Recent content by nukey99

I believe our Raymarine stuff is ST50 era items. Some of it is integrated, via direct connections, but I haven't been able to find an NMEA backbone on the boat. Due to delivery issues, I cancelled the order on the B&G, and purchased a Simrad GOX SE9 at local retail store for a very attractive...

We went out for a 4 hour day sail on Bellingham bay, and used the Autopilot a bit, we didn't try the sail to wind setting and didn't see a need for it. We only use it for short periods when hoisting or lowering sails. For long passage making, the battery consumption and wear on the tiny little...

Hey Christian - Thanks for the great information, I will review in detail. An interesting thing which I found is with the instruments at the cockpit port bulkhead. There we have ray marine, depth and speed, mast head wind instruments, autopilot controller. I took off the cover for that area...

Here is a quick update on this thread/situation. I went back to the boat today, and read some of the manuals on the Ray Marine instrument cluster. The ray marine product have proprietary wiring and it will not be feasible to splice into them. At the helm there is a removable Standard Horizon...

The future radar if I get it, communicates via ethernet 100base T. B&G makes an adapter which connects their 8 pin proprietary cable to a standard RJ45. I know how to crimp RJ 45 cable ends on and have the tool to do so. My, "plan/hope" is to run a simple ethernet cable from the stern where...

Drew - I have no need to integrate the trip-data and all the other instruments. Everything will be running standalone. Phase 1 will be getting the chart plotter/MFD operational. All that requires is 12 volts and a ground. The MFD device has a 3 amp fuse, so I can tell that its power draw is...

I have a 1983 E35-3, I am the 4th owner of the vessel. I am looking to upgrade the navigation system, which is old and failing. What is currently in place is an old pathfinder radar, with the display on a mount in the companionway, which actually seems to almost work. The nav system is an...

Something seems a bit off on that one. I'd think that the Yanmar cleaned up and painted alone would be worth north of 5k.

Is the polar you have attached above for your Ericson 32-3, if so, I would be comfortable to use that as a baseline for our Ericson 35-3. Great illustration and explanation, thanks for posting it.

Welcome aboard Chuck - About 2.5 months ago we purchased an 83 35-3, which is in Bellingham Wa. I've already spent a lot of time doing fixes and repairs on the boat and would be glad to answer any and all questions which you might have. You can direct message me at anytime. Best of luck, Jim

Where is your anchor locker, and do you retain access to it. A picture would be great! This is something to consider, I like the idea of getting it out away from everything else.

I have no idea on how to construct a retractable sprit on our boat. I"ve seen them on J105's and it's a pretty beefy system. We will be generally sailing with two people, and I want to make sure we can fly the asymmetrical safely.

Our boat in SF was a Catalina 320 and it did not have a spinnaker halyard, so we have no experience with it. When the weather gets a little nicer I'll pull the asymetrical out of the bag and see how it looks.

Thanks for all the replies and input. The hoses in that area are thick high quality hoses, and the clamps are doubled and in good shape. Given the amount of plumbing in that area, I don't use it for any storage, so there is nothing which is going to bang into it. I'm going to wait for the next...

The shaft itself sheered inside the fitting, there are some threads still in there, but nothing to grab on to. It had a small lead through the threads of the handle of about 1 drop per 3 seconds. As a temporary fix, I stuffed a small piece of plastic bag in the opening. Today, I'm going to...