Yes I will be sailing my Mac. I have the fast one so it shouldn't take that long! LOL Scotland will be my first landfall. Don't know how I got Ireland in there. My tentative planning has me following the gulfstream to northern Scotland, and from what I just saw on the map I very well may stop in on ...

I have been in the planning stage for a trip across the East Coast Pond for about 2 years now, and I am using the book detailing Gerry's Atlantic Crossing as a tool to help me. I will be starting my voyage in about 4 or 5 years, I retire in 3 years. If you are planning to take an extended voyage on ...

If you need inspiration here are three links to the voyages of Gerry Spiess. The first link is synopsis of his voyage across the Atlantic. Links two & three cover the first half (long beach to Honolulu) of his voyage from Long Beach CA to Sydney Australia. Both of the voyages were completed in &...

I have used this procedure to sanitize my Pressurized Fresh Water System, and it seems to work very well. SAFE DRINKING WATER ON BOATS from GLCC Fleet Surgeon, Jack Bailey, MD Safe drinking water on cruising boats is obviously very important to all of us. In order to obtain some advice, I recently c...

I found the information, and advice from the website linked below to be extremely helpful when I first got my boat.

http://www.kencook.net/Setupart.html

Since Hardcrab is from California he is correct in his assumption. It is the law in CA that the light be attached to the end of the mast when trailering. I however being from Virginia do not have the same law on the books and do not need to use it unless I choose to (For added Safety I do use it). I...

Did he mention how much of an angle the boat would need to be at in order for it to meet the 8" restriction? It has an 18.89" draft, and will need at least 4 feet of free board to have 6'3" of head room in the cabin. If you add another 18" for stanchions / Cabin height you have a...

This is the link to the list of dealers from the MacGregor web site.

http://www.macgregor26.com/dealer_list/dealer.htm

I purchased my 04 M from Otho. I first met him when he was living in Fredericksburg VA, and had his demo 26 X boats on the lower Potomac (M's had not yet come out). I had first gone to A-1 in Annapolis, and was going to buy from them. I thought we had settled all the specifics i.e. price; options et...

The cost is actually quite a bit more than double. The prices listed on the Tide 28 page are Great Britain Pounds. If you look at the bottom of the page the deposit is listed as 50. I just ran the 35950 through a currency converter that uses real time currency values, and the cost of the basic boat ...

Here is a link to the MacGregor export site that has some information that should be helpful to you.


http://www.macgregorexport.com/options.htm

I have a Honda 50, and initially had some problems with my motor not making the rated RPM's. After some research I found that the problem was due to the pitch of the prop. Once you decide how you want to use your boat the following links will give you all the information you will need to select the ...

Here is a page for the gasoline engine diving compressor.

http://www.supersnorkel.com/

Bob,

I have considered buying a "Super Snorkel", and would appreciate your opinion of it usefulness.

Thanks,

Elia

If you live in/or planning to visit the Chesapeake Bay Area a good resource for planning trips is Chesapeake Bay Magazine.

http://www.cbmmag.net/

This is a picture of where all our Mac's were born.