepped mast with a tabernacle? Or keel stepped? Not sure what the options were for an E-23. Your mast step might be different than mine. Look at some of the E-25 mast raising posts on here. I have at least 1. If you have a tabernacle like the E25 and use the main sheet and...

The weather has been fairly atrocious for weekend sailing in Western PA this summer - many 90+ days with zero wind. We got in the water late this year in mid June, but we didn't unfurl a sail until early August. We finally got some fall-like days over the last three weekends and have enjoyed...