Sounds like you are describing my boat, I just use it that way… Excellent point. A small kicker, good sails, and a bleach/pressure wash of the stripped interior would put it back on the water in better condition than several boats in our club. Picking one or two projects a year is a way to eat the ...

Don’t know about the best place, but here’s where I put mine.

Is it worth the investment? Thoughts or suggestions? Not $15-20k. You could find a better boat for that kind of money; and be on the water much quicker. Having said that, the reality of boating is; if it’s not brand new, you’re going to need to spend money and time on it. So, your hands are going t...

Sounds like you’ve got quite the adventure ahead! Good luck with it. Can you tell what kind of shape your bow eye is in? I’ve see stainless corrode away to nothing where it’s buried in fiberglass. It would be good to check it if you can’t already tell from where it’s moved. Glad you’re getting back ...

Diodes came and I noodled through a plan to finish up the outside work. Soldered the connections together, then potted them in clear 5 minute epoxy. https://i.postimg.cc/w1yRyMVF/IMG-3483.jpg A few minutes in, I was reminded that a thick blob of epoxy gets really hot. So, finished the cure under wat...

Whelp... I connected the main bank to the output side of the DC to DC and everything works fine again. I still can't imagine how the DC to DC just boosted my LION to 16+V... would mean that the LION should be accepting a charge from the DC to DC that had no independent power source? Great! Glad it’...

Give this a read:

https://sailcare.com/a-telltale-tale/

Thanks Bill, I read about the common ground and that's how the final system will work. It was really odd to have a 12V battery in front of me and a DC charger with no power source or other connections, and find 15.7 volts at the battery terminals. It actually climbed up past 16 volts at one point, ...

Does the manual for the dc-dc charger say it can be powered up without a load battery connected? That would be my first guess at the problem. The charger looks at the load to regulate the process. I would have thought it would have a safety to lock out if there wasn’t a load, but maybe not…. Sounds ...

Wow, that's a nice fit. Envious of talents. So you are going to splice into the steaming light wire? Thanks, Russ! I’m going to put my diodes and connections inside of the new steaming light housing. Once I get the diodes, I’ll figure out how I’m going to put it all together so that it fits in the ...

Getting close. Diodes still haven’t arrived yet.

… I may play with de tensioning my side stays a bit and see if I can arch the mast a bit to see if that will remove the "billow" in sail unless yall think it wont help? Read the 26X manual regarding setup on the shrouds and stays before you do this. I would be with you on monkeying with t...

Definetely has a MacGregor sail, not sure if its as old as My 2002 X , I did watch the Sail twist video that you linked and My Leech does get nice and straight so perhaps twist is the wrong term Im using , Its just that my sail seems to billow a lot. do not have a traveler its main sheet mounted on...

Wind was approx 7 Knots and I was probably trying to head 22 degrees to windward. I dont have the original mast but my mast does seem to have the fore stay mounted a few feet lower than the rear stay on the mast so I may play with de tensioning my side stays a bit and see if I can arch the mast a b...

Stickinthemud57 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 6:17 pm Is your boat equipped with a traveller?

26X doesn’t have a traveler. It’s sheeted at the helm pedestal.