Yes Befree I I will keep you posted I guess about 9 weeks away and that will go quickly. Love to sail with you. 1 st is I would like to keep boat and truck parked at same place we sail out of Fort Lauderdale on the Baleria terminal , that’s part of my research.I still work full time and looking forw...

Gotro’s Bahamas vacations plan Drive with my Admiral and my Mac 26x out of Houston to Florida to the St Augustine area . Sail and explore for a few days and probably mostly at anchor and maybe stay at a Marina as to explore the town as well . Then drive to Fort Lauderdale to catch a fast ferry to th...

Thanks for the heads up on this thread . Just read the all of it. I tell people I meet we have a cabin sailboat , they ask how big then I say 26 ft . And usually that answer gets a great response like wow or sound like fun. Non boaters and my surfing friends have told me throughout My sailing career...

Here’s a diagram from the 95 manual of the Mac x water valve under the hull

I have a 1995 x and it has two ballast fill valves one on the stern and one on the bottom of the hull . The one under the hull I never use . But if I did need to fill ballast in rough conditions thats the one to use if the waves are up. Do the later model x and The M boats have an under the hull val...

As a long time Hobiecat sailor with the love of sailing fast it is an adjustment to a slow mono hull like my X That said most all non cats sailboats are slow. What I wanted was a sailing vessel I could camp in , pull up to the shore, motor around when there is no wind. I remember the 1 st year I saw...

Hello Islander . We all see you were in the direct path of this storm and I just saw some video of your area and looks like you all have a lot of clean up to do . Let us know you are ok when you get on line again . Prayers for you and fellow coastal dwellers affected down there .

I hope by now all Macgregor owners are almost out of hurricane Milton path with your Mac in tow

On my :macx: I replaced my fuel line with automotive fuel line and it works fine . The problem I am having this time is my squeeze ball I purchased from Tohatsu Macanic . It locks up and does not let fuel pass to the motor to start or run. The one before this squeeze ball I purchased from academy it...

Yes I live in Houston and I purchased my in lake Livingston. We generally sail the Texas coast ,Port Aransas Galveston Bay Area. I could be talked into a lake sail .really want to sail lake Travis but the water is to low for ramps up there.

To be honest one has to be a little insane to hits speeds above 6 knots on our Macgregors . I was doing the Texas 200 running back to my trailer at our finish line . The wind at my stern end of the day was gusting 25 plus . Then I was forced to run to shore (turn the motor on) as the win hit 40 knot...

Very respectable speed for your x . Down here in Texas it really blows especially in the Corpus Christi area

Here’s a photo of the jam cleat from the top .

https://i.postimg.cc/JsznjtVn/IMG-0042.jpg The jam cleat shown works to release the line when it hits shallow water or objects come in contact. Jim brown taught me this in one of his videos. Simply drill out the bottom of the cleat just the size of the rope’s diameter, when the rudder hits the bott...

I have a year 95 one of the fist 100 hulls . I really like the set up although the rudders need replacing and it pricey. Heres how they are set up now.