Oh my, lets see, if your wife is up to doing that kind of stuff, that means in my book you're crazy if you don't do it before she changes her mind. You got a shallow draft craft, you can get out of the way of a charging barge (those infinitely long and wide things formed out of an infinite number of...

http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/navdata/nav-prim.htm some free charts http://www.ifishillinois.org/profiles/rivers&creeks/Mississippi/mississippi_navigation.htm maybe the whole river is available that way for free (state by state... upper mississippi: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/McGregor/ whole lot...

How is the 50HP E-tec working for you in differing altitude - especially higher ones?

Kai:
Congratulations & thanks for the post.
What a coincidence - my son is named Kai, there don't seem to be that many Kai's in the Chicago area (also our area).

Please check your private messages.

Right now she's 2 days & 18 hours ahead of the previous record holder, has 964 miles to go and is becalmed with bad head on weather in the forecast. COME ON, get a break from somewhere!

I've been on both the 31' Corsair and the 36' Corsair on different shows. The 36 footer is trailerable by permit only. The 31'er trailers just fine. The interior room in the 31 footer is scarily small (narrow), and the 36 footer still seems quite smaller and a lot less comfy than a 26M or X. Sailing...

Bill thanks for the post an a M26 being there. - Thanks for your reply in a previous post of mine asking just that as well. Don't worry, once i am ready to take the plunge your the dealer highest up on at least my list to check out. I am just still having doubts if she's the right boat, so I am chec...

My hopefully faulty research seems to indicate that there will be nobody showing an 26M on the Strictly Sail Chicago show. Please somebody tell me that's wrong.

Shower: maybe this? http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=2300-700&categoryid=26000 That looks like an interesting water-heater. Used to be around $150 at Sams in spring with accesories (bag and showerhead). Our local Sams store sold the last ones off at $50 around Augu...

Frank C wrote: "Given a quality installation, the factory is not concerned for a 70hp motor at 350# on the 1999+ transom or hull. " Frank, I cannot find any statement from the factory anywhere that supports this. If you have something in writing from the factory (not the dealer), could you...

It doesn't matter what a dealer, no matter how good and well reputable says or writes, even when signed. A dealer cannot give a full factory warranty. Only the factory can. And if the factory (MacGregor) doesn't warrant anyting for over 50HP than that's that. A dealer may externd his own warranty fo...

Jackie:

Does your new 2005M have the tube for wire routing in the mast as (still) specified on McGregor's web site?

Thanks Tom!

I would not try to simulate the weight benefit of chain with anything that's less abraision resistant than chain - like lead weighted rode. While that could substitute for the nice low angle pull on the anchor stock and, if long enough for the dampening effect chain gives (due to the increasing forc...

I think that would be great. I don't see much good in dual rudders, off center rudders other than allowing a single motor between them. Dual motors, while costly are great redundancy wise - especially if you can get them with one counter-rotating and iindependant controls at the helm. The further yo...