Ixneigh, your ideas resemble mine. Where I live, the warm season is quite short and some form of enclosure is definitely on my list of desired modifications. Having removed the mast, etc, I'm thinking that I have some leeway for added weight from some sort of rigid structure up top. I'm also thinkin...

I'm located about 1000 miles from the nearest decent market for reselling a MacGregor, so selling it in order to buy a power boat is not practical. Besides which, I'm quite happy with the boat and like it's amenities, size, weight and functionality. Getting back to my question though, is anyone fami...

I've been reading about various models and brands and the Bigfoot 9.9 seems an obvious choice. With lower gearing, it theoretically would be better suited to pushing a Mac without needing to be throttled up as much.

I guess it would have helped to include that I'm referring to a 26x.

I'm looking to replace my tired old Nissan 50D and am seriously thinking about downsizing to something in the 9.9 hp area. Where I boat, sailing is not practical, so I motor 100% of the time and mostly prefer low speeds (~12KPH) for the sake of peace and fuel efficiency. There are no tides or intens...

hi waternwaves,

is your narrow dodger still available?