Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 My good friend, Lloyd Roberts, mentioned that he’d like a boarding gate over the transom of his Ericson 27, and I came up with this fix. It’s an easy modification, and th...
Make this excellent abandon-ship kit for next to nothing Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 I put together an abandon-ship module because I wanted to have just one safety item to grab if we ever have to go over ...
Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 My wife, Marilyn, began singlehanding our 25-foot sloop in the mid-1980s. One problem she had at that time was hoisting our outboard up and into the stowed position. I made a d...
How to build it and stow it conveniently Issue 42 : May/Jun 2005 Years ago I was thumbing through a sailing publication and saw a photo of Larry Pardey standing on his sidedeck grasping a stowed boath...
A little elevation keeps the toilet base dry Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 I have seen quite a few marine toilet installations where the presence of even a little amount of salt water has caused green stain...
A vented loop keeps the boat afloat Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 Having heard horror stories of boats sinking due to a marine toilet overflowing, I have resolved to never let that happen on our 1979 Ericso...
Fitting an Autohelm without harming the teak wheel Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 I searched high and low for my factory original all-teak wheel, the top of the line of about five wheels and a tiller that E...
If it ain’t broke, it just needs cleaning and painting Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 The inspiration to rebuild, rather than replace, the non-functioning Whale Gusher 10 bilge pump on our Ericson 31 had two...
Getting a grip took a little help Issue 112: Jan/Feb 2017 To comply with the spirit and rule of USCG regulations, we keep the seacock on the holding tank’s overboard discharge closed and disable it by...
The answer when “universal” isn’t quite Issue 114: May/June 2017 You can buy a key for the old-style slotted deck-fill caps, but about the only type available is a universal key designed to fit severa...