“"Sonrisa"”
1975 Ericson Sloop
Specifications
Description
Designed by Bruce King as a local cruising boat and good club racer. Over thirteen hundred of these boats were built in the 70's, They remain a popular boat for first time buyers and to sailers looking for an easy to handle sail boat.
Ordinarily wheel steering in a 27 footer is a goodie.
Accommodations for five in a clean well laidout interior. She is well equipped and ready for a new owner. Current owners have moved up to a larger boat.
Engines
Max Speed: 5.5 to 6.0 knots
Tanks
Accommodations and Layout
The interior is very clean and is comlete with tastefull cushion material and carpeting. The salon table is mounted to the starboard bulkhead and drops down with drop leaf extension. There is a spice rack behind the mounted table. The salon table when down is accessable for seating from both the port and starboard settees.
Galley
- 1) Stainless steel sink with hand/foot pump.
- 2) Top loading ice box,
- 3) Alcohol two burner stove.
Electronics & Navigation
- 1) Standard Horizon VHF.
- 2) Raytheon 550 Loran Navigator.
- 3) Ranger depthsounder.
- 4) Knotlog.
- 5) Navico autopilot - Tiller model and operates in the forward cockpit area by removing a panel and installing the emergency tiller, then hook up - a simple easy installation and great when going any distance like to a from Catalina.
Electrical
- 1) 12vdc system.
- 2) 110vac system.
- 3) Shorepower outlet with power cord.
- 4) Two new marine batteries.
- 5) Addition of two reading/salon lights mounted on the forward bulkhead (one to port, one to starboard).
Sails and Rigging
Sails (Seven bags):
- 1) Dacron main sail.
- 2) Older Dacron main sail.
- 3) Dacron staysail.
- 4) Spinnaker.
- 5) Three Dacron headsails.
- Note: Aluminum whisker pole.
Rigging
- 1) Stainless steel wire standing rigging.
- 2) Dacron running rigging.
- 3) Adjustable split back stay.
Winches:
- 1) Two Barlow #24, two speed self tailing winches.
- 2) Two Barlow house mounted winches.
Other:
- 1) New Schaeffer traveller system.
- 2) Boom vang.
Deck and Hull
- Hull: Hand laid up fiberglass.
- Deck: Fiberglass with molded non skid.
Anchors: Danforth bow anchor with chain and rode.
Engine and Mechanical
- 1) New prop shaft.
- 2) New dripless packing gland.
Additional Comments
Safety Equipment/Gear:
- 1) Stainless steel bow pulpit.
- 2) Stainless steel stern pulpit with boarding ladder.
- 3) Stainless steel stanchions with single life lines and rail netting.
- 4) Manual whale gusher.
- 5) Kidde dry chemical fire extinguisher.
- 6) Man overboard pole with Type IV horseshoe buoy.
Additional Equipment and gear:
- 1) All new green covers for the wheel, winches, main sail cover, companionway main/hatch cover and opening deck hatch.
- 2) All new thru hulls.
- 3) New cockpit cushions.
- 4) Stainless barbecue mounted on stern pulpit.
- 5) CD stereo player with two cockpit speakers.
- 6) Ships clock.
- 7) Sabot sailing pram/tender.
