Hi ,I've applied coppercoat antifouling to our 26M and am extremely happy with the results. we live in Tasmania and the boat is moored in salt water. we launched the boat in September last year and their is minimal fouling, absolutely no crustaceans just a brown slime which wipes off easily. i beach...

thankyou to everyone that responded,and it actually sounds like many people have considered this idea. I don't think a small fin would benefit or correct the situation,and i have noted the utube video ,but that only relates to a canting keel yacht with I beleive has a forward daggerboard which I thi...

Has anyone fitted a small skeg under the hull to help with steering at low speed ,to alleviate such problems as docking or putting on the trailer in windy conditions. I find that the boat wanders badly as soon as the board and rudders are raised. I,m sure that if the skeg was kept fairly small in de...

Hi Rick, There are plenty of boats without backstays, Most Hunters,dinghies of all desciptions. Most racing boats with swept back spreaders , just use the backstay to help bend the mast or not as a control,not necessarily to support the mast ,unless they were using a masthead spinnaker,which would r...

Hi Pugsy,No we are not newbies, relatively speaking. We purchased our M in 4/07 and have had lots of fun with it. We have cruised up the Queensland coast extensively,making best use of weather conditions and have brought her home to cruise in Tassie waters .I have been around boats all my life, Boat...

Hi Pugsy, What I have done to solve this problem is to cut 8 inches off each spreader. This required no alteration to the stay length apart from changing the position on the chainplate adjusters. The rig looks much nicer and has not created any strength issues. we have no backstay. The sail will sti...

ModsNote: Moved from the Tyres thread in General forum ~fc Its interesting that other people have had tyre problems. This is the email that I have just sent to the Australian agent. Hello Phil, Seems that I only contact you when I have problems. We really are enjoying the Macgregor and am astounded...

We live in Tassie ,have a 26m that we keep in Hervey bay. Did the bay to bay race this month .Lots of fun,175 boats,think we finished 174. We will be picking the boat up and travelling to hinchinbrook island in july,Zoe bay is the destination,then slowly bring the boat back via magnetic island,andla...

Thanks Bob,sounds like an interesting site
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Thanks everyone for the quick reply, don,t suppose anyone has the jib dimensions
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I ,m a newcomer to this forum, Ihave owned a 26m for a year now and have thoroughly enjoyed it. I have enjoyed this website and received heaps of good advice. My dilemma is that I keep the boat in Queensland and live in Tasmania,so its not easy to measure anthing. Would anyone know the measurements ...