Received my blue 26M yesterday

[Richard Lisch]

Having read all the negative comments about the 26M during the last months I was realy concerned, specially because I am in Puerto Rico having bought from a dealer with little experience. Last night finally we unloaded the M at my place from the 48' shipping container.
First of all I was surprised how well the boat was tied down and protected with pieces of carpet, inside the container. Half an hour later we inspected the M in my hangar and we couldn't find a single scratch in the gel coat. All options were neatly packet-up and well protected inside the boat. The M was clean and shiny inside and out with no traces of wax release or anything else.
As my local dealer has not much experience with the Macgregors, I preferred to receive the boat directly and assemble it myselfe.
Going through the provided check list I found the trailer came without the, ordered and paid for, surge brakes. Suppose Macgregor will fix this.

As the local Honda dealership will install the BF50 I purchased, tomorrow, I wonder how other M owners routed their fuel lines from the 12 gal. tanks to the engine and were they installed their filter/seperator units.

BTW, the boat overall is well finished and I am eager to launch it next week.

Thanks for any comments

[Paul S]

To be fair...it was only one 26M..ours...I would still check it out..I am still finding small stuff that annoy me (see my post from yesterday).

Paul

[Paul S]

Having read all the negative comments about the 26M during the last months I was realy concerned, specially because I am in Puerto Rico having bought from a dealer with little experience. Last night finally we unloaded the M at my place from the 48' shipping container.
First of all I was surprised how well the boat was tied down and protected with pieces of carpet, inside the container. Half an hour later we inspected the M in my hangar and we couldn't find a single scratch in the gel coat. All options were neatly packet-up and well protected inside the boat. The M was clean and shiny inside and out with no traces of wax release or anything else.
As my local dealer has not much experience with the Macgregors, I preferred to receive the boat directly and assemble it myselfe.
Going through the provided check list I found the trailer came without the, ordered and paid for, surge brakes. Suppose Macgregor will fix this.

As the local Honda dealership will install the BF50 I purchased, tomorrow, I wonder how other M owners routed their fuel lines from the 12 gal. tanks to the engine and were they installed their filter/seperator units.

BTW, the boat overall is well finished and I am eager to launch it next week.

Thanks for any comments

<<I found the trailer came without the, ordered and paid for, surge brakes.>>
Let the games begin We all think we buy things installed. Doesn't mean it will all come at once! Can the surge brakes be installed after the fact? I thought they did that at the factory. I still have a box of uninstalled parts, a non installed furler, etc. Dealer is sending someone up in a couple weeks. We will see how it turns out.

What hull# is it? Do you have the new mast support (looks like a radar arch)?

Do you plan on installing a anchor light? or a VHF antenna on the mast? There isn't an easy way run wires inside the mast. The mast has a ton of foam in it. Hard as rock:
http://home.comcast.net/~testdelete/mac26m360/

Here is my tank (other side is the same) I will just have the fuel line on the floor next to the tank. Tried it out and it works OK..so far. Trust me ..you need the 90 degree adapter, otherwise the fuel line will hit your leg
http://home.comcast.net/~testdelete/mac ... to005.html


Paul

[Richard Lisch]

Thanks for the info Paul.
Bought my boat with basically all available options. Just an hour ago I finished the installation of everything but the radio and antenna (will drill a hole somehow through the foam).
Tomorrow I'll put up the allready assembled and in place mast to adjust shroud tension.
So far everything else was delivered as promised. The furler installs in less than an hour and rudders fit well. Tomorrow I'll try to get a series of quick pins to speed up the rigging process.
Hope the Honda people keep their part of the deal and finish with the installation of engine, instruments and controls by Monday.
What I didn't like was the location of the manual bilge pump. So well installed they put it in the starboard tank compartment (?). Which means that you have to remove the tank before you can use the pump.
The mast support is the arc type which can be left in place while using the boat and in combination with the installed bimini looks even cool.
Wonder where you'll install the seperator/filter element.

[Paul S]

Be curious how you get through the foam. The experienced installer (not the one who set up my boat) who will run my channel said it takes him 3-4 hours to get through it. Doesn't look like fun. This is why I made sure it was part of my deal. 30 foot mast will be fun getting through it. Let us know how you make out.

Unless there is one in the engine. I do not have a separator. Never thought of it.

Unless there is a better idea, I am putting my automatic pump by the battery under the stairs

Paul

[Richard Lisch]

Planet Honda only honors the garantie if the engine is installed by one of their approved installers and fit with a seperator/filter element.