bowsprit

My 1976 E27, in it's 45 years of existence, never had the privilege of any sort of spinnaker setup. Which left a nice blank canvas for deciding whether to go with a traditional symmetrical spinnaker setup or asymmetrical. After much thought and consideration I decided to go with the asymmetrical...

G'day fellow E boat owners, I am new to this group being that I recently purchased a 1986 38-200 here in Bermuda. I would like to ask about any information or experiences that other owners have had with regularly using asymmetrical spinnakers, for ex. bowsprit, is it a must, if so where could I...

Hi, I recently acquired an E31 Independence, hull #29, HYDRA! Very excited about the boat but there is a lot of repair, restoration, and modification ahead of me. I understand the E31 came as either a sloop, or as a cutter with a bowsprit...mine is the sloop model. I'm wondering if anyone can...

We recently purchased this boat from a previous member (see Skank Bottom). After re-doing standing rigging and dealing with a bad impeller and some other things we had some wonderful time sailing her on a windy lake in Northern New Mexico actually setting a way too big spinnaker w/out pole...

well the rotten piece is off WHAT A PAIN IN THE BACK hope it goes easer when the new one is reinstalled advice to others SERIOUSLY consider paying the yard if you can the adheisive was UNREAL an the SQUEEZZZE in that chain locker to deal with the fastners will try ones religion and drive one to...

Anyone have ideas on baseline tension on the bobstay, headstay, backstay and upper shrouds on the Independence 31? Here are my issues: 1) I feel like I have an issue with my bowsprit lifting (can see a gap at the stem), which would indicate perhaps bobstay stretch and need of tensioning, 2)...