I have had my Mac since 04 and have covered it over with a tarp for the winter and I have a brace in place on top of the cabin to support the center of the mast in case of heavy snow fall. I will also shovel out the valley, s of ice and snow as needed. Everything else survives our winter just fine. ...

:P I am in my second season of sailing my :macm: 04, so far i have managed to sail on average three times a week, for a total 439kn. I am fortunate that i have the Rae-Lee-Joy in a slip@ 300 a season, only fifteen minutes away from my home and work place, and when the weather is co-operating i will ...

Sloop John my sunday morning coffee is much better with you around, thanks

[I now avoid scratching the windows with my toes when pinning or unpinning by taking Chip's advice and keeping the mast in my cheeks.quote] Hope that doesn,t hurt to much. [/quote]

Thanks guys. So "baldbaby2000' what would the sequence of events look like to back fill my jib :| and how would that help pull me around? Oh and Frank I think I did hear hear something about small craft warnings and gale forces, but like the admiral says sometimes in my case air passes through ...

Here is the start of a list of things that I cant do with my 26M blue 50. 1. In 5 to 6 foot lake waves with white caps and a 20 to 25mph wind, i cant tack unless my boat speed is above 5 kt. :( , as i get into the luff zone the speed rubs off and the waves overpower the boat and i am back on a broad...

great stuff, I hope you enjoy your as much as we enjoy ours,
sailing you gota love it.

Hi not sure if I understand, my trailer came with a spare at the front of the trailer and is mounted on a braket with a spacer and nut arrangement.
Hope this helps, i try to get a picture today

TEmp: 10C winds 10 to 15 K, water Temp 42F :P TIME to LAUN :) CH Ice left the lake on the 3rd, and i am the first in :P as of yesterday. First season sumery: -Hit other boat. Cost one bottle of scotch and a long first scratch and bruised ego, Got over it 8) - I can now bury the rail at will when con...

My set up is a lot like hamhogs but on 04m26, i have no issues raising the main by hand, and i may use the winch on occassion for the last foot for sail trim.

Three more weeks three more weeks :P :P :D . I put the Rae Lee Joy to water in May and try to take her out in October. The slips are on my way home from work, so in five minutes i am heading up the river to the lake looking for wind. Last summer was my first summer so I tended to sail from three to ...

I sail on 90 mile long east to west lake, I am on the east end and our winds are out of the west about 90% of the time, After my first season I tend to sail on the rub rails on a regular basis when solo, The admiral will only take it for about a minute,but we are working on it. I now dump the sheets...

Thanks I always aprreciate your comments and look to you to better my skills.


Sailing you gota Love it.

Over all the :macm: is very skitish at low speeds, lots of attention and a light touch, I get a lot of practice handling as i dock up a 50 foot wide river with a 4 Kt current, with rudders and centerboard up and i have an eight foot wide slip to turn the RAE-LEE-JOY into, the first ten times were ha...

I would like to better understand the dinamics involved, when I get into the zone. I have experienced this on about four occasions. I am heading closed hauled at about 20 to 25 degrees to the wind, with my jib and mainsail up, between 5to 7 kts in a steady wind. And I take my hands of the wheel and ...

Hi I just started sailing a year ago, and I am 52, so never to late to start. I would recommend lots of reading, and private sailing lessons or join a club in your area if there is one. NO FEAR just do it. I started out by reading books, and I took two days of courses with a professional, then I wen...