Berful Dinghy not secured right on the deck , gets caught in the rigging "thats the Mac's Fault !! Man Get your Spitt together :x Thats stupidity , Mans carelessness or incompinense. Brass balls is what it takes to admit this !!!!!!! give your head a shake !!!? where are you coming from :evil:...

Oh, for crying out loud, you just bought the boat in June. I know it's been 20 years since you last sailed, but you really ought to give it more than a couple of months before you bail out. Your 26D is a fine boat, and very safe. Now get your butt out there and sail it! Take another sailor with you...

Berful - do you understand that a keelboat would go straight to the bottom in this circumstance, and that the Mac design saved both the sailor and the boat here? I confess I dont understand your concern.. Are you suggesting that ALL fixed keel boats that are blown on their side sink? Do you believe...

c130king wrote:Berful, are you also going to tell us you don't know your D/L ratio either. Man...you call yourself a sailor.

D/L ratio????? I need to find a site for rowboats! I'm so ashamed! (yuk)

yes! please email me if you're not joking. Thanx!

Im a newby but this photo is in fact unnerving to say the least. As I look at the photos I ,like all of us, have many questions: was he under sail? where is the centerboard that would provide the likely leverage to right the boat? Im nervously looking, thinking gasoline tanks, battery acid, stove al...

Holy Crap! I didn't know I am supposed to know my hull speed. Thats it for me,I give up . I'm still trying to get out of the Marina without bumping into something and now its hull speed? I thought "hull speed" was somehow related to the size of my butt and switching seats while tacking. Ma...

Fixed ballast tank problem this weekend. Since the large wing nut was stuck all the way at the top of the allthread I simply put the sawzall to it and installed a new wingnut and washer. Thanx 4 the help!

Hello! I have an 89 26D. Problem: The ballast system has two holes in the top.A large one that houses the mechanism that opens the tank on the bottom of the boat and a small hole for an air bleed. My boat has been in salt water so much that the mechanism that turns to open and close the bottom inlet...

could someone post time and location of the boat show at Long Beach? Thanx!!

Is the "summer sailstice "still happening? Anybody?

got it marked on my calendar Jim!! Do I have to stay for the whole week?

Dean

AYA16. thanx for taking some time to respond to my request. Ill take all of your advise as far as equipment etc.(actually I have everything you mentioned and then some except a dingy) Im hopeful that I have a solution in that "pokerrick" and I are meeting up to have a look at my boat etc. ...

Hello to all! I recently acquired a 26D. I would very much like to join your Catalina run. I have at least two problems. I haven't sailed in over 20 years but did quite a bit of sailing way back on a 14' Lido. Secondly ,the thought of getting into trouble out in the channel is enough to cause a &quo...

hello to all ! I just bought a "D" boat (26D).I desperately want to get this boat on the water and join the Catalina Armada. Here's the problem. I haven't sailed in 20 years and the idea of getting into trouble out there causes me some serious "puckering". My boat is sound and ha...