Well it's cold and wet in Greece right now with snow in the mountains. Definitely not suitable boating weather this time of the year. So there's nothing to feel 'jealous' about. In fact, I wouldn't mind coming to Florida too :) for a couple of months. Ft. Lauderdale would do it for me. Some great bo...

MacM + 1950cc = HUGE success Hello to all Mac lovers, Just decided to pop in after several years of absence. Highlander and Beene may remember me. I have a Suzuki 100 hp/1950cc on my 2004 26M This is 2017 and my last post on this thread was in 2011. I started this thread in November 2010 and since ...

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Well then, . . . that explains it!

Can you please explain how it is used?

Thanks,

Octaman

Hi everyone and Happy New Year. One more point of concern that has not been raised in any of the great post of this thread is that by changing the position of the mast hound you are in fact meddling with your sailplan. Your sails are cut to the specific geometry of the rig with the hound in a specif...

WOW!

Thank you both, K9Kampers and Cruiser for clarifying.

We learn new things all the time . . . . . .

Octaman

Newell, I sense that you may have been offended with my observations and if that is the case I do apologize. Naturally you own your own safety - but . . . :wink: ...only to the point that it does not jeopardize the safety of others. The fact that your shortened spreaders have been standing up to the...

Hey Newell, I am sorry to hear about your spreader failure. A good thing you didn’t lose the mast! I have to point out that I don’t believe spreader length was the reason for your severed spreaders. If you bang around your spreaders when shifting the mast forward or aft in the horizontal position, o...

Hi Newell, I very much enjoyed watching the videos; Murv is as you describe him. Picked up one or two ideas; thanks. I have just one objection; shortening the spreaders is definitely a NO-NO! :!: :!: :!: If this was done in ignorance, then please be informed: By shortening the spreaders you are alte...

I tell the kids I am looking forward to the day I can throw every bit of technology over the back verandah, enjoy a bit more sailing and gardening, and go back to the Spirax notebook and pencil.

I am with you all the way my friend! Ha! Ha!

Hi Sum, Thank you for sharing all this information with us. I very much enjoyed visiting your detailed website. And I do remember reading many of your posts here on this forum over the years. No one can argue that it is always good to have a back up – and a back up to the backup, etc especially with...

Hi there, Re: Eaten post - Same thing happened to me years ago. Since then, I always type my post as a word document and when I am ready, copy-paste to the forum. It saves frustration and quality of posts. Re: Roller not working well - My M has a rubber roller on which the mast has to slide on when ...

A VHF antenna for the DSC radio is one thing and the GPS antenna is quite another. They look very different too. GPS antennas come in two versions; one is just an antenna that provides a raw signal to your GPS for further treatment. The other GPS antenna has an integrated decoder of the signal (simi...

What a wonderful project!
Modifying and improving an existing design is always much more fun than just buying a new boat.
Good luck with it Judy.

Octaman

Hi guys and Greetings from Athens, I agree on the structural aspect. The companionway does cave-in when the ladder is removed. I will not disagree on width to suit you, although I feel wider is safer. Most importantly though, whichever way you decide to go, I think the ladder should be centered rega...