Welcome!
Hi Jeff,
More congratulations from Portland, Oregon.
Somewhat sorta-kinda akin to us Olson owners, you have an Ericson-built boat that is quite different from the "main stream" of the thousands of Bruce King-designed Ericsons in the late 60's clear into the '80's.
I have not seen an example your model in my city, but there is an Alberg-design E-35-1 sailing on our river and several Crealock-design E-26-1 models in our area.
If you take some pictures of your boat, be sure to post them for us to admire. The few pics that we have on this site are nice, to be sure, but more of the E-30-1 would be neat -- expecially of the interior.
Where do you sail?
Whichever region you are in, look through the Owners' section in this site for other owners to plan for social gatherings like our NW Rendezvous every summer. If you wish, add your home port and boat type to your "User CP" (upper left in the blue color bar) and also note the "FAQ" clickable word beside that.
You will find that many of your questions about propulsion and rigging/plumbing/wiring systems are common to everyone else with an Ericson over 20 or 30 years of age.
Use the Search function in this site and enjoy the massive collection of wisdom, pictures, wit, and discussion archived over the last several years. You will find that everyone has an opinion, and, if you average them all together the result is sometimes quite helpful... or occasionally just a bubble off of plumb...
Seriously, this is a good bunch of helpful Ericson owners, some of whom really are electricians, sailmakers, surveyors, carpenters, and fiberglass repair veterans in their other lives. Note that every individual here (!) has at least ONE interesting project or experience that all the rest can benefit from knowing of.
Ask stuff. Search for threads and posts. Post pictures. Oh, and remember to go out and sail your boat.
Loren
