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Hello All - Here's the background: Just bought the boat. Picked it up from the broker's dock and motored about 30 mins to my marina. No odd sounds, shifted and ran smoothly in both forward and reverse. While docking (for the first time with this boat) I inadvertently shifted from reverse, thru...

Being that the engine compartment in the E35 MkII is pretty far forward I assume it creates problems with the angle of the engine-tranny-driveshaft connections. I have a pretty good oil leak and it seems to be coming from the tranny- driveshaft connection. Was wondering if anyone has had this...

Howdy Folks: I'm looking for some wisdom. I'm a fairly new owner of a 84' 381 and recently meet a rigger at the boat to tun the rig. I was concerned that the last rigger over tensioned shrouds before water delivery to Texas as she had developed a couple of stress cracks on deck of the...

Hi! I am new to the forem. My son & I sail a 1987 Erickson 28. The wheel froze leaving the slip & we discovered that the throttle-mount is bent, interfering with the wheel chain. Anyone have a brand for the pedestal or any drawings of the internal workings? Any ideas how to pop the throttle...

Just replaced the freshwater pump in my E38. The pump cycles from time to time, even when water isn't being run. In addition, each time it "burps" a bit of water out of the faucet for the freshwater foot pump. I have an accumulator tank installed. I've given the system a cursory check for air...

Hello All, I replaced the engine in my E38 with a used 5432 this winter and although the "new" engine runs great there is one small problem. It starts instantly when cold, or even hot if I just shutdown and restart in a few minutes. If I go for a 2-4 hour sail and then try to start the engine...

After a month long cruise with numerous nights spent on anchor, I've come to realize that my current anchoring setup is not really ideal. I'm turning to the forum for guidance what can be done to improve it, within reasonable budget constraints ;) I have a 35lbs CQR on 25' of chain and 200'...

I have a Rule three way switch with indicator light on my DC panel for the bilge pump and a float switch in the bilge on my 1989 Ericson 38. The float switch when lifted will activate the pump but when the dc panel is switched to manual I get an indicator light but no pump activity.Any ideas...

Non Ericson specific. I have a friend with a Catalina 30 with a starter problem. Turning the key to start the diesel the engine would crank and start but the starter would not disengage. If you turned the key to the off position the starter would stop and the engine would run fine. My friend...

Upon inspecting the boom of the 1975 e27 I purchased late last fall, it seems as if the internal mainsail outhaul is jammed. The play line comes out about 2' in front of the gooseneck, and has a jam cleat just fore of where it comes out (on the port side of the boom). I made certain the...

This particularly harsh winter in the midwest has caused two of my skupper fittings to blow -- due to freezing and thawing cycles, and me not covering the cockpit. One of the two I'll need to replace a PVC fitting that broke apart. The second (see attached pic taken under the starboard...

I understand that the March 2005 Sail magazine has an article on the Ericson 35-III. Does anyone know where this might be posted online? Does anyone have this issue and be willing to scan it for me? Thanks Tim R.

For those of you who use Firefox as a browser - please be aware that there is currently an issue with the appearance of the PostThread/Reply screen - and its running off the right hand side of the screen (see the attached). I've opened a ticket with Jelsoft and am working on the issue. //sse