Ericson 36C in San Diego **pic heavy**

[Rusalka]

Hi there, I just wanted to introduce ourselves to the community. We have owned a 1976 Bruce King 36C (Rusalka) since last year. We are in San Diego. We have just been going through systems and doing a mini-refit. Rusalka is running a new complete set of Ullman sails and has a Perkins 4.108. She is all teak up top and down below, in counter fridge and freezer, Force 10 stove and heater.

Here are a few pics taken while doing things on her.

 

[Loren Beach]

I have known three surveyors pretty well, and their survey (initial purchase or condition) would have ferreted out a bilge pumping system, and if for some reason this had been removed they would have noted it in capital letters. This would affect insurability as well as safety.
I would keep looking. My experience with an 80's Ericson is that there would be a breaker on the 12 volt panel section marked 'bilge pump' or similar.....

 

[Rusalka]

Was the teak deck a factory option?

These were added by the previous owner who did a complete refit about 7 years ago. I’m not sure if you could get them from the factory originally.

 

[Martin King]

Teak decks were an option although somewhat rare. I know of one 46 that had them, however the factory would have used a kingplank and a swept deck layout whereby the plank curves mirror the curves of the hull.

 

[Christian Williams]

Rusalka posted twice, the latest a year ago. Makes you wonder how the refit went....