DSK wrote

Bart Senior wrote:

7000 of his designs built including most of the Ericson line.

Ericsons are quite well built too. The flush deck 39, smaller sister to
yours, is one of my favorites.

I've seen pictures of it. They both share the oval lines of the coaming
brought back to the stern. Makes for a nice looking design. I find
that it makes it difficult to put on a dodger--unless I move three winches.
That is a distinct possibility. While it's not desirable for racing, I'm
more interested in staying dry and warm, and also out of the sun.

I was wondring if it had the same keel configuration as my boat,
and it does.

http://support.pacificseacraft.com/Ericson/E39.pdf

My boat had the wheel mounted forward in the cockpit. At some
point it was moved aft and put on a Edison pedestal which I prefer.
I was not until I spotted some unused wire sheaves and remembered
looking at th Ericson 46 broshure that I determined that.


Thansk for the links. Lots of great stuff there. While there is no doubt
that Whitefin, Whitehawk, and especially Antonisia are very
impressive... I mean a pipe organ is one amenity that no J-boat could
boast of, and she's certainly faster... my favorite is Sophie. Only 90
feet but purely for sailing... no 'guest cockpit.'

All the big boats are gorgeous. I like the idea of a traditional topsides
coupled with modern underbody. It makes for a fast and beautiful
combination.

I think it was White Hawk that was modeled after Ticonderoga. I've
seen Ticonderoga in it's home slip in Stamford Connecticut many times
and up in Newport fairly often.

I lean towards the ketch rigs because it give you more to play with
balancing the helm, and a mizzen makes a great "air" rudder for manueving.
I used to practice docking under sail in a fat 41' ketch. The mizzen
make that simple and fun.

If money were no an object I'd pick Alejandra or Signe. Did you see
the electrical panel on Signe? WOW! I'd like to see that up close.

Perhaps I can beg a tour of ADIX. If I have time this week I'll head
over there and see what I can do. Perhaps if I came by water, I'd be
more welcome--I've used that method in the past. I sailed back and
forth with my eyes glued on a boat, demonstrating some solo-sailing
skills got me a tour of a nice boat once. And, of course it was only
one person, me, not a crowd trying to get a tour.

I've been doing lots of rewiring on ECHO. I'll take a picture for you
as some point. Although most people don't like exposed wiring, for
my HAM gear, it is all exposed on the ceiling above the Nav Station.
That part is a bit chaotic and most people don't like it. Ham's do
because it is easy to reconfigure and change antennas, radios,
or whatever. The Electrical Panel itself is something I spent a lot
of time planning and it came out well--all Blue Seas breakers
labeled and backlit with LED's, on black fold down formica
panels. It looks good.

I would not put to sea with it as it is. I would first want to build
some backing to prevent water from potentially getting in. I've seen
fire damage on many boats. In every case, it started at the
electrical panel--so water must have been the cause. That is
scary and something to treat carefully. I've even considered
moving the whole panel to a drier location centered, in the aft
cabin.

All these boats look better with dark hulls. I miss my dark
blue hull. I console myself that it will be cooler.

So what are you plans with your trawler? Why don't you
come up for a visit, and bring your Johnson 18 with you!

Bart Senior