I'm going to buy one.
There are some great mods out there from experienced owners and I want to know what is best and necessary to do.
Sounds like Macgregor should be making some of these mods standard. I have asked them what they thought and am waiting for a reply.
I am particularily interested in the rigging mods, and mods to the mast raising system. And by the way, where does the mast raiser stow?
Today, I read about rudder mods and the rationalle seemed plausible.
I've seen trailering mods involving moving the axel backwards, and adding mast supports.
There's getting more storage space from areas that shouldn't be inaccessable.
I thought that the bow pulpet mods and the rigging to raise and lower the dagger board from the cockpit a nice idea.
I wish some one knowlegable would sort out these mods and make a list of "pretty darn good to haves". From there I can contact the owners who made them and ask why they did it and what I need to get to do it myself.
My wife wants to take a "loooong" time off and we want to do the Pacific NW, first. LOL, I am trying to tell her to forget about the Aleutians and China.....
I can sail..small, as my first boat had a lateen rigged main with only 65sq feet of sail. I built the whole thing in my garage. It was about 18 ft long and before my first sail I built a simple wooden model and got a fan. I let it blow on the little sail and figured out how sailing was done......
First time out, there were whitecaps, too much wind, and the sheets ripped through my fingers. The only thing stopping the wind against the main from ripping out the keel set mast, was the starboard mast stay.
It took me across the lake so fast I could feel the keel vibrating and hear the hum. Oh, and the wind bent my mast over in the middle about 80 degrees.
There are some great mods out there from experienced owners and I want to know what is best and necessary to do.
Sounds like Macgregor should be making some of these mods standard. I have asked them what they thought and am waiting for a reply.
I am particularily interested in the rigging mods, and mods to the mast raising system. And by the way, where does the mast raiser stow?
Today, I read about rudder mods and the rationalle seemed plausible.
I've seen trailering mods involving moving the axel backwards, and adding mast supports.
There's getting more storage space from areas that shouldn't be inaccessable.
I thought that the bow pulpet mods and the rigging to raise and lower the dagger board from the cockpit a nice idea.
I wish some one knowlegable would sort out these mods and make a list of "pretty darn good to haves". From there I can contact the owners who made them and ask why they did it and what I need to get to do it myself.
My wife wants to take a "loooong" time off and we want to do the Pacific NW, first. LOL, I am trying to tell her to forget about the Aleutians and China.....
I can sail..small, as my first boat had a lateen rigged main with only 65sq feet of sail. I built the whole thing in my garage. It was about 18 ft long and before my first sail I built a simple wooden model and got a fan. I let it blow on the little sail and figured out how sailing was done......
First time out, there were whitecaps, too much wind, and the sheets ripped through my fingers. The only thing stopping the wind against the main from ripping out the keel set mast, was the starboard mast stay.
It took me across the lake so fast I could feel the keel vibrating and hear the hum. Oh, and the wind bent my mast over in the middle about 80 degrees.