sorry for the bother, new topic and all, but I must register my 26 M at Alaska DMV first thing in the morning. might someone please tell me where on the boat (it's roughly two years old) to look for my hull ID number? thank you very much blanton fortson email addresses removed from post as per board...

We carry up to five of these Alpacka rafts aboard the mac, in a duffle in the head, with all paddles and gear. http://tinyurl.com/38lrkq -awesome boats- The North Face duffle in the photo contains 4 more. http://tinyurl.com/2ljs9q http://www.alpackaraft.com/ "Performance: Alpacka rafts aren't m...

Apologies, I have not been around for awhile, and hence did not respond in a timely manner to your questions. I've just posted a couple of pics under "mods". Re: the well-put question re: SS and aluminum, I'm just going to see how it goes. Having fished an aluminum vessel in Western Alaska...

Here's a very, very good mac heater. The Wallas 1300. http://www.scanmarineusa.com/wallas_furnaces.html Safe (coaxial vent to overboard), efficient, quiet (near-silent?). I love it. It's up in the vee-birth area, mounted to the bulkhead just fwd of the head. I like it so much, I may replace the alco...

I've got one of those 140s. I never go pounding along at very high speed. At moderate speeds the motor is comfortably quiet, not wound-out. Sometimes, when it's quite glassy out, I do open her up a bit. Rarely ever WOT. In Alaska we often carry more stuff. We just tend to be more heavily loaded with...

glide47, hello there. That demon may be me! I live over here on Belmont behind West High (Anchorage). Oddly, here to the South of Westchester Lagoon, on USDA climate charts, we are in a postage stamp sized "banana belt", one climate zone warmer than most most of Anchorage. The hillside is ...

I went with the Suzuki 140. The 140 cowl has a weird hump at the top rear of upper cowling. That hump precludes tilting up under the M's helm seat. It's easily changed out (two screws?) with the non-humpy plastic piece from a 115. As is, the (now modified) cowling on the 140 will not quite reach ful...

When possible, I always upgrade to LT ("light truck"), or "load rated" tires. Too many SUVs come with "passenger car" tires, with softer side-walls and 40# pressure limits. A "load rated" tire with an "E" rating will have a ten-ply side-wall *equival...

UPS arrived yesterday with a 22" Schmitt destroyer wheel from go2. Looks about right on the M, for now.

Frank, thanks for the tip about other possible sources of play in the system. I crawled around under there a bit and played with all the links, but I'll certainly have another look. Duane, I'm familiar with cable steering and helm feel in sailboats. We are usually refering to a different type of cab...

Making some progress on the above mentioned Rocna install. Removed all the forward deck hardware between the chainplate for the forestay and the footings for the bow rail/pulpit. Basically this consisted of the two little Mac bow cleats and the BWY anchor roller going bye-bye. Yesterday I fabricated...

I'm still pretty new around these parts. I think the Teleflex hydraulic pilots have to some extent been overlooked. I posted a bit about these over in MacGregorSailors.com Forum Index -> Modifications Raymarine Autopilots Goto page 4 ............................................ I really, really disl...

That's a lovely wooden wheel there. And then I like JR's with the metal spokes and wooden handles, too. I'd originally been thinking 22" destroyer and that's what I think I may go with for version 1.0 as I've got one of those Ray M. ring-type wheel steering autopilots though it's not working ye...

I'd like to find a 22" six spoke wheel if anyone has any tips ...

Yep, you got it! I think it would be cool. George Jetson style.

I like the idea of making a custom mesh hanging sling seat reminiscent of Francis Chichester's gimballed chair on Gypsy Moth with the keg tap built into the armrest.