I bought this 26X last August. She has been a lot of fun, but this summer I want to take her out of the water and do some work on her. It seems that the white gel coat is starting to wear off. I have tried light wet sanding with some 800 and it makes it worse. More black is starting to show through ...

Cool...Naples! I go down there all the time with the Admiral...will be down there next week, matter-of-fact...but only for a short visit. Where do you launch from? We will tipically launch from Wiggin's Pass. You didn't say if you have boating experience. If not, I strongly suggest getting some edu...

I have always set up my rigging while in the parking lot before launching, is there a particular gain to doing it on the water or is it just a softer landing if you fall off? :D Softer landing :) I really don't have a reason, and was probably going to try that in the furture, but I would rather fal...

Hey everybody, thanks for all your valuable advice. My wife and I had a great first weekend on our boat. It was surly an adventure. I had gone through the launch and mast raising in my head about 100 times, so I felt that I was ready. Well I surely was not. I was able to launch the boat with very li...

I just purchased my first mac 26x earlier this week and I am very excieted to take her out this weekend. She's a 2001 and in great shape. Any last minute advice for this type of sailboat?