Thanks John, that sounds like a good plan for the bunks. My trailer has some rust too, not so much that it can't be dealt with pretty easily though. Going to go ahead and take care of it now so it won't be a bigger problem later. Need to add a spare tire carrier and some guide-on posts as well. May ...

Yeah Bob, I thought that might be the original battery placement, since it's centered and I've seen some pics where the fuse panel is located right there near the keel winch. I just wasn't sure because mine has no indication of the fuse panel ever being there. My fuse panel is mounted below the dine...

I have a 1982 Macgregor 25 I'm trying to get ready to put in the water. I've gotten a few things done on it but still need to order a few parts to put on before she's ready. In the meantime, there are a few other things I am wondering about. One, where is the original battery location on the Mac 25?...

OK, well I'm going to try to raise the mast this week and go ahead and install the baby stays. I had planned on having the boat ready to go to the lake this weekend and camp for a few days, but may not be able to get it ready in time. I'm not 100% comfortable with a few things, and if these things n...

I ordered the system from Blue Water Yachts last year for my 1982 Mac 25 and just got around to installing it. It came with a new hinged mast base which I already installed. I've also installed the bail onto the mast where the system attaches and pulls the mast up. The only thing I have left are the...

So do you guys usually leave the main on the boom mainly when you know you'll be sailing frequently or also during longer term storage as well? And as for your Jib... if you don't have roller furling on your headsail, do you roll it up and put it away every time you drop it? I know it's best to roll...

Thanks so far everyone for helping out. I don't have a pigtail to hang the boom from, I suppose I could make my own temporarily, but yes, in the long run I plan on installing a rigid vang. I don't have roller furling on the headsail and I doubt I would use the "roller reefing" built into t...

OK, thanks. I'm going to cover a few more things here and I'll try to but in BOLD PRINT , the main topic of each paragraph so that you guys can skim through and read the things that catch your eye in which you may have some interest or input. I would start new topics, but by the end of the week, I'd...

OK, so here are some pics of what is on my boat and where it's located. The first four are pics of the hardware and rigging on each side of the deck, on top of the cabin. I just temporarily ran the jib halyard and main halyard straight to the cleats on the back top of the cabin, I'm not going to kee...

I'm going to try to take her to a local lake tomorrow and see how she does and test the way I have things rigged and decide what changes need to be made and so on. I'll try to take some pics as well and post them on the board so people can see how it's set up and how I have it rigged now and make an...

Thanks, appreciate it. That's about how I have it rigged, except there's no block right before the cam cleat, just a padeye (I think you call it) on the swivel cam cleat. I guess I will try to mount a block behind that swivel cam cleat. Just wondering, do you guys have a block that mounts directly t...

Hi, I'm a new owner of a 1982 Mac 25. Just getting her ready to try out for the first time. Everything I need should be there, but I'm just not exactly sure how to run some of the rigging. I've got the so called "manual" which really doesn't help me much. The main thing I'm looking for is ...