Bart Senior wrote:
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.

Yes, they are very handsome boats. Pics don't really do it justice.

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

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

I think the hulls are almost identical, just scaled up. This is a really
nice sailing boat, no hard curves anywhere in it, very smooth ride &
steers marvelously. It really suffers in light air due to the high
wetted surface (and the fact that it weighs ten tons), but they handle a
chop better than any other fin keeler I know of.

Have you seen this
http://www.ussmaverick.net/


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.

I kind of liked the helm forward. It puts the helmsman where he'd be
anyway with a tiller, but without the tiller obstructing the 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.

heh heh compare with some of N.G. Herreshoff's designs... the
underbodies are not all that modern! Anyway I like the lifting keel too.
A draft 7' doesn't sound like shallow draft until you look at the
waterline length and displacement... and board-down draft (15' IIRC)


If money were no an object I'd pick Alejandra or Signe.

Not me... if money were no object I'd have something like Mari-Cha or
maybe one of the huge cats.... then again, if you want a boat styled
like an 1890s yacht there are a few actual 1890s yachts to be picked up...

... Did you see
the electrical panel on Signe? WOW! I'd like to see that up close.

I'd like to see the whole engineering plant up close. It looks really
first class. Maybe I ought to switch careers.



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.

That often works well. Phil Bolger once wrote about the difference in
the reception you get when you show up in a classy rowing boat (he had
in mind a pretty lapstrake wherry) versus some nondescript mass-produced
clorox bottle. I've noticed it myself... although the best way to get
invited in where you aren't really wanted is to show up with a pretty
girl and stand slightly behind her. It works after eleven years of
marriage too, and I don't have to prompt her at all




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.

If there's a good practical reason, and the downside can be minimized,
it sounds fine to me.

... 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.

Dunno, never had much problem with water getting into the power panel,
unless it was by way of deck leacks, or simply the long term effects of
humidity & poor boat care. High amp loads, even at twelve volts, no air
circulation, a little corrosion, and minimal wiring specs are a recipe
for disaster.

I don't like our boat's wiring. It is kind of sloppy and disorganized.
However I am not prepared to rip it all out and start from scratch, and
unfortunately there are limited routes for the wiring I am adding. But I
am keeping in mind ripping out the old system one day.



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

Work keeps interfering. At some point we are definitely coming north for
the summer... probably several summers... but we're not quite ready to
jump off yet!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King