I just listed my 1998 MacGregor X for sale in the classified ads here. She's on her trailer in Toronto, Canada. I was wondering what advice people have here for two issues. The engine is in excellent shape, runs well and looks like showroom condition with the cover off; but there's no hours counter ...

My marina wants me to get the boat out of the water within the next week. When the boat was in a different location I used to call a guy a knew to come fog the engine for the winter as a dock service call. I may not find someone this time before I take the boat out of the water. Is fogging the engin...

romandesign, becoming a member of this online community was the thing that "tipped" me into actually buying a boat. I would have felt very intimidated owning a boat, even a MacGregor, without all the great help that's on offer here. It's a big circle of friends from all over the world who ...

Hi folks. I have the opportunity to store my boat inexpensively for the winter at a location that's about two hours drive from Toronto (where my boat sits in the water currently). I'm interested in finding inexpensive winter storage at a location that's closer. I generally rent a U-Haul truck for lo...

Hi romandesign. I will PM you with my phone number and suggest you call me to discuss your interests. I own a 1998 MacGregor X that's in the water in the west end of Toronto. Today I'm returning from 10 days on the Toronto islands and would be very happy to take you out for a sail and show you every...

Beene, I will PM you. Thanks. Let me know when youy receive it.

It's good news to hear that some of you are able to sail fine in these conditions (and even stronger winds/waves). I suspect I need to do a lot experimenting with reefing the main and furling in the jib (on its furler). I did play with having the centreboard in various positions. It was about 3/4 do...

I was very disappointed in the performance of my MacGregor X yesterday sailing on Lake Ontario, and although I'm sure I have lots to learn about the finer points of reefing sails and so on, I'm beginning to wonder about the sail-ability of this boat. Yesterday's experience was enough to turn my girl...

enfused - there should be a hole in the end of the threaded part that is in the turnbuckle...you just twist a small piece of stainless wire through that hole and around the body of the turnbuckle to keep it from turning. That's the main issue - people adjust them and then forget to wire them again,...

Okay, my furler is assembled and working properly now! :D I followed the advice here and my main breakthrough was visiting Dowsar Marine in Hamilton that has a display of all the different models of CDI furlers, including mine. I was able to view exactly how things are supposed to be set up, includi...

Hi rtrinkle. You wrote "There should be a pin with ring in the spool as well. This is a support for the lower edge of the luff, and keeps the luff from falling too far in the spool, and possibly spinning the forestay turn buckle." As simple as this install is, these words really give me a ...

I went to the boat this evening and discovered that I do not have the "metal ferrule" nor is any attached to the length of thin dacron rope that I would use as my halyard. So, I am SOL on this and have decided to drive the boat over to a nearby harbour some day soon where there's a rigging...

Since there is a ferule (metal slug) keeping the halyard in the luff track, you can attach any diameter messenger line to the couple of inches of the halyard end not in track and attach it outside of the plastic luff. Wow that was kinda hard to put in words. :P -Randy [/quote] I'm going to look for...

Okay, this finally makes sense! (Describing procedures with numbered points really helps!) :) A couple of niggly follow-up questions: A. What would you use for the messenger line (i.e., thinner rope than the halyard or what)? B. How would you attach the messenger line to the halyard (e.g., special k...

Did you remove the halyard completely from the furler? If so, you may need to unscrew the halyard top fitting to remove it and feed the halyard through. Remember to tie a line to the halyard before you raise the mast or you will have to take everything down again to raise the sail.quote] Randy, yes...