Great 35-footers

[cbulger]

Thank Ed for the flashback at the Ericsson 35 - your right - great looking boat, maybe the best cockpit ever.

Our family had 3 of the best looking 35-footers ever - an Ericsson 35 in the 70’s, a Contessa 35 in the 80’s and a Holby built Tripp 37 (OK not a 35) in the 90’s.  All called Starlight, all raced and cruised in New England.  These are 3 of the best and most beautiful production 35’s ever built IMHO.

The boats got progressively faster, but my 94 year-old mom still reminisces about the Ericsson's cockpit.  She was a bit of a hobby-horse in east coast chop, and I remember 4 feet of the deck to hull seam coming apart in a particularly rough Vineyard Race - but we lovered that boat.

Will dig up picks.

 

[Editor]

Hey thanks! I'm actually looking for one right now. I f anyone knows of a decent one, well, you know how to find me...

 

[PeterHuston]

Excellent report.  Imagine that, a boat on which people can actually be comfortable.  But where was the report on the important stuff, like the stereo?

Must be more old IOR warhorses around there, Choate 40's perhaps.  Islander 40 was also a great boat, and a Peterson design.

 

[JoeO]

Pssst... Ericson also made a 36 (Ron Holland design).

And a cruising version of the 39 - 39B.

 

[fastyacht]

Here's one the Ed will either hate, or like: Hinckley Pilot 35.

https://www.breweryacht.com/boat/1966/hinckley/pilot-35/2825/

 

[Editor]

Here's one the Ed will either hate, or like: Hinckley Pilot 35.

https://www.breweryacht.com/boat/1966/hinckley/pilot-35/2825/

i love those boats! there is one in oceanside that is/was for sale. i am going super low budget so they are not in my range, but yes fast, i dig em.

 

[Editor]

Pssst... Ericson also made a 36 (Ron Holland design).

And a cruising version of the 39 - 39B.

listen, i rattled the various models off from my brain, of course i forgot a few, given the condition of my brain and all...

 

[Editor]

Excellent report.  Imagine that, a boat on which people can actually be comfortable.  But where was the report on the important stuff, like the stereo?

Must be more old IOR warhorses around there, Choate 40's perhaps.  Islander 40 was also a great boat, and a Peterson design.

thanks peter!

 

[IMR]

Why not just go cal 40. 
 

https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1964/cal-40-3562070/

 

[Lucky Dog]

I had a Santana 35 it was a great boat - of course I had to rebuild it.  its roomy has great PHRF rating, kids loved it,  and  not very complicated to sail.  Its still my families favorite boat.

 

[hard aground]

I'm a bit particular to our C&C 35 mk1. Only thing I don't love is the split cockpit.

 

[C. Spackler]

This was not nearly the shit show I imagined. Great video, Ed. Do more. 

 

[Editor]

This was not nearly the shit show I imagined. Great video, Ed. Do more. 

haha - right? i will for sure! 

also, i love all your suggestions people, but anything i get has to be 10' or narrower in order to fit in my killer slip!

 

[sledracr]

I love my '80s Ericson (32-III).  Well built, sails great, comfortable, and very much offshore-capable.

Highly recommend.... but the beam is over 10' (10'-10")

ObNote, I had been thinking of a same-vintage Ericson 34/35 before I found my 32, the 1980s 34-2 and 35-3 are basically the same hull but with differences in the interior layout, cockpit and transom profile.  But on digging in, I didn't like the fact that the 34/35 are more than 30% than my 32 (13,000 lbs vs 9700 lbs), and I wanted a boat that I could comfortably singlehand.  Plus, for that extra weight, basically what you get is the same interior with a slightly larger head compartment and a slightly larger hanging locker across from it.

 

[Editor]

32's were never the racers that 35-2's were. still, i appreciate them.

 

[sledracr]

32's were never the racers that 35-2's were. still, i appreciate them.

Yeah, never really hit the racing scene in any depth (they didn't come out until mid-80s, long after the 35 and the original 34 had gotten their racing reputations).  The other 80s boats (34-2, 35-3, 38) never really did either.  The only 80s Ericsons with real racing chops were the Ron Holland 33 and 36.

But... this thing's a sleeper.  Base rating of 162, same rig as the original 3/4-tonner, if I felt like racing it I think it'd be a PHRF-killer.

 

[DarkHorse]

might be a bit pricey, but a great 35 footer!!!:

 

[Bulga Naba]

I can't look at the E35 without first hearing the whispers in the background of the name Dr. John Holiday.  Growing up in the Long Beach Yacht Club days, you would cringe if he was in your class in any distance race.  Didn't Mark Spitz have the Slow Erickson One Tonner?  BTW.  Scott & Justin.  This was extremely well done with perhaps the same expectations that Spackler had.  BTW2 - At that rating, I would still say the CF-27 was the boat to beat in PHRF; back in the day, and even now. Try to not get eaten by a Shark Sandwich

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]