Last augost the 3rd a battle ship was launched on a hughe vessel at the nort of Spain. In you see at minute 1:20 of video you´ll see a Mac on scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmD6pUJBZn8

Please help me. I am from Czech Republic and I have MacGregor 26X , year 1996. I need the dimensions for Genoa, luff, foot and leech in mm. What are the max dimension the Jib for use with the jib cars? (120% or 130%?, luff, foot and leech in mm) What are best dimensions and quality the sails for qu...

Congratulations Ed.. You never know what to do when one of those hurricanes is approaching. Your history makes me remember when I lived in Long Island in 1985 very close to Sinai Harbor. I was living with my family in Haupauge a few miles south of the Mt. Sinai. "Gloria" was the name.. For...

OK.. I handle with Sketchup to make a quick drawing of the pieces I mentioned before http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/quintamala/bracketplans.jpg As I said the overall thing is to "copy" the shape of original (aluminum) an drill holes in the right place. Dlanderson.. That was some...

To DaveC426913.. I have expanded the picture.. See this one. http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/quintamala/bracketexpanded.jpg What I did was copying the out shape and holes of original in three pieces of 6 millimiters stainless steel: One "U" to insert the bracket axis, an 2 "...

I had the same problem long ago.
Aluminum brackets loose their shape due to wear and forces applied.
I end with trouble with stainless steel as shown in this picture


Good luck

Months ago, I took all my 98 :macx: shorouds lines from the mast (baby stays, backstay, complete forestay) to a local nautical store in Las Palmas (Canary Islads). They sold me a new brand set of lines for 140 euros. Tension adjusters plates were not included as originals were in good shape. I didn´...

On my 98´ and Doyle sail it does.. I have sliders attached but it does have a bolt rope.

I'm almost finished with my home made whisker pole. I looked for a light pole (and cheap..) but all I've seen recently is out of weight ... or budget :wink: Cost? -paint roller -Paint roller extender -miscellaneous (aluminum.. chords.. etc) -time consuming (but I keep busy :) 8) ) Here you can see t...

ScottCReeve.. Rain water on :macx: is collected mostly on both sides where the gas tanks are allocated. See the lower inside border: You´ll see there a compound sealant along both compartements. I removed old sealant recently an replace with new stuff. After aplying new sealant, I painted it (as pre...

I found an interesting document on http://www.wumtia.soton.ac.uk/papers/HISWA2004AC.pdf
On page 5 of above document there is a graphic including water ballast boats.

Last year, it hapened to me.. But it was worse.. Once I moved my :macx: out in the midle of the river going backwards, my old Suzuki sudenly stoped when shifting to forward. I don´t remember exactly what I did with the throttle lever, but the motor seemed to be dead. The boat began to move faster du...

Greetings jcasale.. Total should be genoa "foot" (+/- 17 feet) plus roller-to-winch distance. (no lees than 35 feet total). Have in mind to add 2-3 feet to tie the end rope to the roller an a couple of extra turns. 40 feet is a good choice. Rope section: I use 8 mm nylon rope(0,3 inch diam...

Jose:
I live in Spain (Cadiz) too.
My mail is on my profile.

Jose... You don´t say if it´s fresh water (rain or regular boat wash)... or sea water (salt taste).. I have an :macx: . I don´t know on :macm: I had trouble with my fresh water ballast (below cushions on V-berth). Regular boat movement operates as a sand on the ballast and leakage was bigger each ti...