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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Almost ready to float
- Replies: 12
- Views: 302
Re: Almost ready to float
I thought the second hole was meant to adjust the rake of the mast. Not sure if the difference is significant--I use the front or the rear hole indiscriminately: whichever comes in handier when I attach the forestay.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: 26X "Mac Slap"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 786
Re: 26X "Mac Slap"
There was an older thread (which I could no longer find) about putting a tight ball-bearing ring around the centerboard's axle, which will allow up-and-down movement freely, but not so much laterally so it wouldn't bang against the walls of the boot. I'd been considering it in the past, but never go...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Uflex rotary steering
- Replies: 6
- Views: 480
Re: Uflex rotary steering
You might want to check out Victor Maynard's entries on this site. He also perfected a home-made autopilot and may have good advice, things to avoid, general snags, weak spots, problematics, liabilities, and so forth and so on
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 5:22 am
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Courageous Mod 3: Battery Monitors/USB
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1487
Re: Courageous Mod 3: Battery Monitors/USB
Yup, I used to have one too, and upgraded it to an even more sophisticated version. But when it went on the fritz, the Xantrex people were less than helpful-- sent them countless messages and phone calls and they simply said: "no longer made, no longer supported" Replaced it with a Dutch V...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:19 am
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: celebrating 20 years of Mac ownership
- Replies: 45
- Views: 9205
Re: celebrating 20 years of Mac ownership
Ah, memories… I, too, have reached the 20-year threshold with my Mac. Seems like yesterday. I found one in Colorado and drove to pick her up from Iowa, over the spring break. The boat was not ready—fortunately! On the way back, a heavy snow storm blanketed the central states. I doubt I could have ma...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:40 pm
- Forum: Performance & Tuning
- Topic: Increase your speed?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3152
Re: Increase your speed?
The page in question must have been left behind
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:01 am
- Forum: Trailers & Towing
- Topic: Issue with new trailer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1675
Re: Issue with new trailer
That's an ongoing problems with the after-market trailer (but it plagues the owners of the original trailer to some extent). When you pull the boat out of the water onto the trailer, the angle between the boat's longitudinal axis and the trailer's is way different than the one obtained when you pull...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: Trip Logs
- Topic: A New Journey Begins for OverEasy - 2023/2024
- Replies: 117
- Views: 40517
Re: A New Journey Begins for OverEasy - 2023
Way cool! I am so envious (in a positive way)
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:44 pm
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: Is A MacGregor the right boat for me?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15626
Re: Is A MacGregor the right boat for me?
That is correct--but there will always be people complaining about the lack of head-room. My mate is under 6 feet tall and he was still bitching and moaning that he couldn't cook 'properly' at the stove. Had to point out that he could easily slide the hatch open and stand on a stool, if he so desire...
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: Macs in the News!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1902
Re: Macs in the News!
Have trailered the Mac in several configurations: Plymouth town-and-country (stable enough, but the engine was marginal--had to stop at the top of a hill to let the temp go down) Honda Odyssey--pretty good rig, Jeep Cherokee--didn't like it-seemed to be struggling and not as half as stable as the Pl...
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:26 pm
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: Hurricane Idalia and Be Free
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4418
Re: Hurricane Idalia and Be Free
All the best, Bill! Our thoughts go to you and pummeled Florida
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: Rudder ropes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 941
Re: Rudder ropes
The cleats are sort of T-shaped, right? There's enough room under the upper part of the T which sits on two "legs," with a little gap between them to thread the rudder ropes through it and let the loop loose. Works pretty well!
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:03 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Loose Steering Advice
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1225
Re: Loose Steering Advice
In what ways is the system "loose"? How can the wheel have a "lateral movement? Look at the steering cable which comes from the column/below deck/ into the cockpit. Turn the wheel. Does the cable respond? You should see where it is attached to the steering system in front of your engi...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:55 am
- Forum: Destinations, Clubs, Events and Venues
- Topic: Racing my 26S (continued)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12762
Re: Racing my 26S (continued)
Congratulations! That's the way to do it
- Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:45 am
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: ETEC Woes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 377
ETEC Woes
I had switched to an Evinrude ETEC 50 about five years after I had bought the boat. Amazing engine--when it works; It sips gas gingerly at 2200 RPMs giving us 3.5 kts of speed, it has enough gas in its entrails that you don't even have to press the bulb when you take it out for the first time in spr...