Recent content by lschmidt

How much for all your deck organizing hardware, both the deck organizer pieces and rope clutches? Also how old is your standing rigging?

This is normally what I do in forward or reverse, get a little speed, go into neutral, then coast. And throttle for about 1 second at a time if I need more speed. What is a fair price for: E27, tiller, no leaks, solid decks, no need for paint yamaha 4 cycle 9.9 high thrust roller furling...

You raise some good points, and thanks for the explanation. But for me, my main goal is cruising not racing. And the number one thing that usually keeps me at the dock is difficult wind situations and leaving/entering the slip in those conditions, with either no crew or incapable crew. So I...

The only thing making me hesitate at the moment is the fact that it has an outboard instead of an inboard. Convince me that outboard will be ok! I've read that when you shift into forward, that you don't have any steerage for 6-7 seconds. This seems odd because when I'm maneuvering a Pearson 28...

I just realized that you are the guy from this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28TAdDu5L6U). Very cool! I first watched that about a year ago.

You are correct, the owner replied and said it's a 6 gallon portable fuel container inside the lazarette. With the transom cutout, will I still have problems motoring in heavier seas with the prop coming out of the water?

I've become comfortable with docking/handling with my inboard on current Pearson 28. If I were to lock the outboard on an Ericson 27 and use the tiller for steering, does this allow better or worse handling than a standard inboard with the propeller forward of the rudder? Oh also, does the...

I'm looking at a 1977 Ericson 27, tiller steering, outboard with the transom cutout. I haven't seen it in person yet, but the owner reports that it's in good shape, solid deck/cockpit with no soft spots. Are there any model-specific issues I should be looking for on this boat outside of...

I'm looking for an Ericson 25+ or a 27. The closer it's located to FL the better. Looking for something on the low end of the price range for these boats.

Thanks for the info, Glyn! The boat in question will have to be purchased "as is" on land, unless I spend $200 for it to be launched and additional money to travel to it (I'm in WI, and it's in FL). I can get it for $1,500 without the outboard though. I also noticed from the pictures that the...

I am looking at getting a 1980 Ericson 25+ with shoal draft keel. It has a non-working saildrive, the owner isn't extremely knowledgeable about it but thinks the "lower something" was faulty and claimed it was going to cost $10k to fix or replace. That was years ago when it failed, and since...