% X/M owners with < 50 hp O/B?
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- Posts: 1315
- Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:40 am
- Location: 1999 Mac-X, Nissan 50 HP, Kemah, TX, "Holub Boat"
Eric D
Empty ballast on my X same as on my old 26D.....let it drain on the ramp as you pull out. Enuf time to drain because to get bow close in trailer v-chock, I do Mac bump (drive up ramp afoot or 2, hit brakes, tighten trailer winch) a couple times on the way up the ramp. Try to retreive boat on a cold rainy tuesday AM when nobody is waiting for the ramp.
Changed out a 1997 honda 50 and substituted a 2005 honda 15 w/power
trim and electric start...instead of "chlorox bottle 2" sailing (and i use the term "sailing" lightly) like a chlorox bottle,she is now a
motor/SAILER---a real sailboat !under power w/ballast i can get a little over 8 kts...unbelievable what a difference the weight on the stern can make ...tacks and points like a 26c (had one of those too...also owned an '84 mac 25 and an '87 hunter 34)...i guess it's what YOU want in a boat...
trim and electric start...instead of "chlorox bottle 2" sailing (and i use the term "sailing" lightly) like a chlorox bottle,she is now a
motor/SAILER---a real sailboat !under power w/ballast i can get a little over 8 kts...unbelievable what a difference the weight on the stern can make ...tacks and points like a 26c (had one of those too...also owned an '84 mac 25 and an '87 hunter 34)...i guess it's what YOU want in a boat...
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- Posts: 310
- Joined: Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:25 pm
- Location: North Bay, Ontario, Canada 97X, 50HP Mariner 4 Stroke