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Thaaaaat explains the decor! Lot's of fun. You must be Diana. I knew Ericson owners were kinda rock stars, but you've brought us the rest of the way!

No judgement here Brian. We're thinking of doing the same this year. Too many other projects.

@boatgeek Can you elaborate on the corroded mast base issue? Is it the fiberglass structure? The plate? Surface corrosion or crumbling of the aluminum? (I wonder if there was a coin in there)

In a past life Donna and her then partner purchased a new 1987 E28+ for $53,000. That included 2 sails with upgrades of a roller furling jib, curtains, and cockpit cushions. She has a phenomenal memory.

Almost four years now and we're still discovering new things about the boat. This is a great place to share the journey. Folks here still notice issues in photos of our boat that had slipped by me.

A resin casting from a mold is probably easiest. - If you really wanted metal it looks like you could slice some aluminum tubing lengthwise, angle two ends, have them welded. Do some finishing and drill some holes and there you go. You could really do it up and have it anodized. Is the rubber...

The extra stainless parts came in today. I decided to stick with the height. It adds some extra anti-siphon qualities (in my current understanding) and I was going to build a brace anyway. The schedule 40 fittings looked plenty strong to me but we special ordered the sched 80 nipples.

Hi Torben DK, There are some pictures and good responses to my questions in this thread: https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/threads/e35-3-prop-shaft-strut-a-look-inside-and-a-zinc-question.19649/post-161033 Pertinent posts start at # 83 with some pictures and musing. Really helpful discussion...

Rereading the Aubrey/Maturin books, yet again, I came across this wonderful line, "The sea, if it teaches nothing else, does at least compel a submission to the inevitable, which resembles patience." Blue At The Mizzen

David, What engine do you have?* Our Universal has a bleed valve at the injector pump which puts air into the fuel return circuit. That's done the job well for us. So far I've never needed to bleed at the injectors. Jeff * Many people will put their engine model in their signature line. I find...

Good luck!!!

@EngineerSailing - After looking at Shawn's post some more, I realize he had the rudder installed on land. I seem to remember somewhere here, someone told of doing a rudder swap while the boat was in the water. Maybe you can find it with further searching. Sorry for the misdirection, Carlton.

Wow, that's a bummer Carlton. A couple years ago Shawn replaced a rudder in the water and left us some pretty good documentation. I think there are more videos on YT than he posted here. It's not a 1:1 situation, a different boat, and he had clear, warm water to work in. But there may be some...

Thanks @Norwester - When we made the initial delivery voyage on our boat we encountered exactly what you described, minus the danger of a lee (or windward) shore. There was absolutely no wind so I wasn't fighting boat motion, but it certainly wasn't a relaxed time. We ended up getting towed. I...

Can you please talk a bit more about relocating the secondary filter, the not-Racor one? Why? How? Do you have a picture of the engine connection? Thanks, Jeff