mac bump

[psych54]

What is the Mac bump...Ron

[tangentair]

run your mouse over the word "Forum" just below the Fancy Script writing in the upper left part of this window and click on advanced search. put the words mac bump into the search field and you will quickly get more than you ever wanted to know, but you will also get the varying opinions, methods, and successes. It is a way to get the bow of the boat properly seated on the trailer, but you really should learn to use the search function for a question like this and you will be amazed to find that the wealth of information here is staggering.

[psych54]

Hey Cap...I know very well how to use the advanced search and I tried it before asking the question. In the time you took to explain how to use it you could have explained the Mac Bump...I think you may need to get out on the water and chill...Ron

[pokerrick1]

Whoa there young psych54 - - - TangentAir (Old Ron) was just trying to help you - -- and he DID wind up explaining the MacBump.

You see, sometimes we can tell from how basic the question is (and yours was very basic), that there is already a host of info available with search, without taking up ore time and space with questions that have been covered with page upon page of posts.

I'm flabergasted that YOUR search came up with no results?

In any event, Old Ron doesn't need to chill - - - he's a good guy just trying to help - - - well mostly anyway

Rick

[dennisneal]

Is this fellow an internet troll?

[Frank C]

Nah, he's just a mac newbie, but apparently one seeking instant gratification.
Also, one obviously well-practiced in the art of 'winning friends and influencing people!'

Just the tinyest bit of casual reading here would reveal the answer to OP's question. What's puzzling to me ... how would anyone even know to ask that question unless they had already found the phrase during reading here? It's got to be defined by context, after reading a half-dozen posts, wouldn't one think??? I scoured this website for a year before buying my boat, and that's the sort-of the basic homework that most newbies do while studying the purchase.
Again ... instant gratification (or simple laziness?) ... seems pretty clear who needs to chill ... and read!

[Currie]

Guys - jeesh,

If we discourage people from jumping in and asking about, or starting up topics that have already been discussed, we'll have no one left but lurkers. "You can't talk about that - we already did!" - has come up from time to time. I say it's a forum - let's welcome new discussions even if it's on old material. There's always new people here wanting to talk. ( Nothing wrong with posting links to those other discussions BTW )

The Mac Bump is that subtle (or not-so-subtle) touch of the breaks that brings the bow of the boat into it's seat on the trailor - after you've pulled it from the water. Make sure you haven't cranked the trailer winch down too tightly or the boat won't go anywhere.

~Bob

[psych54]

Thank you Bob for explaining what Whoa thought Tangentia did but did not. I am not a newbie to this site, just a new Mac owner seeking information from seasoned owners. I thought the basis of this site was, Sharing. The only reason I came off curt was because Capt. Tangentia chose not to answer the question but rather chose to give unnecessary advice in a very condescending way. If he was annoyed at the repeat of the question he should have chosen to ignore it and let someone who wanted to be helpful answer it. I hope that at some point I will be able to answer a question posted even if it is buried somewhere in the archives. Ron

[Frank C]

The basis of this site IS sharing. But it's just as importantly the cumulative wealth of that sharing, represented in the archives. Tangentair's advice wasn't unnecessary. It is standard procedure from all Moderators, especially when Members show posting history fewer than a dozen.

While the OP's "curt response" is perhaps common on other websites, it is totally out-of-character among this Membership ... hence, raising my ire. Maybe this membership has evolved a good mix of doing their own homework, along with asking for clarification. Just one opinion.

[psych54]

Well I got to tell you Admiral Frank, I'm still searching the Advanced Search for info on a description of the mac bump and all I've come up with after, Reading and Reading are people talking about how to make it work better. Make what work better I kept asking myself until Bob came along without a padantic attitude a was helpful. Lets here it for more guys like Bob...Ron

[tangentair]

I was going to ignore this but I will end it instead, perhaps my suggestion to you to do a search could have been stated in another way, but I did answer your question - "It is a way to get the bow of the boat properly seated on the trailer," and I did so without the labels of Captain, Admiral, or padantic attitudes. If I offended you, I am sorry, I did not tell you not to ask the question, I told you that there was a wealth of information on this subject and how to find it in case you were unaware of the search function and archives. If you are still offended you can PM me or take the matter up with any other moderator, but this board is a forum for discussing topics relating to MacGregor Powersailor Sailboats, it is not the Pub, it does not have the latitude or attitude of it. Again, if you were offended I am sorry. If you wish to discuss it further there are other better ways.

[psych54]

See, now isn't being nice a much better feeling...I appreciate your apology but please read your post again. It does not explain the Mac bump. It only says that it is a way of getting the boat on the trailer...No need to take this up personally. Again, we are supposed to be here to help others. look at this fellows way of telling someone else to use the advanced search...It's all in the way it is said...Ron

Spudz,

I noticed that you had a lot of "views" of your post but no "reply's" as of yet. So here is my $.02 worth.

First, do an "advanced search" (link in upper right corner of window) on "cabin leak". This will give you 83 posts with those two words. In the right side column of the results you can see what the topic was. Click on a topic that looks good...like "Cabin Leak" and you can see what others have said about this in the past. Some topics don't look too useful...they just happened to have the words cabin and leak in them.

You will find lots of good stuff on this board using the search function.

But, more directly to your question. My leaked on the starboard chainplate and one of the starboard stanchions. I used clear silicon sealant. Worked just fine. Mainly because getting to the chainplate bolts on an seemed a little too daunting to me at the time.

Good luck,
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