[Kelvin Dueck]

What’s the tow capacity of a Maverick? How well does it handle towing at highway speed?
I’m starting to look for a new tow vehicle . . .

[Kelvin Dueck]

Gordon,
If you look on the MacLearning tab above, scroll down to “Sailing”, you’ll find a good presentation on “Short Handed Seamanship”. Both the PDF file and the video have some good tips.

Cheers,

Kelvin

[Kelvin Dueck]

David,
Thanks for sharing. Our thoughts are with you as you recover, and I know that everyone in the club wishes you good health, fair winds, and following seas.

[Kelvin Dueck]

Maybe a hammer? Although, technically every tool is a hammer.
I might also include an Exacto knife for cutting a length of rope, if necessary (although a good pair of scissors would work, and might be a better multi-tasker).

And, some type of lamp (like a headlamp or battery-powered trouble lamp). Murphy’s law suggests that most repairs will take place at night. In the rain.

• This reply was modified 9 months, 3 weeks ago by Kelvin Dueck.

[Kelvin Dueck]

Bill,
I posted this reply on the http://www.macgregorsailors.com site but I’m posting it here as well, just in case someone from the club has a similar question.

I suspect your best bet will be a handheld. Google shows this one:

Cobra MR HH500 FLT BT

It’s available in Canada at:

https://www.marineoutfitters.ca/index.cfm?category=10054%7C10055%7C10056&product=44102600&code=028377201653

Kelvin

[Kelvin Dueck]

Regarding insurance: I asked this question recently on our Facebook group. I was directed to speak to:
Calista Johnston
MARINE DIVISION
Johnston Meier Insurance Agencies Group
305-2748 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam BC V3B 6P2
Tel: 604-944-9577 ext.63344

She was excellent, and she was able to find me an insurer that didn’t require a survey (but I will need to get one in 5 years).

Cheers,

Kelvin

[Kelvin Dueck]

What Darren said above.
Also: just a reminder (since you mentioned that you are new to Macs), if you are motoring at more than 6 knots, you MUST raise your centerboard and rudders out of the water.

[Kelvin Dueck]

First, all of this is dependent on wind and current. I have a 60 HP Yamaha, and I can get around 50 nautical miles at 13 knots (ballast out), and around 75+ nautical miles at 6 knots (ballast in).

[Kelvin Dueck]

Welcome to the club!
We just finished an awesome Commodore’s Cruise at Ganges Marina on Salt Spring Island. Hopefully we’ll see you at one of these in the future! I know that it’s a bit of a journey from Armstrong to the West Coast, but it’s

totally

worth it!

[Kelvin Dueck]

Yes, the noise is typical. I generally raise my centerboard if I am on a dock due to the noise. However, as you’ve noticed, if you raise your centerboard at anchor, you wander around a lot.
One option: with the centerboard down, run a long dock line along one side of your boat (ie the port side) under water, and then slowly bring the front end of the line around the bow to the starboard side. Do the same at the stern (ducking the line under the motor shaft). If you then cleat this line off, it will snug the centerboard against the boat and diminish the clanging.
Just don’t forget to remove the line in the morning!

[Kelvin Dueck]

I went with these:

They were a little pricier than some of the ones I found at Canadian Tire, but I found them to be much sturdier. I just clamped the hose from the sink onto the jugs with some stainless steel hose clamps. It worked fine.

Kelvin

• This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by Kelvin Dueck.

[Kelvin Dueck]

As someone who almost exclusively will be single-handling, I’d love a session on single-handling tips and tricks, looking at launching, docking, retrieving, anchoring, and sailing.

I think it would also be useful in the event that a crew member is ill or otherwise incapacitated.

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