Move to Florida, sail year around! Then you won't have to worry about covering/winterizing, just the darn barnacles! Capt. B!!

Whew, had me worried for a minute, just when you think you know something, lol Thanks!!

Hummmmm, that's odd, I have a 2000 26X and the only drain I have is the ballast drain and the one for the engine catch? hummm I say!! Any words of wisdom there?

Capt. B.

O.K., seeing how my Sunday is going to be full day in figuring this out............ let me ask this question! CB down, rudders down, am I to leave the engine hooked to the steering, or un-hooked and straight? I plan on finding someplace to hide away from everyone but a couple of pilings or markers, ...

Hello Everyone!! O.K., I have had a discussion about backing up my 26X into my slip (it has about a foot on each side, if that) and all the words of wisdom to go with it, and STILL having problems!! I could back my 33ft Hunter into this slip easier with one eye shut and one hand tied behind my back,...

Hello Boat!! And yet another great idea!! Thank you, I will try this as well!! And as for a video, not a chance, lol!!! Give me my Hunter back and I will give you all the video you want!! BTW, I lost her Christmas day to a sandbar just west of Stump Pass in Englewood, Fl. Put the rudder thru the ste...

Nice, I was just wondering about the prop spin as in a keel boat with the prop before the ruder, same affect, almost! This weekend I am going to take her out away from everything and see what I can come up with!

Thank you for your help and suggestions, well noted!

Capt. B.

Hello Russ! I am at a wooden short slip with pilings on each side and about 6" maybe of clearance on each side, and as I get closer to the Seawall, the shallower it gets, I am afraid of catching a rudder on a piling as well as the seawall, not to concerned about dragging the CB. Last time in, I...

Hello again! Well as you all can tell, I am still getting used to, and a lot of good information from everybody about the 26X, thank you, working on the transformation from a keel haul 33ft 1981 Hunter to my 26X! I have never really had to back my Hunter into a slip that I can remember, but I do kno...

Hello Dave! Like wise, nice meeting you again as well!! :D After Saturday nights and knowing what I knew, I didn't want to bring it up in front of Vickie and freak her out 8) ............ but yeah, all good information! I was wondering about the CB and dropping it a bit, but had my hands full and di...

Hey, no pansy there!! Very nicely put! I am used to a keel boat, a 33ft Hunter, I, like you, are a single handed sailor as well, even with the wife, she is still learning! :) I also watch NOAA and should of went with my first instinct, anchor in a cove till morning. I am now setting my rules...........

Roger that....... had my hands full, had I not been sailing a long time, it would of been ugly.......... doesn't handle like my 33 ft Hunter I had, that is for sure, she would of ate it up!

Hello everyone! Hope everyone had a great Memorial weekend? Question on my 26X 2000 with a 50 hp Bigfoot on it........... My wife and I, fully loaded inc water ballast, were crossing Port Charlotte Harbor going south in the I.C. to Pelican Bay Saturday night just after dark, best I can tell winds we...

Interesting, that helps a ton, and explains a lot! I to have extra block and tackle off my old boat just for that reason, now it all makes sense! Thank you and happy sailing!

Capt. B

Yup, that is what I suspected! I rigged the spinnaker/chute today! Don't know about the previous owners, but the halyard is below the jib halyard and the connected the one end of the spinnaker on the fore deck behind the anchor locker in the middle............. so when I have time, I am going to low...