Why Mississippi River IS At Record Low -

Ditto :) 100% agree. Motoring at speed with the board down is a very, very bad idea. When the board has any significant vertical component the shape of the board will cause it to act as a foil. As it generates lift it will make handling dangerously difficult with sudden, unexpected heeling likely. I...

My understanding is that Macgregors were built with long strand fiberglass ccomstruction - which was more expensive and longer than chopped short strand. Roger was asked about this and he made the point that Macs were built with an understanding of the strength of fiberglass when designed/engineered...

The myth of aging fiberglass - if true. Anyone?

"I cam here for the waters (Rick)". "But we're in the desert (Cpt Renaoult". "I was misinformed - Rick" - Casablanca

IanTheKiwi wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 11:10 am We live in Phoenix close to Lake Pleasant where we'll do our initial sailing.

Yup, ditto

NiceAft wrote: ↑Mon Feb 16, 2026 8:35 am Agree to all of the above comments.

I look out of my kitchen window, and see this, for three weeks now.

Very nice. Thx

Ixneigh wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 7:21 pm It's quite possible my boat is the first actual sailboat some of these kids have seen.

Manoeuvring Tutorial: Anderson Turn - exceptinally well done

:| :| :| We use a shaker siphon from Amazon to transfer fuel in our boat or dinghy. I got really good at siphoning gas during the gas crisis in the 70's. I kept my motor cycle and 4 of my friends in gas for a year and never went to a gas station. I had some really exciting adventures, like hiding un...

On my X I have two 6 gallon tanks. Works pretty well. When I add gas I use a 2 gall gas can. 8) I'm rethinking the large under-seat gas tanks on our 26M. We don't do much long range cruising so our fuel needs aren't great. I have already converted one side bench to storage and have just one of the l...

Can I ask where you got your ladder/stairway? Nice

45Plus+ wrote: ↑Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:37 am

Strange wrote: ↑Fri Jan 23, 2026 2:18 pm Tempted to change the name of my boat due to the new stairway . . .

Howabout "Stairway to heaven"?

Any Macgregor owners here?

Adventureman Dan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 08, 2026 8:54 am I'd really like to connect with more MacGregor owners.

About the Great Lakes - Lake Superior is bigger than Scotland - I did not know that.

Serious congrats. My daughter is doing ROTC right now.

Starscream wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 2:03 pm
Sadly, no.... several reasons, the major one being my middle son joined the Coast Guard officer training program, which includes a getting a bachelor's degree in Marine Technology from Cape Breton University.

Mich State map a few years back

Russ wrote: ↑Fri Jan 23, 2026 4:18 am With thousands of our boats out in the wild, some will be capured on film.