As in, a cata aran? Genius!

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That was interesting. Esp. the part about lithium phosphate batteries. Friend of mine just did the swap out they talked about.

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Re: trailer corrosion It has white powder in most areas and a little very light pitting in some places. Its less of an issue where paint was spilled on the aluminum surface past. So I think I will just paint it when the boat is in the water, after lightly sanding it. Its not that difficult to lift t...

I need a few of those adjustable stands. Ill check around online or, the old Harbor Fright standby. There is one in the next town. Thanks.

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Hi everyone. It this operation (the way I am undertaking it in these pictures) harming the boat? Ive done this once before but i only did it for a few hours. This paint needs an overnight dry. I am going to be painting the boat yearly now. I would have liked to have the boat at a boatyard on stands,...

The lengthwise two part version of this dinghy is an idea that I've had since I got the macgregor. It could be made very light if epoxy resin was employed. The current one tows very well at all speeds including planing speed. Its pretty heavy though since I used inexpensive resin which is not as str...

The shower and head install i did on my M was well worth the effort. The X does have a better-ish layout for this mod though.
Re wood dust. Turns out everything really does cause cancer.

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Sooooooo... I cracked my knuckles, put on my hip waders, found my vee'd stick. Then I departed to the murky depths of the web. I wanted to find all the throttle options for my engine. I had many perils and adventures too long to relate here. I broke my vee'd stick fending off a slithering spam URL. ...

Re: Mercury throttle I am not sure. The new throttle has the ignition and trim switches built in. Maybe there are models of this engine which get a different control unit. The one without power tilt might be smaller. The dealer said this was the only throttle available with this particular model eng...

Like the theft resistant finish?

The dinghy is certainly a topic of endless debate among cruisers. I finally had to build my own Mac specific dinghy, since i needed one with certain parameters namely, towing at speed (although now with my 20 HP engine I wont be doing that any more) and still rowing extremely well and being dry. Sai...

The place which did it is having problems with their help, only I didn't know that when they gave me the proposal. The guy is a sailor but didn't neg the Macs, and we chatted a bit. He's a decent enough guy but the shop, I later learned, is moving to another location, so some workers are busy with t...

The engine was finally installed after 2 1/2 months. They had to get a tech in from Tampa after 2 other techs ghosted the job. He came in on Saturday and I agreed to assist him. He left at 8PM, after first start, run and function check https://i.postimg.cc/YhHW7crp/IMG-3598.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/...

Re: port captains for different locales, I like that idea. Even without a boat, if you were traveling somewhere new.

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The Luke is kind of a Keys specific anchor. I've drug a bruce, bunch of times, rocna, spade, danforth, delta, barnacle, northhill, and none of them were small either. the Lukes design means a heavy anchor which still fits on the boat. So over yanking out anchors during bad squalls at 2 AM. I wont sa...