Shawn: I purchased, new, a 1979 Ericson 2-30, and sailed and raced her for twenty-five years. I never had a problem with the keel, and the bilge was bone dry. I seem to recall that the keel bolts were J bolts. I have never heard of an Ericson keel falling off. The only problem I had with the boat was the way the shrouds were bonded to the hull. The tabs on the chain plates were too small, causing the hull to "oil can" (dimples in the hull around the chain plates). Whoever bonded the chain plates to the hull, didn't use enough resin. (Some of the glass mat was not saturated with resin.) Ericson sent me a retrofit kit which extended the chain plates and the extensions had longer tabs. I did the work myself, and I didn't have any further problems. The last I heard, the boat is still sailing in the Portland area. As an aside, there's an Ericson 30+ listed for sale on Yachtworld.com for $16,500.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 8:43 AM Shawn Wright via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > After another 4 months of boat searching, I am once again considering the > 35-2 "Callisto" which began this old thread from January. I have been > thinking about it, and when I saw it at the dock while looking at another > boat (Crown 28, yes I am getting desperate...), I realized I had forgotten > how nice looking the boat is. It still has a for sale sign, and I am > waiting to hear back from the owner. I think at 34K he was asking far too > much, but at 20K I could overlook some of the not quite up to my standards > work done on it. I will get a survey for sure if he gets back to me, and we > can agree on a price. > Since looking at this boat, I started getting interested in Ericsons, and > really liked the idea of the encapsulated keels on their 70s models. We > almost bought a 29. But I am realizing that my fear of keel bolts is > probably unwarranted, and even Ericson went with bolt on keels by the 80s, > and none of them fell off. I hear people talk about replacing keel bolts, > but I assume they mean just the nuts, which doesn't seem to make a lot of > sense, since the crevice corrosion is likely to a problem with the > bolt/stud. Are the bolts J bolts like concrete anchors, or just threaded > rod set into lead? I imagine replacing a J bolt would be a huge job. Is > replacing them ever actually done? Could you just drill, tap, and thread in > new stainless rod in between the original bolts for extra safety? Or am I > worrying too much about a mostly non-issue? It's just that most bolt on > keel boats I've looked at have water in the bilge meaning the bolts/nuts > will stay wet most of the time (probably mainly rainwater/condensation I > guess), so it seems like I should be concerned. > > It's interesting also that after a lot of discussion with the Ericson guys > (also a great group of owners, like this group), one of the features of the > newer Ericson designs which improves comfort is the flared bow (the 80s > models), something which the C&C 35-2 also has. Walking up to this 35-2 a > few days ago just reminded me why I was so attracted to it originally. Yes, > there are a few things I would do differently, but it's basically ready to > sail, as is. > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=p33JdjFDJAbi65jMWZ52zi86fjT_MGABeotp-jFlItA&s=e7tTIckEWvRxG_wxhDA43vD87J34-t8HBlRymXpMI-k&e= > >
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