Pretty much all GPS maping system have MOB button. The Lifetag system consist of a device that you wear on yourself and when your are further than about 30 feet from the boat or hit the water the alarm goes by itself and a MOB waypoint appears on the screen. So if you fall in the water and nobody se...

Excuse my french

Garmin makes this Dog Tracking System. It traks your hunting dog for up to 7 miles and shows it on a GPS receiver. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=209&pID=8576 They don't seems to make a marine unit for man overboard tracking. I know that Raymarine makes the Lifetag. A system that will t...

My kids and I do waterboarding with my 150 hp Lund fishing boat (haven't got a Mac yet). My son explained to me that the higher the waterski post (where you tie the waterski rope) on a boat, the higher you can jump off a wave. Hense the high framing bridge they have over those waterboarding boats. N...

Congratulation for your new boat Andre ! Can't wait to get mine and I'm looking foward to sail with you. Still have to sell my other boat first. It's a Lund Tyee fishing boat with 150hp :? I'm already in contact with Dowsar for the new Mac. Quebec1 is taking me on his M26 for a cruise tomorrow. We a...

Jut got done reading the manual and yes you can do everything manually and tiller is optional. Guess I should have read the manual before. :? There is no mention about a salt version whatsoever. So what does DSL meen is it just the color ? Is there something different in the salt water version ? Is ...

Thanks Rich

Like I mentioned before I want to get a new Mac and have'nt decided what motor to put behind. According to what I read on this forum the Etec 50 seems to be the way to go. But does it have emergency pull-start ? I know it's a silly question but I went to look on their website and they don't mention ...

Guess I will forget about that idea. Thanks

I forgot to tell you that my brother also wants to get a new Mac. We are looking foward to go "cruising" together each with our boats. Knowing my brother and myself, that will shurely end up in a race every time. :) Again, thanks everyone for the great advise. Will go with the stock mainsa...

I want the race car, the Admiral wants the winibago.

So I guess I will still go for the

Thanks for the info.

I'm in the process of buying a :macm: to sail here in Quebec city on the St-Laurence river. What would be the best sail performance combination ? I do not have a lot of sailing experience but I read a lot about it and I also own a Lazer 1 :D I also have been a deckhand on a 13 days trip from Boston ...

I'm talking here about a self steering system like the

Yoyager Windvane
http://www.voyagerwindvanes.com/Voyager/News.aspx

or the Monitor windvane
http://www.selfsteer.com/products/monitor/index.php

Anyone has installed a windvane on a M26 ?