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Recent content by Mel Snyder

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    Ericson 38 for sale - BEST OFFER

    Ericson 38 "Mel's Angel" was sold in June I keep getting emails about it, but she's gone. Sorely missed, but after 38 glorious years, at 77 - and with my two "sea-soned" children raising my grandkids 400 miles from deep water, it was time to let her go. Tons of great memories, like this with my...
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    Ericson 38 for sale - BEST OFFER

    Thanks, Christian. It’s just that the range of weathers one could encounter on a Buzzards Bay to Houston run with a 38 year old boat might be very challenging for most sailors - and even risky. If one could afford the time and money to pick the perfect weather for each leg of the journey -...
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    Ericson 38 for sale - BEST OFFER

    Thanks, Ivanhoe, for your message and sympathy. My Ericson 38 has the 5’ Scheel keel. She is quite seaworthy now, but no boat with a cockpit as big as that on an Ericson should attempt such a passage. I can conceive of no 30-45 day period that would be necessary to safety make the passage from...
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    Ericson 38 for sale - BEST OFFER

    Thanks, Tin Kicker. She died of the disease featured a week ago on Sixty Minutes, FTD. My peace will be found in my children, grandchildren and partner of 15+ years.
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    Ericson 38 for sale - BEST OFFER

    I am going to sell my 1981 Ericson 38 on a "best offer" basis. It has a few cosmetic issues, but has a yard-maintained 32HP diesel that runs perfectly, a transmission with 5 hours on it (replaced transmission, propeller shaft, bearings and engine mounts in 2015, just before her final haul). But...
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    For Sale: Ericson 38 - 1981 original design - priced for quick sale: $25,000

    Photos can be seen at http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/album.php?albumid=222 Full listing to come shortly. Currently out of the water in New Bedford, MA For more information, contact melsnyder at gmail dot com
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    Refrigeration ID help please

    Check Kolmann http://www.kollmann-marine.com Richard knows all about marine refrigeration. Sold me a $15 refurbished part that saved a 33 year old Adler Barbour system declared a total loss ("failed compressor") by a local thief.
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    Seeking ideas for a sun/aged E38 transom

    No matter what, the name will DEFINITELY be vinyl. Cutting masking tape friskets is a long, tedious job each times the painted letters needed to be refreshed.
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    Seeking ideas for a sun/aged E38 transom

    Paint was my first idea- if I sort of matched the white cabin and cockpit, it could look nice - and reflective white might minimize later deterioration and color-matching challenges . Frankly, I'm looking for a solution that costs hundreds, not thousands of dollars. The boat ***IS*** 33 years old.
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    Seeking ideas for a sun/aged E38 transom

    This photo doesn't fully do justice to showing how bad it looks - it's a small section of a much bigger image in my gallery - asking for a photo of my boat's transom is like asking a woman to take a closeup of her ugliest zit. Note how worn off the gelcoat is under Mel's Angel - that's where a...
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    New England/Long Island Ericson Regatta - any interest?

    For many years back in the 1980s and 1990s, regional Ericson owners would gather on Block Island on an August weekend - and it was truly super. Race around the island, very gentlemanly. barbecue, lots of kids activities - dingy racing, fishing. Terrific. The Kollman brothers would attend, we had...
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    Seeking ideas for a sun/aged E38 transom

    33 years ago, I purchased this boat new, with the color scheme of a Landfall 38 (sand colored hull, white cabin, burgundy cove and boot stripes) (Ericson demanded extra deposit for the colors, then used it in an ad, Ericson 38 vs. Landfall 38!). Alas, the yard in Westchester County, NY...
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    Comment by 'Mel Snyder' in media 'Sandy sail v DSC06276'

    Partner Sandy at the helm. When I bought Mel's Angel, I was living in NYC and sailing in the west end of Long Island Sound - so I opted for the then-offered "tall rig option." Sailing her down to Miami offshore in 1984, it become obvious that the tall right had some limitations - especially when...
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    Sandy sail v DSC06276

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    Comment by 'Mel Snyder' in media 'Mel's Angel 7 15 12 Best'

    Sailing in Buzzards Bay - I'm shooting the Towboat USA boat passing, and he photographed us!
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