Recent content by LeifThor

So my 1972 E35-2 is now getting off an unfortunate creaking that appears to be becoming from either the Rutter or the wheelhouse. I have an engine stethoscope that I have spent literally hours listening to all over both areas well under motor and or sail, and if I had to make a guess it would...

Thanks for your warning about oils on interior wood. What year is your Ericson as I’m trying to figure out if it was oiled or varnished.

My 1972 E35-2 interior wood is in need of retreating. Does anyone know if the factory- Varnished? Teak oiled? Or something else? If oiled, you can’t varnish on top of that. If varnished you can’t oil on top of that. And I honestly can’t tell looking at it. Years ago with a E25 cabin hatch I...

Just the other day, we had a beautiful light wind sail on Bee’s Knees, our 1972 E35-2 live aboard. So I sat on the bow and shot 8 minutes no talking) just enjoying the light wind sail. Sea birds can also be heard diving on the fish here in Ventura California. Camera steady, ASMR enjoyment. Hope...

This last February, I blew my Atomic 4's head gasket, and had quarts of seawater shooting out my spark plug holes. Long story short, instead of repowering thinking the engine was toast, I- Replaced the head gasket Replaced all the other gaskets Added an electric timing system Replaced all hoses...

Since I bought the boat I added a fresh water rinse and flushed after every use. I’ll probably add a closed cooling system someday but until then the freshwater rinse does pretty good.

He did, and I agree about its importance.

Purring like a cat Of course I will, as do we all:) It takes a village

Some more pics of the fixes of my A4.

On Feb 2nd, after putting water in my Atomic, which blew the head gasket shooting water out of my spark plug holes, I thought my engine was dead. Well, $2,000 and 3 months and 17 days later, every day off pretty much spent working on it, yesterday was the moment of truth, and my Atomic 4...

With my flexing fiberglass floor (only around the galley entry way) of my 1972 E35-2, I've spend many an hour thinking how to resolve this. Not sure how everyone else who has the fiberglass floor, their floor was constructed, but here's the problem to solve in a nutshell- For the majority of my...

My Atomic 4 I thought was dead, may still be alive woo hoo! I first want to say Ken at Moyer Marine is awesome. He's really helped me get more life out of this motor I've had for 4 years, and sailing it 3. Having said that, like anyone, we're not perfect. Ken felt my engine was toast, and he...

When I was a kid, I dreamed of being an astronaut. In the 70s NASA was floating some crazy space engineering projects too like the L5 space station. A hollow air filled cigar 18 miles long lined with civilization spinning to recreate earth’s gravity. But NASA became a pale joke to it’s mighty...

Loren, did you get the Beta 25 that's got the mounts same as the Atomic? Also, I'm curious how much taller it is, and if your engine is mounted in the cabin like my 1972 E35-2 is?? Sorry I have a million questions. Like does your boat have a 3/4 shaft? Did your Kubota (Beta) 25 come with a...

So it's looking like my Atomic 4 hasn't completely given up the ghost. A friend and I removed the head, and we found a small section of the head gasket that may be the culprit. In addition all the gaskets were sh_t, like totally sh_t. Now that I've cleaned it up a bit, the challenge if possible...