I've been a long time gone ... came in looking for this thread, because I'm planning to buy some Aurinco panels for my Bristol.
Never posted the way I installed the Sunwize SolCharger panels, did I? They're at this link: Cabin-top solar panels
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- Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:03 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Aurinco Solar Panels
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10593
- Mon May 20, 2013 4:04 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Mac 26M Yawl conversion--any reason not to?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9769
Re: Mac 26M Yawl conversion--any reason not to?
What I want to know is - how are you going to get the mizzenmast out behind the rudders on a 26M? That's what defines a yawl. :? Or did you mean a ketch conversion? :P (Oh, never mind. I want to see what Highlander would do. Incidentally, I want to see him step the main aft and the Hobie mast forwar...
- Tue May 14, 2013 5:44 am
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: Good Bad or Otherwise
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2082
Re: Good Bad or Otherwise
My only experience with a Delta was quite unsatisfactory; it was in my current boat, a Bristol 29.9 sloop. I sold that anchor to a fellow at my marina who had lost his same-size Delta, and bought a Manson Supreme - now that anchor holds! I prefer a spade-style anchor, like the Rocna or the Manson Su...
- Mon May 13, 2013 9:37 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Battery question - solar charger
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6700
Re: Battery question - solar charger
Take a look up the gate end of Greg's line-up. Bossa Nova has a 'duo' circuit setup ...Sea Wind wrote:I have the same setupTwo batteries Perko switch, controller hooked up to the switch, I charge house, or starter or both by using the Perko switch.
- Mon May 13, 2013 9:34 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Battery question - solar charger
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6700
Re: Battery question - solar charger
There's a lot of supposed experts when it comes to electrickiery ......then again an EX is a has been and spert is a drip under pressure....not sure if it translates from OZ to US but you get the drift In fookin'asshole-Yank, 'spert' is spelled with at 'u' as in 'spurt.' But you're right about the ...
- Mon May 13, 2013 9:27 pm
- Forum: MacGregor/Venture Discussion
- Topic: I'm back...Bimini top and many upgrades
- Replies: 354
- Views: 141950
Re: I'm back...Bimini top and many upgrades
Yeah but they do it on purpose: Left turn signal=eject passenger. Nah. I remember. It was a push-button under a flip top on the gear-shift lever. All old James Bond, Ian Fleming, Sean Connery, bull... scat jokes aside ... that boat really is cute as Christmas. The Sunfish mast leaves me thinking of...
- Mon May 13, 2013 6:27 am
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Battery question - solar charger
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6700
Re: Battery question - solar charger
I set my solar-charging system up with a dual-output charging controller, a Chinese knock-off of the Morningstar SunSaver Duo.
(I put the Morningstar SunSaver Duo on my trade-up boat, my Bristol 29.9 - the one I found included a battery meter. Worth considering.)
(I put the Morningstar SunSaver Duo on my trade-up boat, my Bristol 29.9 - the one I found included a battery meter. Worth considering.)
- Thu May 03, 2012 6:33 am
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Splicing solar panels together.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6089
Re: Splicing solar panels together.
I put a 15-watt Sunsei solar panel on top of my hatch slider as a winter project, the first year I had Bossa Nova. (The mod is http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/index.php?view=1128 .)Being a glass-topped panel, though, it didn't last ... So in February 2011 I removed the Sunsei panel and its supp...
- Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:42 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: solar panel ratings
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7255
Re: solar panel ratings
For my boat and my purposes, I decided that solar panels would best be used to "top up" the batteries and keep them fully charged when I was away from Bossa Nova. I started out with http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/index.php?view=1128 - a single Sunsei 18-watt panel on top of my hatch,...
- Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:43 pm
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: 26x to 19
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2562
Re: 26x to 19
Went "bigger" myself - but at least I've had both. Sold the :mac19: to a fellow in St. Louis, and he's sailing it with great pleasure. The 19 is a nice little boat for a day-sailer. but at 17 feet LWL she is not gonna be fast. I described Beija Flor to non-Mac-savvy sailors as "an obe...
- Tue May 17, 2011 6:24 pm
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: The time has come...to say goodbye
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4143
Re: The time has come...to say goodbye
Puggsy, you might consider a gaff rig ... give you some more mainsail, and you could drop enough to get under a 7-meter bridge in one twitch of the gaff. As for the rest of ye ... I'm not quite leaving MacGregorLand yet, but I have bought me the next boat up; she's a Bristol 29.9 that will live on t...
- Mon May 09, 2011 2:11 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Modifications
- Topic: Reconnect Centerboard Cable
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2576
Re: Reconnect Centerboard Cable
I had my cable corrode through in 2009 - while at anchor, and it's a highly unkind way to be woke up when the centerboard goes down CLUNK! I went through the same drill, crimped an eye on the board end and bolted it in place, peened down the bolt so it wouldn't let go (so I thought!), and reinstalle...
- Mon May 09, 2011 2:00 pm
- Forum: Destinations, Clubs, Events and Venues
- Topic: ASA101 / 103 certification
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3961
Re: ASA101 / 103 certification
I believe ASA 101/103 is of little importance to the boat owner ; it's more for people who do those bare-boat charter vacations down in the Caribbean. If you are experienced enough sailing your Mac to figure you could "test out" on ASA 101/103, why bother? You DO owe it to your crew, your ...
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:51 pm
- Forum: Destinations, Clubs, Events and Venues
- Topic: Anchoring
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3601
Re: Anchoring
I went to the trouble of installing an Orca Green Marine LED anchor light at the top of the mast of Bossa Nova; if I'd thought things through better, I wouldn't have done this, because a Davis MegaLight (the one mdeane is talking about) tied a few feet up the boom's topping lift would do just as wel...
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:30 pm
- Forum: Performance & Tuning
- Topic: That main sheet attachment point...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6449
Re: That main sheet attachment point...
Vizwhiz, I use a double-mainsheet rig on my 26X, and it works very well. There's no reason you couldn't do the same on a 26S, or any sailboat. Here is a pointer to my rig: http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/index.php?view=1186 You might have to install padeyes on the cockpit coaming, if you don't ...