I bought "Seitó" (a 1998 26X) from its second owner in 2010.

I fill ballast early in the season and never empty it until the end. I just don't see the benefit of running sans ballast. Oh, I guess if you want to eek out more MPH or fuel economy it makes sense. I own a Mac not a Malibu and spend so much on other things, fuel is the least of my expenses. Bottom...

Enjoyed your video. Welcome aboard the community. I have a '98 26X which I keep in a marina near my home in Orlando, FL. Sounds like you have a plan. I have sailed on Lake Powell near where you launched in my inflatable dinghy with a sail kit. That was back in 2011, though. We have stayed at the RV...

Ironically, the only real negatives I've ever gotten is from the power boating community folks in MD. Weirdly, the power boat and sailboat communities in the Chesapeake often have antipathy toward each other. Especially the power boaters who fancy themselves watermen, or wannabe watermen. (I.e. rec...

We have to accept that Macs are a trade-off. I don't want to own a boat that I cannot sail single-handed. And 8 metres (26 feet) is the maximum size of a boat I feel able to sail alone, so this rules out boats larger than my :macx: . Sometimes, I see smaller boats sailing faster than my Mac, or with...

In Spain, as bilge pumps are mandatory, all 26s (X and M) had a manual bilge pump as standard equipment (the importer installed it in each boat before selling it).

These orcas are active in Spain's and Portugal's Atlantic coast and the Gibraltar Straits. If you are looking for a marina in Mediterranean Spain, the Balearic or the Canary islands, you don't need to worry about them.

They say some firecrackers on the water scare them...

https://i.postimg.cc/LJg7gd8b/CDI-Roller-Furler-parts-3606-110-4.png Based on this technical drawing of the CDI roller furler (courtesy BWY), it appears that the flattened line running up the spine (K in diagram) is a jib halyard... which makes sense in hindsight, since a jib halyard fixed to the m...

DaveC426913 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 9:29 am

Highlander wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:17 pm ...now if it really bothers U then why not just hack their site...

Well, it's my club's site, so...
And I did the site redesign a few years back, so...

They call that "karma"...

I have a Decathlon kayak, and you don't need to worry about the strength of the fabric, it's really strong. But remember that they take a long time to dry up, and it's not a good idea to keep them deflated and packed wet for a long time, because rot, fungus and odour appear.

I heard of a Danish guy who sailed from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean through German, Belgian and French channels and rivers. He got to the Mediterraenan in the Rhone river, and then, he coasted to Greece.

1998 26X
Bought in 2010 for 15.000 €.

50 HO, 4-stroke Yamaha.

Full instruments, autopilot, bimini and genoa furler.

I have a fixed Cobra VHF transceiver with DSC (no AIS) in the cabin. The antenna is on the top of the mast. I also have a handheld VHF as a backup. Both are a bit old (the Cobra was already installed when I bought the boat 10 years ago, and the handheld is a carryover from my previous boat), but the...

I know the Mac is a compromise. But it was the boat that suited my needs best, and I knew what I was buying. I've been a Mac Owner for ten years and I don't regret it.