This is just a short clip of GW testing our new camera while singlehanding the Mac 26S. What a beautiful day to be out on the water at Lake Hartwell! Excuse the mess below.. Jenn keeps it tidy and she wasn't here this trip. Haha
I have owned my 1995 26S for twenty five years. Bought it new in Vancouver Canada. I can not say enough of the thousands of enjoyable hours I have spent on this boat. I guess I better hook the truck up and tow it to Lake Hartwell. Lol
Nice video. I have same sailboat. Do you have any problem with steering under power. Here is my problem. When maneuvering under power at good speed tiller steering works great with the motor fixed straight. At lower speeds around the docks it is necessary to steer with both motor and tiller. The problem is I can only swing the motor (Tohatsu 9.9) in one direction. With the handle folded down it hits the side of the motor well on the port side. With the handle up I have no torque to turn the motor. How do you steer around the docks and do you have centerboard down while manevevering inside the docks
Sorry for the long delay, we haven't been able to sail much in the past year. If I turn the tiller all the way towards the motor, I'll hit the prop, so I turn both together in tight quarters. We have the 8 hp Mariner and it can swing both ways (not completely, but enough). Sorry we can't be of more help! Yes, our centerboard stays down all the time. I only lift it twice a year to make sure it still moves, unless we're beaching of course. ;)
hi, 26d owner here. my 9.9 is fixed and cannot turn so it only turns when its moving. i can turn the rudder lock to lock without hitting the motor. when we maneuver in tight areas (for us usually launching off a lee shore with less than 30' in the channel before becoming one with the reef, and a 90 degree turn about 100 yards out) we warp our boat on the pier a full 180 degrees with her nose pointing out the channel. that way by the time we get a wee bit of boat speed up we can safely maneuver as well as any other 26' boat. and i leave the daggerboard down so it hits before anything else does. its easy to build another but repairing the hull is not too much fun.
