Coming out of the marina at ultra low tide and forgot to bring in the dagger board cause I wanted to have the manoeuvring capacities for pretty heavy water coming out of my slip. I hit the cement railing which used to be the old dock foundation and which passes just under the entrance to the marina. Boy when you hear the crunch at 3.7 knots you know your in trouble. Went out any ways and wondered why the sailing performance was so bad... Went out again day before yesterday with 20knot winds and 4 foot swells and tried to sail but the boat just sort of sat around and followed the current and drifted towards the shore. To top it up as I was reentering the marina the motor cut out....I had forgotton to open the vent on the gas tank...and as the boat was drifting quickly towards the rocks I frantically pointed her toward the sea and kept trying to get the engine going and the rocks were closer and closer and then I tought the vent it must be the vent.....I hope..and I frantically squatted under the wheel as I pointed her out to sea and frantically unscrewed the vent open and turned the key ..but it didn'T start until the third try. Came in to my slip, started driffting towards the motor on my neighbours boat ...shoved her into reverse back out against the tide , circled the marina and finally crunched into my berth leaving blue paint on the dock.... but otherwise everything was okay...so had a few cognacs and went home. Wheew!!! sailing is an adventure
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Last edited by Québec 1 on Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I broke my dagger board on one of my earliest outings on an submerged tree in the local lake. I was able to get a replacement through the dealer who sold me my 2005 Mac 26 M in the first place. (Lance Beauchamps Sail Venture Yachts in the Clear Lake area of Houston.) Great thing about it is that he also gave me some great tips on repairing the broken one... Now I have two dagger boards. I use the repaired one and keep the new one as the spare. Your picture shows about twice as much damaged area as mine had but I bet you could repair it.
Great thing about it is that he also gave me some great tips on repairing the broken one... Now I have two dagger boards. I use the repaired one and keep the new one as the spare.
I also replaced mine the first time I broke it and then repaired the other. I make my repairs stronger than the original by adding more fiberglass and some wood. I don't understand why MacGreggor doesn't do something about this weak link. I know we want the board to break before the boat but the board could be 3 times as strong and still do that.
I think with the amount of damage that Q1"s D/B has that the repair materail will cost as much as a new board so why bother !!!!, A new spare board , cut slots out of the top install 1/2" x 4"plastic reenforcement strips the full length of the D/B reseal , with a 1 inch plug fitted in the bottom & top one could then fill the D/B with beach sand for extra ballast & remove at anytime I'm thinking of trying this sometime down the road !
Here you have the beginning of the reconstruction of my wrecked dagger board(see original photo at top of thread) It will be a 51 inch dagger board and will be named STUBBY.
I have cut the long side of the dagger board which was missing its port side in half and grinded the insides out so they fit one on top of the other. I have removed the centre foam core housing on part 3 so it fits on part 2 and will attach part 1 to part 2 then part 2 to part 3. I am using pieces of left over vinyl siding to reinforce and fill in the holes.
Ordered a dagger board from DOWSAR yatcht sales in Hamilton Ontario on thursday a 3 pm. Recieved the new one in Québec City on Monday at 11.am. Now thats service. Thanks Dowsar yacht sales for the fast service.
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