Top annoying MacFeatures

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Re: Top annoying MacFeatures

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Laika 26X wrote:

Proof: I’m out on the water enjoying my Mac, not at the dock pointing out flaws of another owners vessel.

"Sub" Ed
I'll be sailing the Bahamas in a few weeks on Le Zephyr. The only other person who will be sailing his own boat at that particular time from my marina is me. 8)
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I have to admit my slip buddies' 220,000$ 41 foot hunter is real nice but he's working today :D
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Re: Top annoying MacFeatures

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The only thing that annoys me about our 26M is the fact that we won't be sailing next to "Le Zephyr" in March :(

But we're 10 months and 18 days away from the first "Annual Pilgrimage to George Town" :D
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Re: Top annoying MacFeatures

Post by Highlander »

Yep
I remember taking awalk over to that boat last summer when you I went sailing in the morning & eveyone headed back in at noon hr due to a small craft warning ! :D :D :D , but we stayed out until about 5pm :!: :D :D :D and had a good days sailing and invited to a BBQ when we returned :) :P

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Re: Top annoying MacFeatures

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Highlander wrote:Yep
I remember taking awalk over to that boat last summer when you I went sailing in the morning & eveyone headed back in at noon hr due to a small craft warning ! :D :D :D , but we stayed out until about 5pm :!: :D :D :D and had a good days sailing and invited to a BBQ when we returned :) :P

J
Yes I remember passing a few 30, 40 footers on the way in,and later the guy with the 42 foot hunter came up to me and voiced his approval ...he was impressed. 8) If I remember well the guitar player sang a song in English for you when he realized you were from Canada. :D :D :D
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Re: Top annoying MacFeatures

Post by Highlander »

Wee , Merci :D :D :D :P :wink: Yep & I got to drink free beer all night because they our fellow Quebecor sailors at the marina party & BBQ loved my Scottish accent, and told me they loved the pic's of my boat and would love to see it in their marina , So you never know she might just make it up their for a week this summer we shall see ! 8) :P :wink:

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No annoying problems with my boat for what I got and for what I paid for her !. I think she is an excellent boat & choice where else could I get a boat that size for that price new that can render me so much choice of use :idea:
Now I consider the mods I done as challenges to my abbility I would have had to pay three times what I did for my boat in its present stage The only Mac26m I know of that can fly six head sails & not by just throwing money at her as some think I designed & make most of my mods and copied some from this sight also but I'm also a very shrewed shopper wait my time & barter to the death ! if I can get away with it ! just ask Beene , I just bought another Harken 001 furler so as I have a matching set "its way better than the mac furler I now have on my jib" with an alum foil , I had been bartering back & forth all summer with the dealer & 7 months later I got it for the sale price I paid for my first one two years ago and got $70. worth of free hardware to boot :) :P :wink:

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Re: Top annoying MacFeatures

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aye.....

johnie........

at what price ye be partin the old furler for?

me mac stasil.......hae no spinner....
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Re: Top annoying MacFeatures

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Our greatest annoyance is having to stop whatever we are doing and take the time to thank folks for their accolades and to show them around our :macm: 8) 8) 8) . Most are astonished at the amount of room we have, and how she is outfitted. Of course, when our motor is pointed out, a lot of ooh's and aah's are uttered as we tell of our speed, especially when relating to "getting there" or "getting out of the way" of less than ideal weather :) Alice and Stew of :THE RESTLESS TWO"
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Restless too?? Serious? Seems to be a strange case of Deja-preview.
How did that name come about... praps you'd better pm me on that one? :wink:
I know what you mean regarding the show arounds!
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Re: Top annoying MacFeatures

Post by FLembo18 »

Jeff wrote:Let me start by stating that I absolutely love my '06 Mac M. But since this is a request for little annoyances, I'll give my top two: First, I don't like the screw and knob on the forward hatch. Last summer the knob stripped right off the screw when I was trying to open the forward hatch. So I had to repair that. The second thing that bugs me is putting up and taking down the dining table. We camp on our Mac fairly often so a mod that I'll be making this winter is a quick disconnect setup for the table leg. Other than that I love the boat and these are really minor annoyances that I can fix easily. Now if only warm weather would hurry up and get here.
Yeah, same exact thing happened to mine... I put some J/B weld in the screw hole, screwed it back on and let it dry. That knob is never falling off again, trust me. :)
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