@@Gwen-x6d nice addition for sure for trafic areas. Cheers 🍻

@@lostcorsair hello. No need to go thru the headliner because the blocks do not require a back late. As per BWY instructions they are held with self tap screws (pre drill) and strong adhesive (3M 5200). The reason is the force is not upward but lateral. As a precaution always be careful to not pull but parallel to deck. Cheers mate

@@polepole9066 Thank you for your quick response. The very last Q. When you said, "self tapping screws (pre drill)" did you mean that I have to drill smaller size than a screw hole and then put a glue with self tapping screw in it?

@@lostcorsair yes. Pre-drill slightly smaller than the SS screws, taper bore the top to avoid cracking the gel coat, apply 3M 5200 to bottom of clutches and holes to seal and glue, and then screw it down. The 5200 is crucial because the screws alone won’t hold if you use 4200 scellant. Cheers

@@lostcorsair feel free to watch my install video. Might help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqfGh4qHqp6mfZosi=qML5q54gLSyHBtbS

@@polepole9066 Thanks again for your time and for explaining all of this to me. Seven feet under the keel.

@@lynmyers8331 glad it helped. Cheers mate.

@@rickandrakin5716 thanks mate. I appreciate the feedback. Cheers

@@grahammoss5373 thanks mate 👍🏻

@@christinec7842 hello. It’s from Ram mount. Marine section. Cheers. rammount.com/pages/device-fishfinder-mounts

@@laboudeuseQc salut. Merci du commentaire. Je me sert de la plaque induction toujours off grid. Realistiquement, j’estimerais que pour 3 repas et le café j’utilisais environs 35 A/H par jour. , Au Max elle prend 1500W, donc sur 12v ça prendrait 125 A/H durant une heure. Mais évidement pas toujours utilisée à puissance max. Donc avec ma banque Lithium 300A/H j’en avait amplement pour plus de 2 semaines. Solaire 200W et charge DC to DC.

@@polepole9066 Merci Pole Pole!

@@martinzebzda1012 glad you enjoyed! Thanks for your feedback. Cheers and happy New Year

@@JohnVH-diy there might be. But I’m not aware of how. Do you use dry lube in your mast slide. It helps a lot to glide down. Also maybe your slide slugs are worn out. It usually comes down quite easy with just the weight of the sail and the downhaul helps bring the last portion down.

@ Thanks for getting back so quick. I love your channel. This is a 70s boat and everything is old but it all works well.

@@JohnVH-diycheers. Thanks for your comments. Good luck

I bought a downhaul kit from BWY. I didn't install it yet but instruction says to attack downhaul line "to the second from the top plastic mainsail slide." NOT to the very top. Maybe this will help you.

@@lostcorsairI will try that. Thanks

@@luisg6000 thanks mate

@@LorenHenriksen cheers. From Quebec 🇨🇦

@@devinharp636 thanks mate

@@matttrygar2194 yes. I sadly sold her this Spring. Thanks for your comment ! Cheers 🍻

@@polepole9066 thanks for the quick reply, I’m on the hunt to purchase a clean Mac

@@NandeskaGY hello. That’s a shame. I no longer have the 26M but to get the baby stay length, it’s best you measure the distance between the mast lower tang and the attachment point at the base of the stanchion. Or contact BWY about the mast raising system. shop.bwyachts.com/product-p/3418-1m0.htm They also sell the mast rotating base parts. shop.bwyachts.com/category-s/286.htm Contact Todd at BWY He’s great to give you advices.

@@polepole9066 many thanks :)

@@dangable2889 no. Likely a good idea. I was not very knowledgeable in this area.

@@timothyruggles3031 thanks mate. Cheers

@@jordanspedowski9555 hi. All the Canvass comes from Blue Water Yacht. Except the sailbag.

@@alqimran hello. On WOT she can get about 16 kn with ballast and about 18 kn on empty ballast. 2 tanks of 45 litres each. Cheers

@@MrJongig thanks. It is likely the same process except the option to keep course based on wind direction. Cheers

@@hippyonaharley8502 thanks. Are you debating with another model? What’s stoping you ? They’re great as versatile power sailboats! The purists who knock them down for their sailing performance, or powerboat performance are partially right, but you must compare them to other power sailboat, and trailersble too. I loved it for sailing, powering when a storm came along, or on no wind day, and for its ability to go right up to a beach for time ashore with the dogs.

@@polepole9066 the versatility and the spacious cabin area for a 26ft is fantastic, but im unsure of ability in more open water. I live in Australia and want somthing to cruise the east coast, but im fascinated with the idea of being abke to stick it in a trailer if i need to.

@@MacgregorBoats-n3r hello. Great idea. You’re welcome to link my videos to your new channel. Maybe in your playlist.

@@adventuresoftheF.M. i don’t quite remember. But I don’t think the 10 degree angle would affect the grommet efficiency. Best look up the instruction online though

@@polepole9066 The previous owners of my 2006 Mac26M installed the wheel drive with grommets for straight (zero angle spoked wheel) spokes and it caused the bearing assembly to fail within the wheel drive assembly. I replaced the bearing assembly and noticed during my reinstallation process the torque/stress this places on the wheel drive. I have tried to purchase a new wheel with straight spokes (no luck yet). I am now in the process of fabricating plastic adapter wedges to deal with the 10 degree mismatch between the wheel drive and the steering wheel. When I saw your video I thought perhaps the original kit came with multiple grommet options that might solve this issue. All feedback, info and or comments welcomed.

@@wesm3915 she could sail up to 6 kn under correct conditions. (Main and Genoa). She did over 4kn in 7kn wind under Spinnaker/Main. Her top cruising speed at WOT is around 16 kn with full ballast and 18 kn empty ballast depending on weight on board and water conditions. (60hp Evinrude ETEC)

@@bobarino thanks mate

@@SamuelKelsall thanks for your comment. Cheers 🍻

@@shanebarnett5283 i really appreciate your comment. As you know selling Pole Pole is bitter sweet (more bitter) and doing and editing videos is a lot of efforts. Glad it helped some people. Cheers and enjoy your 26M. 🥂

Hope you really enjoy your sailing adventure , we also bought a macgreggor , 26x. We motor for the most part , not Sail, time for a change ! Enjoy ⛵️

@@NevilleBethel thanks. Is your rudder line installed? If properly installed you just pull the opposite way and tie it to the same cleat to lock them down. (Pull the line that goes down the small hole in the stern top). It goes down the tube and attaches to the back of the rudder.

Thank you.

@@udmbfckx2916 there is a remote control you can add and wear on yourself.

@@francus7227 😂. Well said. After a while, you can have it up or down in about 1 hour. Cheers

Thanks. I bought it from my local sailmaker here in Quebec Canada. voilesatlantis.ca/produits-connexes/. They ship and also speak English. Cheers

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed. Cheers

Thank you so much. I had a blast with this boat. Great memories. Cheers 🥂

Thanks. That’s hard to say. A lots of small ticket items are over $100 each so it adds up. But for large ticket items like autohelm, lithium, solar, fridge, electronics, sails, etc. I would say at least $12-14k. CAD. 🇨🇦

Hi. They’re all from Blue Water Yacht. Bimini, Dodger, screen and Bimini to Dodger extension

So glad it was helpful. Cheers. A hunter is a great vessel 👍🏻

Thanks. Appreciate your comment. I agree with water maker, but sailing in fresh lake water I’m ok for now. Cheers

Now I understand that the other ground port is for the RF Ground. You didn't seem to use that in your installation. Does that mean it is optional and only necessary if the system is getting excessive "noise" in the wiring? My boat does not have an RF grounding system to connect it to.

My understanding is a metal boat can be grounded. The way a fibreglass boat like a Mac is grounded is through the Anode on the engine. So my house batt and engine batt share the negative to ground my house electrical to the engine anode. Im definitely no specialist so feel free to confirm with pros or in the manual.

It’s marine 16 GA

Thanks for the comments Mate. I’m happy with the reefing on the boom so far. Makes de-masting easier for trailering. but since I now had a slip, reefing lines led aft would surely be a benefit. As for using 2 lines, I first Installed a single line reef for each reef points, and the friction was too much to properly reef both clew and tack with only 1 line. Also, one line is quite long to manage and stow on the boom once reefed. If you led it aft 1 line is manageable, but the friction is still a problem IMO. Hope this helps …

From what I understand, the backbone (blue wire) is best used between the 2 most distant components or groups of components, regardless what they are. And then you can re-split to 2 or more components (black/white wire) Hope I understood your question right …

@@polepole9066 Okay. Well, I plan to have my sensor/gyro the farthest away from the other components. The ACU will be in a cockpit lazarette near the controller/display which is near the helm (of course), and next to the ACU, a new fused power distribution box like yours. I will run the backbone up to my gyro more towards the center of the boat and lower in the boat. Sounds like you're saying that will work. I'm planning on #8 AWG wire from my main circuit panel toggled circuit breaker to run to the new fused box. What wire did you use?

@@rogerbsailor #8 seems good if you only connect the Autopilot components. I ran a #6 to my secondary fuse panel above the berth, but from there ran the wire provided with the ACU, which I believe is #8. Anyways, no big power draw from the EV100 and chartplotter. Cheers mate

Thank you. Finally someone explained a difficult to understand wiring system. You encountered the same problem I had. The cables provided are too short. Also I can’t understand why the CPU doesn’t adapt to the cable plugs.

Hello. I bought it at my local Chandlery called Entrepot Marine (Marine depot) here in Quebec Canada.

Thank you for your kindness. Cheers 🍻

That’s so kind of you Cheers 🥂

Oui, la consommation ⚡️ est très minime. A moins d’avoir une Longue distance et de devoir considérer le voltage drop, le fil 8 est amplement. Dans mon cas ma batterie alimente une fuse box multiple et de là je feed tout pour avoir des fusibles sur tout les circuits. Je ne recommanderais pas un fil direct de la batterie même avec une fuse en ligne. Trop de risques. Et … si vous êtes comme moi, les chances que vous ajoutez autre chose avec le temps est grande 😂 Bonne chance avec l’installation

The 26M dry weight is 2550 lbs, the engine is about 420 lbs. then 70 litre of gaz is about 115 lbs. I’m sure the rest of the boat content could add up to 600-800 lbs. then the 100l fresh water weight 220 lbs. but I don’t trailer it with water on board. I fill it once at dock. So I figure I tow about 4000 lbs boat plus the trailer weight. Let’s say 4500 lbs to tow. 👍🏻

Bonjour cousin Français. Au plaisir ! Tu navigues sur quel plan d’eau ?