I just bought a custom Doyle spinnaker but did not buy the dousing sock. I didn't see the point for a couple hundred dollars more. Does anyone have experience flying a spinnaker with/without one? What are the pros/cons? Thanks!

Cptron - Do you use a depth finder? I would think that would help in the river. Was wondering what it's range might be and if you had one that it might be too late for your daggerboard by the time you see that you are in shallow water . . . I was thinking that maybe I would keep the daggerboard abou...

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum . . . Or whatever your favorite poison may be. Looks like my buddy and I will be able to join you guys after all. Anticipating delivery of the 'Laruan' with trial voyage scheduled for Wednesday. We will be docked in the Carolina Beach harbor on Friday so we will join y'a...

Thanks, guys. I hope to join the Scallywag group but I'm not sure exactly when my delivery will be yet. They are bringing her out from Nebraska behind a truck on her trailer and giving me an instructional maiden voyage. She should be here soon though, because when I talked to the dealer on Thursday ...

Hi Folks - Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. I have a MacGregor 26M on order from Super Sport Marine in Kearney, NE. She should arrive by the end of June. I plan to dock her at Otter Creek at Carolina Beach and I'm going to look at a slip there tomorrow. Her name will be Laruan so if...

Thanks, Rob. Dowsar has great pricing, even with shipping to the States. Appreciate the information.

Great information here folks. Thank you. I have a 26M on order and I'll be sailing in the coastal Carolinas soon so I know that I will need bug screens. Since I don't have the boat yet I can't measure for the correct size. Does anyone know offhand what size hatch screen will best fit the 26M? There'...