Frank,
I believe the review was in Practical Sailor.

Chuck, We had a cover on the bimini on our X. It is extra cost. Give Gail a call and she can get you one. We had the backstay rub holes in ours till we learned to push out the backstay when folding it up. We took the bimini back to BWY (We live in Seattle) and their canvas guy sewed leather patches ...

David, You may have a Dutchman furler. If so, check around for the local distrubutor for info on how to remove the sail. On some systems you have to remove the furler (ie. drop the mast). On others a fitting attached to the head of the sail slides up and down the foil allowing you to drop the sail w...

Fender Boards are the traditional solution for this problem. Another way to go is to get the fenders with the hole running entirely through the center of the fender so they can be deployed horizontally as well as vertically. Look for "Big B" fenders on this site: http://www.taylormadeprodu...

My impression is the Dowsar is a bit nicer than the BWY and you would not go wrong with it; however the BWY is a bit cheaper. With the changing exchange rates Canadian goods are not as inexpensive as they were just a few years ago. As I mentioned before it might be possible to get special features a...

I worried about this when we first bought our boat then learned that the factory lifts the boat out of the mold using the chainplates. I have never heard of one failing.

Order a jar of Paste patch from BWY. After applying to a clean surface wet sand then wax.

We had the BWY full enclosure on our M and liked it very much. Since we use our boat year-round up here and it is known to rain occasionally, it was very functional. Easy to motor with the full enclosure on. To motor or sail in sunny weather we took off the side curtains and folded the top back out ...

Here are some tips:

http://www.bwyachts.com/rig_tuning_tips.htm

Make this an easy operation by putting "Liquid Rollers" on your bunks before loading the Mac. Works like a charm.

Bite the bullet and buy the BWY ladder. Todd has custom designed it with parts from several sources. For example the ladder legs are different lengths to compensate for the rise in the sheer of the X and M. It snaps right onto the Genny track and works like a champ. We had several cheaper ladders th...

We just finished a section of a course on this subject and learned: 1. Chip's original post is correct for virtually everywhere in the world. 2. In the US at least there is no law that dictates where the flags are flown but there is very strong tradition among sailors that was described by Chip. 3. ...

Frank C. I looked and can't find the receipts and I can't remember the cost. Both the Trojan and the Dyno are available in Seattle area. Dyno is at Fisheries Supply. Memory has it that both were more expensive than the discount sources. At one time BWY had a write up on why they prefered the flooded...

BWY does have one for the M. We had one. Works great. Also BWY has a "captive" canvas maker who is quite willing to make modifications to the basic design, although not real fast during the peak season. Want a different color, or grab rails, or thicker transparency or.......... Give 'em a ...

We have had excellent results with Trojan batteries. Best to buy from a dealer that has a lot of turnover. Fresher is better.

Our best results in two boats come from two 6 volt batteries wired in series for 12 volts. Using the Dyno D145 we get 245 amp/hrs.

http://www.dynobattery.com/prod01.htm