Catigale, A great site (My other favorite site)for your kayaking needs is " texaskayakfisherman ". My favorite kayak is the S.O.T. style, it will take on waves better. However, the water may be a little too cold in your area for this style. My favorite of the SOT's is the Malibu x-Factor. ...

I am getting closer to getting a :macm: . I have a two questions that I would like some feed back on. #1. How often do knock downs occur? What where the circumstances? #2. How durable is the daggerboard? I will do alot of my sailing in Galveston Bay area, which has a lot of shallow area and crab tra...

Check Out www.sailmike.com. Michael Perham hopes to be the youngest person (age 14) ever to sail single handed across the Atlantic ocean. He will be setting off from Gibraltar on the 18th November 2006 and expects to arrive in Antigua in approximately 4 weeks, 3500 miles later having achieved this w...

Does anyone have an emergency rudder system for their MAC M or X?

Jeff,

Check this web site out. www.conchcruisers.net

It is a Forum of a group of trailable sailers who make various trips together. Some include crossing the Gulfstream.

Louis,

Attached is a link to a web site of two guys who have sailed along ICW to Florida. It is afairly detailed log. I plan on making the same trip in a couple of years. http://www.bruadair.us

I am new to the board and have gained great knowledge from this board already. I am looking forward to a new purchase of a Mac M within a year. I feel that the Mac is best on the market for weekend and maybe a week of cruising for my family of five. We will have the ability of trailing to different ...