Recent content by Loren Beach

That's an early pre production drawing they got from Pacific Boats. The EY O-34 has the elliptical keel and rudder. Cabin windows are totally different also. Mysteriously, the aft cabin layout is flipped, port for starboard. From the steps looking forward it's OK. After I communicated with...

The picture looks exactly like the elliptical lead fin keel on our 1988 O-34. Except for at least one they built with a wing keel, all of the run of 39 that EY built will have this keel. So, this is how it was done in the first place. i.e. just as designed. I will attach a site link with a...

1980's is a long span of time, in years / portion of a decade. I would guess that it was much closer to 50 or 60K, ready to minimally sail. I know that our '88 boat, a bit more in displacement and with a lot less woodwork inside, did sell for 90K in late 1988. Original buyer checked 'bout all...

I would only caution you to place a wet rag towel beneath and around the area you are using the right-angle grinder. That threaded end that falls off after all the flying bits and sparks will be red hot for a moment. (Why, yes, I do have some personal experience with that problem! :) )

We used to use "zinc's", and zinc anodes were all that the chandler carried. in the last 15 years or so, most now carry zinc and aluminum anodes. Since we are boating in fresh water, sometimes they only have aluminum ones on hand. In our fresh water our mechanic recommended the aluminum version...

There are some threads on this site about repair/replacement of those "end caps". Here is just one: https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/threads/rub-rail-endcap.19201/#post-149036

In 2021, I put a pair a Susan B Anthony dollar coins under our mast, glued to the step plate to be sure they would not migrate to where they might impede the (rain)water weep hole. Double our Luck for a safe passage, was my theory. :cool:

Looking at the interior photos, the boat is an E-35-3. This has a forward head and shower stall, and the aft nav desk. It's a close kin the to the E-34-2, because the hull mold was said to be the same. Different deck tooling and interior modules, however.

My Harken Mk 4, uses a twist shackle with the pin going thru a hole in the aluminum base fitting. I found a picture/diagram on the web that shows the attachment at top and bottom. Hope this helps.

The keel joint looks OK to me. A survey will be more informative. Those Lewmar port lights look they all need to be removed and re-bedded. As others have mentioned, the cabin top vents will likely need to have their insides resealed. One thing I do have personal knowledge of is those OEM...

Similar situation for us, sort of. For the price and apparent condition of this 38, we would like it a lot. Alas, we are about a decade late for such a move. :esad: However we still like our Olson very much. :egrin:

Trivia- the aft bottom profile is considerably flatter on the Olson's than it is for the Ericson's. Result is that "burping" out air is seldom needed. i.e. that shaft angle is not too severe. I have found that when I performed this ritual after launching just because of that general opinion...

I might suggest a hole saw, and then install a Beckson screw-out plate. They come in various sizes.

On our former M25XP diesel, I would temporarily unbolt the two brackets from the ball housing and/or remove the two hose clamps that were holding the heat exchanger very inconveniently in place right over the trans dip stick. If you search this site for 'transmission dip stick' you should find...

Hmmm. Kind of difficult to diagnose, even tho your description is detailed. Probably not related, but we have noticed a faint whine from the area of/near the cutlass bearing, for about 20 years. The yard guys have guessed that it's a harmonic of some sort since it appears at low rpm's and goes...