Tom Plummer
Member III
My 1981 E35-2 has the optional 25-gallon metal potable water tank under the cabin sole. The tank is located on the centerline and runs from the aft end of the forward settee bench to forward edge of the aft settee bench. The tank has sprung a leak and the Fleet Admiral has decreed that it must be replaced. This presents two problems.
1. Once I get the tank out where can I get a replacement? It will no doubt be an odd sized and shaped tank. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
2. Since the glued and screwed down the floor and I don’t really want to take all of it up how do I match the old finish? I seem to remember a thread a ling time ago on either the Ericson List at Sailnet or at Ericsonyachts.com that talked about how Ericson original finished the floors but I can not find it. Anyone out there remember the thread or better still the magic formula.
1. Once I get the tank out where can I get a replacement? It will no doubt be an odd sized and shaped tank. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
2. Since the glued and screwed down the floor and I don’t really want to take all of it up how do I match the old finish? I seem to remember a thread a ling time ago on either the Ericson List at Sailnet or at Ericsonyachts.com that talked about how Ericson original finished the floors but I can not find it. Anyone out there remember the thread or better still the magic formula.