upgrades

My second year owning a 1986 E28 is rapidly coming to a close. We have refinished the cabin sole, added a drop leaf table in the cockpit, upgraded to self-tailing jib winches, added rope clutches on the starboard side of the cabintop and replaced the traveler car. My biggest surprise in two...

Will be scoping out the Sail only boat show deals in Oakland in a few weeks. We have a resonable budget and want to get the boat all set nice. #1 Original Traveler upgrade- thinking your normal Harken traveler setup with two lines one on each side run under a dodger. Thoughts or ideas? #2...

Hi All, We bought a CS-36 earlier this season and it has a cockpit mounted main sheet traveler right in front of the pedestal. I did not want to switch to mid boom sheeting and therefore could not install an offset pedestal guard with Navpod's for the instruments. After giving this quite a bit...

I am coming to the end on a couple of projects on our boat and just wanted to update you all. We are completing our rewiring and panel replacement - we have just the engine panel wiring to go. We have installed a Balmar 91-75 and Xantrex multi-stage regulator to keep the batteries charged up...

Hello All, I am looking to upgrade my bilge pump in my 1983 E38. If you have this style of boat with the TAFG grid it doesn't leave a whole lot of room to fit a larger blige pump down into that cramped space between keelbolts. Also the TAFG grid has molded in pass-thru's for hoses that don't...

This is not just an Ericson question, We are relatively new to the sailing world... 2 years and are looking at a larger boat. I know this topic is so variable and there are two sides, the buyers and the sellers. As buyers how can one determine the value of a boat, it seems that sellers prices...

Lots of posts about fuses & breakers on other BB's. Caution to all novice electricians/do it your selfers - Don't just install new breaker panels. You need both circuit protection & equipment protection. Breakers generally don't come in assorted sizes to protect your individual loads for the...