Association Forum - I'm buying that Ericson 32

Assn Members Area · Join

Home.

Association Forum

Ships Store

Cruising

Racing

Technical Tips

Photo Gallery - New

Boat Search - Updated

Manuals & Brochures

Swap Meet

Links

Officer Flag Line & Staff

Bylaws & Constitution

Members Area

Join the Association

Notice:
The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ.
The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.

Association Forum

Username:	Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

All Forums

Catalina/Capri 25/250 Sailor's Forums

General Sailing Forum

I'm buying that Ericson 32

New Topic

Topic Locked

Printer Friendly

Author

Topic

Gloss
Master Marine Consultant

Member Avatar

USA
1916 Posts

Initially Posted - 09/06/2007 : 05:16:35

Hi there,
Well, negotiations are completed. I'll be sending off a check today to the broker for my new/used Ericson 32. I don't know how to transfer a link to this website, but if you want to look at it it's listed on yachtworld.com or boats.com. search for an Ericson 32 located in Burnt Store, Florida.
Now I'll have to decide on the timing of selling my 89 wing and trailer. Do I sell it now, before I refinish the teak and bottom, after I refinish the teak. Or do I take it one more time on a three week sailing trip in the Keys next winter. What to do, what to do.
But I am excited about learning all about diesels, and all the stuff that goes with a bigger boat. (like writing bigger checks)

Frank Gloss
Formerly 89WK/TR
85 Ericson 32-3 shoal draft "Molto Bene"

Edited by - on

Frank Hopper
Past Commodore

Members Avatar

Pitcairn Island
6776 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 05:58:11

FFO

Edited by - on

britinusa
Web Editor

Members Avatar

USA
5404 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 06:57:33

Congrats Frank, our dreamboat favs list keeps updating, but it's really nice to know when someone moves in that direction.

to post the url just use this concept.
(url)past the url here(/url) and replace the '(' and ')' with '[' and ']'.

if the url is tooooo long, then use
(url="past url here")type some text here, like 'click here'(/url)
same replacement as above.

Paul

Edited by - on

Champipple
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
6855 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 07:09:24

She looks great Frank...

Here are your links

[url="http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatFullDetails.jsp?boat_id=1717056&ybw=&units=Feet&currency=USD&access=Public&listing_id=74604&url="]Franks new Boat is located here....(clicky)[/url]

Here are some pics:

Edited by - on

GaryB
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
4303 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 09:45:00

Frank,

I'm still interested in your '89. I'm willing to discuss taking it without cleaning up the teak and it needing a bottom job if the price is adjusted accordingly.

If your interested shoot me an email tonight offline.

GaryB

Edited by - on

Steve Blackburn
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

Canada
1091 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 12:40:37

Congratulations Frank, she's a real beauty. I knew she would check out fine. I too will be moving in this direction (bigger boat) but not soon since I'm pretty much landlocked in Calgary. Your new boat looks mucn more Admiral friendly than a 250 with the standing headroom and real head (can you say shower?!). I bet your going to spend lots more time on it too due largly in part to the increased comfort.

Edited by - Steve Blackburn on 09/06/2007 12:43:07

Gloss
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
1916 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 12:50:50

Hey Duane, thanks for posting the pics. Someday I'll cease to be so computer stupid (yeah right, like that's going to happen)

I'm arranging to get the boat out of the hurricane zone and to Knoxville at the end of the month. My insurance is predicated on that. If you are an absentee owner of a boat in hurricane country, insurance is more, and who can depend on the marina to tie off your boat properly anyway. I'll be watching hurricane reports very closely.

Hey Frank, is it appropriate for me to ask what "FFO" means?
You may have to take over as the official Grand Poobah of Fleet 89.

I'll probably spend more nights and weekends on the boat, especially with more room. I did get several complaints of my little porta potti area on my 25 from dates. A real head was definitely one of the factors in choosing to get a larger boat.

Edited by - on

dmpilc
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
4593 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 13:36:44

Hey Frank, the 32 looks beautiful, inside and out. borrow a C-22 and take her out on it a few times. hehe. After 30 years of C-22 sailing, the Admiral thinks the head area on the C-25 is a vast improvement!

Edited by - on

Don B
Captain

Members Avatar

USA
317 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 14:20:46

Congratulations Frank! Fun times ahead for sure.

Just FYI...with regards to diesels...this fellow receives numerous compliments on another sailing sight. I've never met nor have done business with him but based on the comments, I would use as a source for diesel related issues:

Pat McCartin of
http://inlandmarinediesel.com/index.html

Edited by - on

Gloss
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
1916 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 19:09:20

Thanks Don, I bookmarked this website.
Westerbeke now owns Universal. On their website you can get parts, spare parts kits, etc.
I'll look for a diesel maintenance class. I just bought a book "Troubleshooting Marine diesels"
My first project is to get a mechanic to check the engine realignment, then I'll get some hoses replaced which didn't survey out too well. I'll get the fuel filters checked and the fuel tank drained, or polished, or whatever it is you do with old diesel fuel.
Gotta lot to learn for sure.

Edited by - on

Tom Potter
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
1913 Posts

Response Posted - 09/06/2007 : 20:08:39

Personally I would rather work on a diesel than a gas engine. Guess it has something to do with me serving as an engineman (diesel mechanic) back in my Navy days. It wont take long to pick up the basics, you'll soon find they are simple to work on.

BTW... Great looking boat, I've been scouting C30's myself. The wife wants a bigger boat that is more stable.

Edited by - on

delliottg
Former Mainsheet C250 Tech Editor

Members Avatar

USA
4479 Posts

Response Posted - 09/07/2007 : 10:46:03

Frank,
Congratulations on the new boat, she looks like a beauty. Where will you be sailing her? Knoxville seems to be land bound (of course I havne't looked at a map...)?

One of the first boats we looked at when we decided to move up from our San Juan 21 was an Ericson 32. It too was a beautiful boat, but smelled horribly inside of spilled diesel & overflowing head in the cabin. It was too early in the search (and learning) process for me to know where to look to figure out if it was just bad maintenance, a spill that could have been cleaned up, or something more sinister. Rita's nose was wrinkled the entire time we were in the cabin, so it was extremely unlikely that it would have <i>ever </i>gotten the thumbs up. We only spent about ten minutes looking at the boat, and last time I checked that broker's site, it was still for sale.

An Ericson is still on my list of boats when we decide to move up. Rita's already uttered the famous "we need a bigger boat" a couple of times, but I don't think she's really serious...yet.

Tom,
I agree with you about preferring to work on diesels than gas. I spent my time in the USN as an electrician, frequently working alongside the enginemen in A gang. Spent 18 months in the Azores working on diesel generators, and learned way more than I wanted to about White Superior diesels.

Edited by - delliottg on 09/07/2007 10:49:02

SJ
Navigator

Members Avatar

USA
198 Posts

Response Posted - 09/07/2007 : 11:48:35

What are you going to do with all that room?

Edited by - on

jerlim
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
1484 Posts

Response Posted - 09/07/2007 : 13:04:43

It really does make the jump from 'camping aboard' to 'living aboard'!
Congrats!

Edited by - on

ddlyle
Captain

Members Avatar

302 Posts

Response Posted - 05/21/2008 : 21:44:15

Molto Bene,
Frank ... Really beautiful boat! Congratulations.
I too have foot-itis.
May I ask what are some of your reasons for choosing Ericson?
Or this particular model?
She sure looks nice.
I too like diesels.
(My brother in law who sold me his Capri 16 lives near you in TN.)
I don't know how Ericsons or O'Day's compare to Catalina's.
Thanks

Edited by - on

Gloss
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
1916 Posts

Response Posted - 05/23/2008 : 15:50:08

Hi Dave,
Thanks for the kind words.
Several reasons for buying this particular boat:
It's an Ericson (IMHO lots better quality than either Oday or Catalina, this boat listed out at 130k when it was last sold in 1990.
Real teak interior.
Great layout, the dining area table drops to make a 6'6" long bed.
It's an Ericson.
This boat was only in salt water 5 years, fresh for 17 years, and well cared for.
Has a quick Portsmouth number, I believe an 86.
Shoal draft at 4'10"
Points very well.
and most of all, it's an Ericson.

Edited by - on

dmpilc
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
4593 Posts

Response Posted - 05/23/2008 : 22:47:04

Will you be selling the C-25 from Knoxville? Have you sold it yet?

Edited by - on

Gloss
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
1916 Posts

Response Posted - 06/02/2008 : 16:22:58

Hi David,
I actually replied to your question about a week ago, but I see that I obviously didn't hit the right keystroke.
I still have to finish the teak bofore I put my 89 wing on the market. Yes, for now it's in Knoxville at my sailing club. (on the trailer, the Ericson is in the slip)
I would like to eventually find a broker and sell it that way.

Edited by - on

OLarryR
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
3440 Posts

Response Posted - 06/02/2008 : 22:42:35

Frank - I'm envious ! I have to not look at this post anymore....it may get me tempted !

Edited by - on

GaryB
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
4303 Posts

Response Posted - 06/02/2008 : 22:58:54

Frank,

Any chance you'd be interested in selling just the trailer? I have an '89 W and cannot locate a trailer.

Edited by - on

SteveRoberts
1st Mate

Members Avatar

USA
45 Posts

Response Posted - 06/03/2008 : 18:54:41

I always liked the lines of the Ericson 32. Congratulations! Be sure to come back and tell us your adventures.

Edited by - on

Don B
Captain

Members Avatar

USA
317 Posts

Response Posted - 06/03/2008 : 22:46:42

The lines of an Ericson 32 are what you imagine...I haven't been the same since that fateful day when I first took step on a ship that was aching to head south to the islands rather than north on I75.

Edited by - on

Gloss
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
1916 Posts

Response Posted - 06/09/2008 : 21:05:53

Hey Gary,
If you buy my trailer for 14 grand I'll throw in a free 89 wing. Sorry, I just couldn't resist being a wise ass. It's what I do.
Try the Trail-n-sail website, they have the measurements for Catalina 25's. My friend Dwight bought one and it's pretty nice. I would spend a few bucks more to get bigger axles though. My trailer is rated at 9600 lbs. That was nice when I was travelling in the Keys and had a blowout and didn't notice it until two good looking ladies (they looked like ladies) beeped and waved (I thought I was going to have a good day) and pointed back to my trailer, then I saw the carnage which was once my tire.

Hey Don, and everyone else out there.
I have been racing the Ericson 32, and been having a blast doing it. I have no trouble getting really good crew. My friend Dwight, and fellow 89 wing owner, is teaching me racing, and is the tactician. The cutest lady in our club is in our crew.

The worst crewman is the helmsman. That would be me.

I have replaced the CNG gas system with propane. I also installed a propane sniffer, and propane control panel. Got a new Force 10 stove/oven. New stereo and hard wired XM to 4 new speakers. I upgraded the starting circuit wiring and installed a new switch. I got a new Ullman tri radial 135 headsail, which is really sweet. Gary Swenson makes some really nice sails. I'm getting it cruise ready. To where, I don't know, or when.

For those of you who don't know, Don helped me sail my new boat across Charlotte Harbor, which is really nice, to another marina.

Edited by - on

Topic

New Topic

Topic Locked

Printer Friendly

Jump To:

Association Forum

Notice: The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ.
The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.