Recent content by Scott B.

Those little creatures are called skeleton shrimp, but they are not actually shrimp, they're a type of amphipod (like beach hoppers).

Cheating maybe...but the pilot had to have some epic skills, or at least some serious luck. Talk about "sticking" the landing!

Holy crap! Nothing looks right about that. Especially the forestay attached by only a fragment of a cotter pin, at best. What a lucky discovery before something really bad happened! This reinforces my need to find out what's going on at the top of my mast; it hasn't been inspected for a long time.

Congrats on your "new to you" E-26-2. I'd say the sail numbers don't really confirm anything about your sails being original or not. From what you write your boat's production number is #248, so your sail numbers don't match that. I own a 1979 Ericson 25+ (basically the prototype to your...

The "D" at the end of the HIN is part of a code system used by some manufactures to indicate the month. A= August, B=Sept,...., D=Nov,... L=July. This issue came up for me a few years back when the WA DMV discovered a discrepancy in my Ericson 25+ HIN number and wanted me to apply for a...

Just from the HIN number its an Ericson Yachts 30+, hull #643, manufactured November, 1984.

Re: E25+ sighting Kevin, Yes...that was me returning Mola Mola to Kingston after our post-rendezvous cruise around the San Juan Islands. Afterwards my wife and son drove home from Anacortes, while I made the trek across the Strait of Juan de Fuca and down the Sound -- where our paths briefly...

Things are starting to fall into place. Mola Mola has been assigned slip C-26. Now to get the boat and everything else ready to leave at first light tomorrow morning...yikes! I hope I can get it all done before then. -- Scott

Mola Mola may be a last minute addition to the rendezvous. I just talked with the marina representative, and she said she would try to fit us in with the rest of the Ericson group. She's going to call back later to let me know. I"ll update the group when I get the information. Scott, Cynthia...

Mola Mola (E-25+) in the 2018 Race to the Straits.

Good new! Canadian chart book 3313 is back in print. Just got one hot off the press.