Captain Q reviews the Ericson 38-200

[Mat]

 

[Loren Beach]

His style is entertaining, but there is a lot of confident-sounding BS mixed in. And not just for this particular boat, either.
(sigh)

 

[TrueBlue]

Yeah I like his reviews think he did a Olson or another Ericson review as well. Was nice of them to plug Christians videos as well.

 

[nquigley]

Unfortunately, the boat itself was not a good example - looked pretty rough.
Capn Q said the stove was propane (looked original). Is that right? Weren't the initial stoves CNG? I know my PO replaced the OEM CNG stove with propane one.

 

[driftless]

Capn Q said the stove was propane (looked original). Is that right? Weren't the initial stoves CNG? I know my PO replaced the OEM CNG stove with propane one.

Pretty sure my propane system is original. My owners manual is on the boat but as I recall the original equipment install checklist has propane noted.

 

[Loren Beach]

IIRC, the mid-late 80's Ericson's have dedicated propane lockers at the rear of the cockpit. Those molded interiors do not accommodate a "scuba tank" shaped CNG tank at all. Of course a prior owner, including the original purchaser, could have opted/changed to a CNG system. Those were in vogue in that era as a safer alternative for boats.

 

[TrueBlue]

In the same theme is this video, its really good about the 35-2 and racing capabilities.