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Today, 04/17/2005, our brand new 2002 X was in the water for the first time ever. It was cold weather but i coulnt wait more. At least the ice has been gone for over a week her where i live.

Sorry for bad spelling / grammar, im from Sweden...

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Looks like you have a wonderful crew to help you out. I am also very anxious to get my new to me boat (98X) in the water soon. Just a few more projects to complete before the boat is ready.

Enjoy the sailing season,
Dave

Congratulations... a brand new 2002, eh? Must have taken a LONG time to ship that baby to Sweden! Seriously though, what's the story behind the 3 year old new boat?

--Mike

Congratulations, you and your crew are going to have some very special memories of the upcoming season. It looks pretty cold there. What was the temperature?

Oh Yeah!!

So the ice has broken up? I feel wimpy for not getting out today just because of a little rain. I picked up a 26M last month, been in the water 4x, and can't wait to get back out. Sailing's new to me, and the Mac has been a great boat.

And this forum has been a great resource!
(I'll be posting my "mod" soon, handsoap dispensor taped to head wall)
Thanks to everyone for the info & discussion, and Good Sailing MSS
- Mark

Hi MSS,

We just took out "New" 26x (owned for one week) to Catalina Island and back (26.4 miles or about 40 ks). Everything worked well. If you're ever in southern California, come visit for a sail.

Bill Smith

mike wrote:Congratulations... a brand new 2002, eh? Must have taken a LONG time to ship that baby to Sweden! Seriously though, what's the story behind the 3 year old new boat?

--Mike

The boat was shipped to Sweden in the spring of 2002. The Swedish dealer used it on diffrent boat shows untill the spring of 2003 and then it was stored. Me and my wife was looking after a new 26M but the M is just a little bit to heavy and the X is just inside the limit for towing around in Sweden after a standard car with a standard drivers licens. We was talking with the dealer and he offerd us to buy his 26X showboat. This was in november 2004 and when we picked it up it was snowing and we towed it for about 200km after a Volvo V70. Now we has bougt a Land Rover and it feals much more safe. I was even abel to load it on the trailer with the ballast tank filled with water.

Two pics from the long drive in the snow.

Carl Noble wrote:Congratulations, you and your crew are going to have some very special memories of the upcoming season. It looks pretty cold there. What was the temperature?

The temperature was about 45F or 7C.

Sorry for bad spelling / grammar, im from Sweden...


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Mattias

MSS wrote:Sorry for bad spelling / grammar, im from Sweden...

No need to apologies Mattias... your English is excellent! I've heard a lot worse from native-born Americans!

And it looks like you have a wonderful and handsome crew, too - I wish you the very best of fair winds and happy sails, Mattias. Welcome Aboard!
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BTW, are you planning on getting a motor soon? If so, what do you think you'll get?
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Other members take note - He's using the boom-with-mast method!
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Also note the triangular warning sign on the mast, as well as the two triangular lights added to the boat's hull.. interesting! I assume the thin white wire from the car to the boat is for those lights? Strange that they are not on, given the car's lights are on, though...???
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Mattias, can you please give us a close-up of that plaform you have near where the motor mounts (the aft portion just behind/below the captain's seat) - looks to be a nice addition and I'd like to see how it was done.

Also would like to see a close-up of the bowsprit modifications as well. Thanks!!

Please post the modification of the aft platform......looks great..... Randy

I Think the triangular lights are no lights but reflectors only. You see these a lot in Europe. I too like that platform Mattias, If the dealer has a mold of that I'd be very interested in that.

Pouw Geuzebroek wrote:I Think the triangular lights are no lights but reflectors only.

I thought that too, Pouw, but if you look really carefully in the blown-up version of the aft picture you can see what looks like white wires running from those lights, up over the back of the boat, and along to the bow. I guess we'll have to wait for Mattias to solve the mystery!

In Sweden, and in other countries too I think, we have a lot of silly rules. The small triangular are reflectors and shows the cars behind you that its a trailer. The big triangular means that this is a slow going vehicle traveling in speed below 17mph. The wires are for lights not yet mounted when the pictures were taken. A US axle, brakes and lights are not good in Europe so a garage later replaced them for just a little money, about 4500USD. They also removed the paint and applied a layer of Zinc (Zn?). I can now legally tow the trailer in 50mph - 80Km/h.

Tomorrow I will take some photos of the bowsprit and the platform and post here.

Sorry for bad spelling / grammar, Im from Sweden...

Wonderful..thanks for sharing with us. I like the looks of the platform over the steering linkage. Waiting to see the rest of the modifications to your X.

Another person with greater cajones then me......

Folks, that is towing a mac on ice and snow..... with what looks like no chains ......

admittedly he said it was above freezing.... but that has got to be a delicate art to drive on ice with a boat trailer with surge brakes...

And People thought I pushed the envelope.....lol