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It’s not you. It’s me. Ever since I started working weekends and with my kid in school I have not been able to get to the lake. My boat has not touched water for over a year. I’m just waiting for Ris To write a book about how to do a the great loop in a Mac so that I can read the book and have some ...

Ris, when you are trawlering around in the water do you still fill the ballast?

without a doubt two things: I can tow it behind my F-150 with ease including beach launching with my 98 Wrangler. I can store it between my house and wall on the side where a boat shouldn't be. The Gas meter guy said-- "no problem" we can read your meter no matter what.

Ris, how are you dealing with the Canadian laws regarding cassette porta toilets vs marine heads set up with a pump out. The reason I ask is that I was talking to the Marina staff at a Ridgway State Park in Colorado and they only allow cassette/porta style toilets. So now I am thoroughly confused on...

Thanks for posting this topic. I installed an hawkeye and it was not easy in the pedestal so was disappointed when I tried it out and failed. Of course I finally figured out I mounted the transducer over the ballast inside the hull on the :macm: . I also used epoxy so have to get a new transducer si...

On the 26M you should have a 12v lighter plug up front. Those 12v pumps for blowing up water inflatables work perfect for blowing the ballast. However you still only get a portion out. I do not know which eliminates more water between blowing it out or using the siphon method from the manual where y...

On my :macm: I have an issue where the steering jams. In my case its not the rudder. It is the steering ball quick release that gets bound up in the hull gasket on a hard to starboard turn. The PO had put a pvc coupler on the steering rod to keep the coupling ball from burying into the gasket. When ...

We're planning the San Juans last half of July. Moving to New Mexico in 11 days, leaving the boat here, then driving back for a San Juans Farewell tour, and haul the boat back south. People thought we were crazy taking the boat with us, but San Diego, Sea of Cortez, and Gulf of Mexico are all a one...

I know it's a drag but I sail with the OB leg still in the water .... Now days that's mainly because I'm too lazy to lock-and-lift it. :D But I'm currently working on the AutoPilot setup and I was wondering what it would be like if I centered and fix the OB, then under low power, just steered with ...

Do any of you have a link to a zoomed in diagram of the water ballast on a 26M? I see the easily searched google image which shows the zoomed out version bit it is hard to tell how the ballast is built under the aft berth.

For price calibration purposes I was just at Cabela’s and they had a nice little Mercruiser 4 stroke 2.5HP for $899

Yes that matches what I read about slow cure epoxy. Because it cures slowly it allows the little air bubbles to escape leaving a pure solution. Now with BOAT’s explanation I understand why you don’t want air in there.

Thankyou BOAT and RussMT. I used a medium cure epoxy from True Value. I hope I will be able to get it off. This is an inside-hull mount so I will try silicone first to verify I have a location that works.

I'm confused on the LoHo thing. Anyway. You can mount most transducers in a bed of silicone inside the hull. Just avoid any water ballast spots (if applicable). This is why I love this forum. I put a new Eagle-Eye depth sounder in and it is intermittent with it mostly not working. I had all but giv...

I spent 4 days at the marina in a slip in December. No showers available, in the park, at the marina, or on the boat. I reaaaally could have used this feature. Glad I was alone