The rain over this past weekend was a couple frog chokers!
Currently the weather in the Gulf of Mexico looks great for the time being though !

Hi Fittsfly! Glad you weathered the storm in one piece (albeit a bit less for the damaged canvas). I’ve been in some bad weather situations in the past. The worst we’ve been in was 4 ft waves and 30 knot winds due in Port Royal Sound and the Broad River Basin. A rapidly shifting frontal system drama...

Hi Fittsfly! Not to discourage you but stripping out the floor of a Mac26X (or Mac26M) may not be the best means to get the features you want. The water ballast tank may be exposed and wasn’t designed to be stood upon. There isn’t much room under it either too! You might want to look into the variou...

Hi Tuxonpup! The inverter is a nice touch! It comes in handy! Back in the day before “inverters” my Dad made a regulated 12VDC motor / generator / alternator that still works 70+ years later! :D 8) It uses a variable speed regulated 12VDC motor (WWII surplus) which uses a centripetal spring make/bre...

Boy this all sounds a bit complicated for me to add Li batteries… We’ve talked about this a couple times with regard to electrical (house) power for extended cruising. After looking at several different configurations and options the one that made the most functional and versatility sense for us wou...

Hi Kurt! Just from a math analysis perspective there’s not much to be gained from adding/changing fixed ballast… There was a guy in France I believe several years ago who made a lead filled dagger board for a Mac26M. The heavy weight lower down afforded by the depth of the deployed dagger board sort...

Hi Tuxonpup! Congratulations on the new ride! Looks NICE! The 5k lb towing will be a benefit too! Having some extra capacity is always nice! One of my best most reliable cars was a 1987 Hyundai Excel 4-door hatch back. Logged well over 286,000 miles on it! That means it basically drove from the eart...

Hi Herschel! Wow! A boathouse AND a boat port! You treat your O’Day pretty nicely! :) :) :wink: It will make it that much nicer to work on for sure!!! I’ll follow your lead and get our pop up out to work on the boat trailer refurbishments….I’ll have to move it around but it beats gettting rained on ...

Hi Rsvpasap! Great instructions! You might want to share them with Kurz as he is currently contemplating doing his rub rail https://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30325 That way you can share your experiences and what you personally learned along the way. It’s always nice to have som...

Hi All! It’s the Admirals Day! The kids even remembered to call! 8) 8) It’s a good day even if the thunderstorms are keeping us off the water this weekend… working with the is conditions. On the trailer refurbish project I’ve gotten all the old bunks off and the bunk angle brackets removed. Prelimin...

Hi Kurz! The replacement of the tub rail is something we did for Over Easy early on not long after we adopted her. At the time I wasn’t physically up to doing it (or much else back then with then current physical restrictions/health issues) so we had our local boat yard do it. It want terribly expen...

Hi All! Got to pickup the new trailer hardware (well most of it anyways :wink: ) and after the sticker shock wallet palpitations subsides a bit I’ll hopefully emerge from my nearly catatonic state :o :? :wink: Sheeze stuff has gotten expensive over the past couple of weeks. It up almost 20% from wha...

Hi All! Well it’s three days on since my self inflicted personal gravitational drop check on Monday. Yes, I can unequivocally state that gravity still works in South Carolina in a boat on the water! :D Yes, it still aches too! :P … in multiple locations… :wink: My “To-Do-List” project progress has t...

Nice work Ixneigh!
Titanium!
(Youknowthatwhenthealienarcheologistsinthelongdistantfuturedigupyerboattheyregonnanodwithapprovalatyerhandiwork! )

Best Regards,
Over Easy

Hi! I’m with Dustoff on this… What are you’re doing and who you’re doing it with will determine what you’re gonna need. Basics start with all the required USCG require nta for a 26 ft vessel. After that are a valid First Aid Kit and the knowledge of how to use it. Next would be basic emergency water...