Recent content by RyPhil

There was power to almost everything. Even the light fixtures corroded. Some items, like a few clocks, seem to be coming back. Others, like my SSB, had so much corrosion inside it looked like a fungus was going to crawl out. I pulled the plugs from the A4, and poured ATF inside. I heard thats...

I was not sitting down, but I did shortly thereafter. Seems my fresh water hose from the city had been left on, and the end of the hose failed. The result was the cabin top under 3 feet of water. It was noticed about 7 a.m. and was resurfaced by 11 a.m. Everything electrical is pretty much...

With my boat almost ready for the water, I need to find insurance. My auto/home company(Farmers) won't insure anything over 26 feet, and I hard some things about boat us that made me decide to look at more options. So, what are you using?

The folks at The Sailboat Shop, Lake Pleasant, in Peoria Az, helped me raise the mast. They have a flagpole type crane that we used to lift the mast. We tied one end of a line around the middle of the mast, the line then went upto a block at the top. From there it went through a block on the...

I just had to share these pictures my wife took today of my mast raising.

Thanks I just want to say thank you to everyone who responded to my question. Robert

Go for ride? Davis, I'll make it a point to get to the LA area again in the near future, but after the holidays, just to go out in the ocean on a sistership. I'll let you know when I can get out there so we can get out in some big water. Thanks for asking. Robert

YES, pics please I would like to see pics of your storage areas. I was thinking of the same thing and want to see how someone else did it. Robert

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to have a survey done. I found the boat on Ebay and didn't have much time to decide, but the price was very good and the pics looked great. When I saw her for the first time, I knew I got very lucky. She was even better looking than her pictures. She did come with a...

First a quick intro... I am the new giddy owner of a 29' Ericson. Built in 1974, she's trimmed in blue and in great shape. I'll be keeping her on the lake here in Az and her and I will become very well aquainted. I also have a 18' Mirage, which was the largest boat I have sailed before...