Sailing along with Alex

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Sailing along with Alex

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Re: Sailing along with Alex

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Thanks for sharing your day with us, what a great sail.
Fair winds,
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Re: Sailing along with Alex

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What kind of boat is that?
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Well, Well I can't believe that I was where...........Thank you John for gave me chance to feel real sailing..........
Boat is amazing......
Yes, this is Mac 26.......
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:) ha! I thought I recognized that water... I grew up on Christie Beach, not far from there!

Thanks for sharing those and...
NICE boat! 8)
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Yes, you are right, it was there ........
End of September,... Temperature of water " Just for swimming " .....
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Glad you guys had a great time

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Yep, Icebreaker season is opened ... Are you going next weekend with us ?
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Post by beene »

What?

You are going again!

I thought you would have learned from the first time LOL!

I am working my friend, wish I had a Mon-Fri job like the rest of the civilized world.

Have fun.

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Hi Beene,

Was nice talking to you the other morning on the phone , hopefully we will get some more nice weather again before the seasons over so we can get your Butt wet :D :D :D

Alex

I think Sat looks like the best day ! I'll call you tomorrow Fri. but by the look of the temp, I may bring my survival suit !!!

Bertrand

"What kind of boat is that " :o its one of a kind & only mac 26m 8) The one in your dreams you wished you owned :D :P :wink:

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Good stuff John. Glad you finally got her sailing after all that hard work. Now when are going to replace those crappy stock sails? :D 8) :P
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delevi wrote:Good stuff John. Glad you finally got her sailing after all that hard work. Now when are going to replace those crappy stock sails? :D 8) :P
Funny, I was thinking the same thing, sort of.

Not quite so, to the point, but along those lines.

From your experience Leon, what would you recommend?

John has a nice Spin on a furler.

Black and white I think?

Hey John, get a video flying that will ya!

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Image

J. are you ready ??
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Beene

here she is custom made in Sidney Vancouver Isle BC this is flying off my :mac19: , It is alittle larger than the cruising Spin on the 26m its luff 23x leach 20.6x foot 15. my custom spin drifter is luff 27xleach 24x foot15.5
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j95/m ... 010025.flv

Here she is flying off my CDI Spin Furler
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j95/m ... nnaker.flv
And soon to be attached to the end of my new 4ft bowsprit on my :macm: and the cuising spin will go off a 6ft pole ext off the end of the bowsprit taking it out 10ft in front of the bow
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee20 ... 010001.jpg
:o :) :P :wink: J
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"The one in your dreams you wished you owned". Your darn right, the boat looks fantastic. That's the first Mac I've seen with a bowspit, does it improve the sailing performance and behaviour of the boat? Thanks for the video, could we have more shots of the boat please. Don't own a Mac yet but your boat certainly fuels the desire to get one sooner.
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