42 foot custom ketch: Lisbon, Port. to Miami, FL. Did it again 2 yrs later on a 44 Yawl; helping someone transport custom-built boats to USA.

Welcome and good luck. Pick your days to go out and don't tackle any weather that you don't like. Remember, this isn''t a test, it's supposed to be fun. On bad days, stay on shore, do some work on your boat; read, drink, look at the pretty boats leaning over and dumping their guests into the water! ...

I have the the original 83 Honda 7.5 on my 83 M25 and it is great. It has lots of power and moves the boat really well, but that is easy with an M25. What's really important is how it moves the boat in bad weather and in big currents. Mine brought us safely to a dock in a 6 knot river flow (Hudson R...

Thank you so much for this post. I have a M25 '83 with the exact same problem and now I have another winter project. Thanks for the post.

Fair winds

I usually wrap the Main around the boom a few times on my MacGregor 25. I lose the vang but the reduction in main compensates for the lack of flattening the sail.

Fair winds