My father-in-law and myself have sold our Ericson 27 and acquired a Tartan 37 Hull#4 (currently named "Skybird").
She is a project boat, but is quite usable in her current form despite the squishy decks.
Timing and resources are not in our favor, so after her October delivery from Maryland, we promptly shored her up on a newly acquired cradle, winterized her, and covered her up.
There are quite a few things we want to do with her, but one objective is to make sure she is safe and capable of sailing from her new home in Toledo, Ohio to destinations north such as Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
The second objective is not to loose too much of any single season on restoration projects.
Right now we are going through and replacing all shrouds, and checking the condition of all the sails.
This spring could see a new roller furling headsail system, and some sort of Mainsail management system installed over the summer.
Hope to get all lines lead aft for safe sailing from the cockpit.
And it seems we need to find a holding tank and re-plumb all the plumbing. (anyone have dimensions of the Vee-berth space the tank fits in??)
The W40 seems to run well, though we have not had her in the water to put it through its paces.
WE are excited to upgrade to such a fine boat.