Duncan McC (NZ) wrote in
. nz:

Agreed it was the skipper's fault - however, *when* do you have the
water ballast in?

Or better... when do you operate with no water ballast in?


You launch the boat. Then you fill the ballast tank. You pull the boat
back onto the trailer and out and then you drain the tank. You just need
to remember those two simple things.



IMO, that's a curly question - and best answered (unlike the info
online) - "all the time the boat is in the water".

Exactly right!!!



I would disagree and say it's not a very fast sailboat, and not a very
fast motorboat (people don't *really* waterski behind them do they!!!)

I'd say it's a bit on the slow side for water skiing but knee boarding
and tubing it's plenty fast.


What is the Macs?

It looks like 1/8 inch to me. I don't think it's metric being made in
California.

You can't make the rigging too tight on a Mac because the roof supports
the mast and there isn't a post under it. You could bend the roof if you
tried to make the mast too tight.


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"Ed Gordon" wrote in message
8...

You can't make the rigging too tight on a Mac because the roof supports
the mast and there isn't a post under it. You could bend the roof if you
tried to make the mast too tight.


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Cheerio,
Ed Gordon
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So when the wind pipes up to force 6 or 7 and the mast starts pumping and
flexing that cabintop and you're 2000 miles from anywhere... "Oh God, thy
sea is so big and my boat is so small, and why didn't you bless me with two
broken legs on the day before I was to set off on this voyage?"

"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et:


So when the wind pipes up to force 6 or 7 and the mast starts pumping
and flexing that cabintop and you're 2000 miles from anywhere... "Oh
God, thy sea is so big and my boat is so small, and why didn't you
bless me with two broken legs on the day before I was to set off on
this voyage?"




On a Mac you can take the mast down for less windage. It makes the
stability better, too. You can motor along and keep up with the waves so
they don't break over you.

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Cheerio,
Ed Gordon
http://www.freewebs.com/egordon873/index.htm

In article , egordon873
@aol.com says...
"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et:


So when the wind pipes up to force 6 or 7 and the mast starts pumping
and flexing that cabintop and you're 2000 miles from anywhere... "Oh
God, thy sea is so big and my boat is so small, and why didn't you
bless me with two broken legs on the day before I was to set off on
this voyage?"




On a Mac you can take the mast down for less windage. It makes the
stability better, too. You can motor along and keep up with the waves so
they don't break over you.

And here's me thinking - I want stability - I'll put my sail *UP*.

I've had ma boat out in 30+kts, but I know she'd handle quite a lot more
than that too. I prefer to sail those conditions, than motor - I find
the boat far more stable (read: even) on the water, and subsequently a
lot more controllable. Most importantly, less stressful.

--
Duncan

"Duncan McC (NZ)" wrote in message
. nz...
In article , egordon873
@aol.com says...
"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et:


So when the wind pipes up to force 6 or 7 and the mast starts pumping
and flexing that cabintop and you're 2000 miles from anywhere... "Oh
God, thy sea is so big and my boat is so small, and why didn't you
bless me with two broken legs on the day before I was to set off on
this voyage?"




On a Mac you can take the mast down for less windage. It makes the
stability better, too. You can motor along and keep up with the waves so
they don't break over you.

And here's me thinking - I want stability - I'll put my sail *UP*.

I've had ma boat out in 30+kts, but I know she'd handle quite a lot more
than that too. I prefer to sail those conditions, than motor - I find
the boat far more stable (read: even) on the water, and subsequently a
lot more controllable. Most importantly, less stressful.

--
Duncan


Ducan.. you and every real sailor knows this.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:58:58 +0200, Ed Gordon wrote:

"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et:


So when the wind pipes up to force 6 or 7 and the mast starts pumping
and flexing that cabintop and you're 2000 miles from anywhere... "Oh
God, thy sea is so big and my boat is so small, and why didn't you
bless me with two broken legs on the day before I was to set off on
this voyage?"




On a Mac you can take the mast down for less windage. It makes the
stability better, too. You can motor along and keep up with the waves so
they don't break over you.

You've never been IN force 6 or 7, have you?

In conditions like that, you're gonna go forward and TAKE THE MAST DOWN?
'Course, you could just put up the main and wait for the wind to do the
job for you...

druid
http://www.bcboatnet.org