The boat may come a part, but it may be disconcerting to your crew, because it will sound like you areīreaking up. You will discover that the hull 'oil cans' like crazy when slogging into a steep chop. With it's high freeboard and large flat panels in the bow sections, I am fairly certain The Col 26 is a good sailing little boat, but I believe that Columbia was using a lot of 'Chopper Gun' The harbor entrances can be dangerous to negotiate. But the Oregon coast can be very rough, with very few places to duck in. If you and you mates were planning to turn left and sail for So Cal or Mexico, I would consider thatĪ reasonable plan. I would try all of U20's suggestions above before ever going out the gate and turning right. Potential to be an epic voyage, but we need to be realistic here. I am not usually some one to shy away from a wild adventure that has If we ever take the boat north its going by truck cuz she won't do that trip against the wind and waves Not something I would take north up the coast. I can tell you my 11hp Universal diesel which was surveyed with a clean bill of health will push the Ericson 28 into 25knots of wind and heavy chop at 2-1.4 knots occasionally coming to a dead stop while cranking at 75% power any more throttle and it starts to warm up after a bit. Take the old bucket out in some nasty local stuff see how things work - see if it will sail up wind "off a lee shore" in various sail combos before you make your final call on the trip.Īlso motor it into the 25+knots and heavy chop to see what sort of head way you can do without over heating the engine. Old boats are great but old gear can end your day and make for some major issues once outside the gate. But we are making progress - new traveler this summer - new life lines last month- new furler this summer after shredding the head fitting on the Sunday Vallejo race. I've done plenty of racing out the gate up and down the coast and know that my 4knot turd would be in big trouble in short order as it is. I have a Ericson 28 that was in mint shape when we bought it over a year ago- wife and I are still replacing old gear and its not ready for a outside gg run yet. To get a taste of the potential trip - take her out on a normal Summer day when its blowing 25+ at the gate - and sail out and around the Rock Pile - this will give you an idea of what 1/10th of the trip could be like when the weather is nice.
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