Geez thanks guys! :? I don't know if I can live up to that! It's a bummer what Photobucket did to this and other sites - I had a ton of pictures in the discussions. If I can find the originals I'll try to link them again. FWIW, I'll be putting a couple of coats of VC-17m bottom paint on the boat thi...

Hello Mac Sailor's! I've seriously enjoyed this community over the years. I've learned soooo much from you all and had a blast sharing info and comparing notes. It's been a while since I've posted, and I confess I haven't found the time to sail my MacM the last couple of seasons. Sadly, now that I'm...

Hi Warren,

I did this a while back - it worked really well...

http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1173

Cheers!
~Bob

Thanks guys,

Just to update - it was my Ad-Blocker. Pausing it did the trick. Cheers!

~Bob

Hey all, I think this may have come up before, but has anyone heard the status on if/when this site's classified section will be fixed for the latest version of Chrome? The "View" button is missing for me so the classifieds are actually unreachable. I'm hoping to list my 26M here, but I wo...

I have devised my own 3-tier system for communicating speed....we are going 'slow', 'really slow', or 'really ******* slow"

~Bob

Thanks guys - I'll just be happy if it floats - we'll see when we launch in a week or two. I'll be watching from the shore when my wife takes it out for the first test run

Getting close to launch. Hooray!



...just before partial eclipse of the sun....

Hi Currie.. I think what you did looks and works GREAT.. I only offered an alternative ( and inferior at that ) for those without the skill or the cash for your mod.. Oh I hear ya! - and your alternative sounds great to me as well. I was just pointing out I gave in to the guy that had to do the wor...

Hi Dive, Re: The cross-members - I needed something to keep the upper and lower pieces solidly in place when the ladder is opened. I had envisioned stainless tubing, but when I took the design to the metal shop, they said angle-iron would be a lot easier for them. I didn't argue. It works great and ...

BTW - one last thought. There are no latches required for the ladder. When I close it I feel the "catches" kind of wedge together slightly. I actually have to give it a gentle "slam" for lack of a better term. I probably just got lucky. Given the slope of the ladder, my weight te...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u200/Currie1212/LadderHardware.jpg These are line drawing of the parts I had milled from brass. I didn't take a picture of them until after they were installed :-(. I gave the shop the SS-ladder-tubing so they could get the perfect, snug fit (they had to be tapped...

Just an afterthought - it may look as though the ladder flops open and closed. But because of the downward pressure put on the swivels by the deck (and it's quite a bit), I actually have to push/pull it at every position. IOW - there's a couple of pounds of resistance no matter where it's at.

~Bob

Hi Guys, Yes, the ladder is the big support in that area of the boat. Without it the sliding hatch won't even close properly because of the distortion. I made sure that the ladder was exactly the same height after I finished modifying. There is no slop in it at all since the swivels and catches were...

I like Kevin's suggestion, but if you're digging the Teak Helm seat (which I think is also very cool), you can maybe send a PM to Jose Teixeira for some advice. Here's his mod...

http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1096

Cheers,
~Bob