Recent content by tuffelhunden

Ahoy! I'm relatively new to sailing (for about 9 months) and will be doing the Baja Haha out of San Diego on Wind Song, a 1970 E35 MKII. Looking to meet some folks and for some day sailing around San Diego and essentially interview crew for the Haha. I'm not sure if I'll return after the Haha...

Hull Number I have a 1970 35 MK II. The number I have found is 35 128 and was finally located at the base of the tiller knuckle mount in the cockpit. It may take a little elbow grease and never dul or similar metal polisher to reveal the numbers if your vessel is pre hull ID 14 digit stamping.

Stepped mast issues! Found the wiring behind the molding at the aft corner near the head door. Was delighted to finally find it! Unfortunately, the wiring does not move freely up through the hole at the top going up into the mast. I saw a lot of cracks (some with about 2mm of separation)...

Good Afternoon!!!! I'm retiring from the military soon and will complete the US Sailing Intermediate Course this weekend. I intend to do a lot of long haul sailing in the coming months and years but would like to crew for someone for a bit to gain some insights and experience along the way...

How do I identify the make of the mast? Most everything on the boat seems stock (I even have the E35 sail and jib; whether it is OEM replacement or original I don't know but they are definitely old but undamaged thankfully.) The sail track bottom is about 2' above the deck with no extension...

Your description of how yours was sounds like much the same as what I've got; I just need to go check my bulkhead again and look up from the bilge access with a mirror to confirm. I also noticed rotting of the mast step the last time I crawled down there and will be replacing that soon as well...

A picture truly is worth a thousand words and you, Sir, have got quite a few $5 words in the thousand words you posted! Going to get bungees this weekend!!!!:egrin: This will make my life much easier moving about the cockpit and short stints away from the tiller as I single handle much of...

Since my radio is working fine from the antennae atop the mast, I followed the antennae cable through the hull and found it entering solidly into a piece of wood between the dinette and the head wall. There doesn't appear to be a normal hole for it to route through. I still have more work to do...

Thanks! :esad: This is quite the adventure. I've already gotten the anometer as part of a kit (B&G Triton 2) so that I'd be able to integrate it into a Zeus3 9" with 4g radar if I continue in misadventures. The Ticktack would have been a nice go to but I was too naïve and now paying for it...

I'm new to sailing and to Ericsons. I recently purchased Windsong, a 1970 Ericson 35' MKII as a lien sale which was stripped of electronics. I plan to do long distance sailing and will be upgrading her with all new electronics but am running into an ignorance issue on my behalf: How on earth...