New Prop for New Electric Motor

Pretty, huh? We got a killer deal on this prop from Prop Shop Sales & Repairs in Mukilteo.

Wish list 1

Below is a picture taken from this website featuring the faux teak material I want to use in place of the trashy carpeting below deck. I wonder if they'd consider bartering some of this material in exchange for a redesigned logo? Hmmmm...

Drawer Project - After

These should have been easy but they had never been cleaned in 37 years since the boat was built.  Sand, Sand, Sand.  Varnish, Varnish, Varnish...

After sanding the companionway doors down to bare wood.  I clear coated with MAS Epoxy and then two coats of varnish.  Under theory provided by the marketing guys as MAS Epoxy I should never have to sand down to bare wood again.  We will see about that...

Before

I took this picture after I bought her in Bellingham. We found the boat from a nice guy named Craig via Craigslist. My siblings and I will be going in on the cost of moorage and make it the Blakesley family boat. We always wanted a “Crane Family Cabin” like Frasier, Niles, and their dad, but I think this is way better. The plan is as follows:

• I take sailing classes (Barrett already knows what he’s doing for some reason)
• Get the electric motor, batteries, and prop
• Go to Bellingham and install all that stuff+the new hatch
• Sail it to Olympia and moor it at Swantown Marina

Meanwhile, Barrett is slaving away on building the new hatch, since the old one crumbled in his hands when he tried to remove it. We found a killer deal on teak, so he's probably going to build two extra hatches. Any other Ericson owners out there need a new teak hatch?