Hey Bill, Thanx for the suggestion. I haven't given it a good look since "the incident" - I'll evaluate and decide this weekend. I'm not opposed to self-repair - I've done my share of sail mods and repair (albeit more minor, like patches, reefing kits, and sail slug replacement), as well a...

I've had my 2001 MacGregor 26X for seven years, but had been looking at them for much longer (almost since they were first released). I'd been sailing much smaller dinghies for years, and had almost forgotten about getting a bigger boat. When I got a big raise and bonus in 2018, my wife suggested pu...

I was looking for tips/suggestions on how to mount cockpit-controlled reefing hardware and stumbled across this thread. Nice job getting everything sorted - the pics look good! I just had the same thing happen to my jib yesterday (clew ring tore out under moderate load). I had been on the fence abou...