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...
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I'm seriously considering making an offer on a 1985 Ericson 32-3. My concern is that it appears to have some kind of mast repair. The work was done by a previous owner so I don't have more information than what's visible (pics below). There are two external plates riveted right above the...
On November 3rd we were sailing between Baltimore Light and Rock Hall in the Chesapeake when we lost our mast.
We were having a great sail, traveling briskly close hauled through choppy waves in a beautiful breeze when the furler came flying back towards our heads. As I turned to starboard to...