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- Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:14 pm
- Forum: Performance & Tuning
- Topic: Furling
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13728
Re: Furling
I solved my hard to furl line with "reel majic". I spray it on the line about every other month and it make a huge difference. It goes from almost impossible (and some snagging problems) to really pretty easy to furl. It's a spray can and used for fish reels. I unfurl the genoa and then go...
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:51 pm
- Forum: MacGregor Powersailor Discussion
- Topic: Novice Mac 26M Owner/Furler Pin Movement
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10550
Re: Novice Mac 26M Owner/Furler Pin Movement
I've the same situation regarding motion to one end of the pin/up to the cotter ring. I would recenter it and eventually found it always worked itself in the same direction. I bought a large headed pin from Blue Water Yachts that now stops against the large "quarter" sized head and leaves ...
- Sun Apr 24, 2016 6:59 pm
- Forum: Performance & Tuning
- Topic: 26 m with a 90 hp?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 29021
Re: 26 m with a 90 hp?
My first Mac experience was in the Croatian Adriatic on a chartered :macm: with a badly trimmed Tohatsu 90 2-stroke. And I hated it, because it would turn right agressively when I briefly let go of the steering wheel, causing the boat to almost capsize. I know a lot of Mac owners fancy large a larg...
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:48 pm
- Forum: Performance & Tuning
- Topic: CDI FF2 jamming issue
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10291
Re: CDI FF2 jamming issue
You won't believe this....... but, I used to have mine jam a lot. After much experimentation, I discovered that if I unfurl on a port tack mine furls back in just fine. However, most every time I let it out on a starboard tack..... it will be hull to furl in at the end of the day. Why? I don't know....
