I had no problem restoring my grey stripe to black using WM's color restorer. Followed by a coat of wax and it looks beautiful.

Pink Sky is in a slip in the SoCal sunshine, so I think she has life pretty hard. I make a practice of waxing once a year and the finish stays nice.

You really want to motor at 10mph? I find that when motoring I like to either stay under hull speed, about 5-6mph, or get well enough over hull speed that I'm on a clean plane, about 12mph. But, that's for a 26M. At 12mph, I'm definitely rudder up and the boat handles very nicely, at 5-6mph it's a d...

Just an idea for you... WM is starting to carry the RayMarine S5 and so they'll cut a deal on the S1. I just bought one for $1085. I'm a little undecided on whether or not I'll return it and wait for the <$600 Mac specific one.

John

Hi Folks, Thanks for the spirited discussion! And Happy New Year! As to why I remove the kicker: I deflate my tender and put it up on the bow, necessitating a kicker mount. It's not very difficult to deal with deflating as often as I use it. And having access to the top speeds of the MAC is very val...

Hi, Being a newby, it's hard to post images to this web site... So, go to the photobucket website :) and search for katie_mae_album. The first two pictures are of the outboard mount. Notice the hole drilled in the seat that catches the dowel protruding from the bottom of the mount. Also, notice that...

Hi Folks, I'm a new 26M owner and needed a way to mount a kicker. I researched this site and found no solutions. So, I designed and built a mount that hangs on the railing around the flying seats. Here's a picture of the mount with the outboard on it. [/img] Here's a picture with the mount removed a...

I'd like to suggest that you get paddling lessons or read a good book on paddling. The sport is much more enjoyable once you understand how to paddle with "torso rotation instead of arm flagellation".

JohnSn
Experienced Kayaker
New Mac Sailor