There has been a little discussion about this on "Discouraged and Sailing upwind", so I thought I would start a new topic to see if there is any one interested. If there are any MacGregor Owners on Lake Ontario, and could make it out to the Toronto Area, at least once this summer, and are ...

I am going to start a new thread on this subject and see if we get any interest.

MacGregors would make an intersting One Design class...would be neat if we could organize a MacGregor race at least once a year, or even once a month, if there was enough interest on Lake Ontario. Maybe this is a subject for new thread. But would there be any intrested in the Toronto Area, say in Ju...

Again, I just wanted to thank you guys for all your advice on sailing the Macgregor, it was priceless. And this thread does have a lot of valuable advice on that subject, and tuning the rig. I have got the rig tuned perfectly, the boat is balanced beautifully, and I am sailing much better this year ...

I only write this for the fellow Canadians that might be on this board. Would not like to promote or get any Americans in trouble. However, As stated before, Cuba, is a very safe country. You will not have any problems there. I have also not met any corrupt authorities. There are stiff punishments, ...

Great Trip, I would strongly suggest, leaving your mast at home. You will be more comfortable on the boat without having to trip over all the shroads and lines. You can not go through locks with your mast up, there a tons of locks, and very little sailing opportunities. This is a trip to just enjoy ...

Hey, I am sorry, i did not mean or intend to offend any users of this board. ... I am also sorry for posting the message on this baord, did not realize, there was a special area for such ads. No problem ... now you know. :) If I did not mention what I was inteding to buy ... I am sure someone would ...

I'm the guy who started this thread, and if you have read a couple of my e-mails describing my Mac, you'll notice its fully loaded and I paid about $60,000 Canadian with all the upgrades. Including the IDA high performance Dagger Board and Larger Rudders. The boat was a Brand New 2005 Blue Hull Mac....

When I hit 7 knots, the wind was between 15-20 knots, I had the full main and partially furled Genoa. So should I tighten the forestay a little? Also what do you guys think about this. My boat has another car traveler on the deck, right next to the mast, I persume this is for job. I never used this ...

Thanks for all your advise, its really good to have access to such a user group. Much better that calling the Mac Factory. I tightened the aft and side shrouds, this solved most of my mast rake troubles. Last week I installed my new IDA sailor Dagger board and Rudders. I was out in 20 knots of wind,...

Well add another $ 1,000 to the cost of my MAC, thats in USD.

I just ordered the IDA High Performance Rudders and Daggerboard.

I'll be tuning my rig tomorrow, thanks for all your advice...

Ed Radonic

Well you are right about it being about $53,000 US. I purchased it brand new, The dealer gave me alist of possible options for the boat, I checked all of them, then added more he did not have. Usually the sales man tries to talk you into options, this sales guy was trying to talk me out of options. ...

Thanks again for all our suggestions, I ll be looking at my rig this week, tuning it and checking the Mast Rake.

Any good Mac Owners in the Toronto area, that are willing to help me out, and make a little extra money at the same time...

Thanks

Ed Radonic

Thanks for your recommendations and encouragement. Especially to Bald...2000 for all the good advice. I will try all these things, and especially check my mast rack. I was away trailering, and noticed that my spreaders were not straight or parallel to the deck. So upon my return, I tightened the upp...

I purchased a Brand New MacG M fully loaded 2005, close to $60K, and now I am very disappointed in the sailing ability into the wind, close hauled, especially in heavier wind, I dont even mean too heavy just 15 - 20 knots. I was trying to race at our yacht club, and I can t even start a race, since ...