I used to race one 20 years ago. Downwind with the spinnaker up in heavy air
was quite exciting to put it mildly. We were usually barely in control or
totally out of control most of the time.

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On Jun 13, 9:31 am, Jim wrote:
klubko wrote:
Hi,
we are considering Ericson 39 for extensive liveaboard/cruising,
mostly (sub-)tropics, SE Asia, mostly on anchor, low budget, couple.
What's your experience? How does it handle heavy weather? What are the
common problems with these boats?
Thanks a lot
Petr

They are well built, heavy boats that have a decent interior.

They are squirly off the wind in a blow, and would be a handful with two
people at just about any time. Big sails, heavy loads, big heavy
everything.

A very nice boat that was fun to race 20 years ago. I'd buy something
smaller.

Thanks Jim,
we are also looking at smaller boats, just being little concerned
about the space, tankage etc.
Thanks a lot, we will think it through again
Petr