I have tried to click on your flicker link, but it says page not found. Get the link working or paste a pic so we can see it. Chances are, someone on here might know what kind of boat you have. It seems like I've seen a list somewhere (probably here)that listed all the boats MacGregor has produced a...

Wow, it scares me when I've got 20 ft of clearance because its so hard to judge.

BTW, there are a bunch of other cool sailing vids I just watched.

I have had a change of vacation plans, and now want to get the boat back in the water on or before the 4th. This is going to limit me to just doing the black this week. I was able the get Interlux "Perfection" 2 part urethane in jet black locally. It is supposed to be easier to work with t...

I painted the black stripe under the rubrail last year with interlux brightside one part polyurethane. This was sort of a test before I embarked on painting the rest of the black on my X. Now, The white gelcoat in the high traffic areas of the non-skid are wearing so thin that the black gelcoat that...

Besides the rougue 8' wide jurisdictions, My understanding was the 7'10" beam was to allow two macs to fit into one shipping container nose to nose and overlapped. If a new boat was going to be 33', fitting two per container is already not an option regardless of the beam. I think about an upgr...

I have a 98, so mine already has the larger one. I bought the boat about 7 yrs ago and the previous owner had bought a replacement valve but not replaced it yet. The boat has been slipped in salt its whole life, and about a year later, the rod coroded and broke off. I found the replacement, and chan...

Just read this and haven't tried Billy's method yet. I wonder if spreading a towel or something under the lip would help it ride over the hump. As far as the spring method, I wonder if my flanges that ride in the grooves are wider than some of the other boats. I had 2 guys helping and we couldn't re...

I mostly use gas station 87 regular. When i have been on boat trips and had to buy from a marina, valvtect seems to be what everyone sells. I am not aware that it is special of diffferent (other than costing more because of where I am buying it), just figured it was the brand name. Haven't noticed a...

I have a 98 X that came with a Honda 50. Kept having problems with it and wanted to upgrade to a bigger motor. Two years ago, I bought a used 2001 90hp 2 stroke Yamaha for $2500 + $300 fo shipping off of ebay. Installed it myself following the advice on here about using wedges and backing plates. Ha...

Haven't logged on in a while and had to create a new account. Anyway, I painted the black with polyurethane and have been happy with the result. Now, I want to paint the the deck (everything above the rub rail) and the cockpit and want to remove the sliding hatch in order to do a better job. I know ...