Hello Everyone!
I have recently purchased my first sailboat from MacNCheese (a member here) and have learned an insane amount of information about sailing and fixing sailboats.
As some of you know, this Mac really needs some love and money invested into it to get it back out on the water. Since the winter has moved into New England, I'm not doing a whole lot on her right now other then what I've already done. Washed her inside and out, vacuumed out all the dirt and water out of the cabin and sump (and the huge Florida cockroaches which apparently hitched a ride up to MA)
Now I have her all wrapped up in a huge new tarp (draped over a basic 2x4 frame I built) ready for the next few months until spring.
I'm currently working on a budget and schedule for the work I plan to do on her as soon as the spring comes around. And I'm also fixing up the old 1986 Mariner 2-stroke I bought with the boat.
I do have a few questions. The PO had bought a Hobie 18 Mast and Boom to use with this boat. I know the mast is almost identical to the original 26D but I think the boom may be a few feet shorter on the Hobie. I need to buy a new Main Sail and a new Head Sail and i'm wondering if I should go with sails for a Mac or a Hobie. If any of you have any ideas about this I'd appreciate it.
Again thank you all for your very informative forum and I'm very happy to be a new member of it.
I have recently purchased my first sailboat from MacNCheese (a member here) and have learned an insane amount of information about sailing and fixing sailboats.
As some of you know, this Mac really needs some love and money invested into it to get it back out on the water. Since the winter has moved into New England, I'm not doing a whole lot on her right now other then what I've already done. Washed her inside and out, vacuumed out all the dirt and water out of the cabin and sump (and the huge Florida cockroaches which apparently hitched a ride up to MA)
Now I have her all wrapped up in a huge new tarp (draped over a basic 2x4 frame I built) ready for the next few months until spring.
I'm currently working on a budget and schedule for the work I plan to do on her as soon as the spring comes around. And I'm also fixing up the old 1986 Mariner 2-stroke I bought with the boat.
I do have a few questions. The PO had bought a Hobie 18 Mast and Boom to use with this boat. I know the mast is almost identical to the original 26D but I think the boom may be a few feet shorter on the Hobie. I need to buy a new Main Sail and a new Head Sail and i'm wondering if I should go with sails for a Mac or a Hobie. If any of you have any ideas about this I'd appreciate it.
Again thank you all for your very informative forum and I'm very happy to be a new member of it.