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Love those pictures My boat is out and wrapped now for a month and we are in the middle of an ice storm in New York right now. Thank you for sharing it may help with the cabin fever. I may turn the heat on in the boat tomorrow and get some cleaning done.

I would not try it. I haul my 1980 C26 with a V-8 Dakota 4X4 with tow package and I went 30 miles with a 2001 Sea Lion trailer the the Dakota will tow 7000 lb. but in road conditions 5400lb. can be at the limit going uphill. When I get another vehicle it will be a full size 4X4 P/U.

I am insatalling a solar charger SE500 from West Marine at present time I am not using an inverter but at some point. I found wind generators as well but cost is about 10 times and output is not much more.

That is almost the dimensions of my c-26 main

You might want to check Atlantic sail traders or sailrite or sailor tailor

69shark are the sails too big luff and foot?

The place my trailer was bought was Seidel's Trailers in Germantown, NY
their web add. is http://www.seidelsbiz.com/Trailers/ they sell Sea Lion trailers or in other areas you can go to http://www.sealiontrailers.com and they can refer to the closest dealer to you. Seidel's phone is
(518)537-6060

Emergency Exit congrats I know you will do well and thank you.

Thank you banshi. I was thinking without mast I could wet it stretch it and let gravity help and wet it again repeating as needed. I have done this one other time on my Newport Holiday which had a boltrope on the luff and foot. Also I see you have your boat on each post how do I do that?

My main had a terrible shape and the boat sat for 7 years what U found was sails sitting cabin for 7 years in the northeast where temp went from highs in high 90's and lows below zero. Luff rope in the main had shrank almost 9" from spec. and after the snow is gone I am going to stretch between...

Welcome aboard and enjoy.

On my Getatway It only requires headstay and forward lower shrouds disconnected to lower mast and then I remove shrouds and backstay by removing pins 5 min. 10 if I take a break and 5 min before the mast comes down. I don't really trust quick release as my luck would be they would release when I am ...

My c-26 has the same scuppers at rear of cockpit and out the transom but My Getaway has an outboard but on the original paperwork and to this day the reg. says diesel. nefer had a prop shaft through the hull

I agree on using the boom on my 26 is a pain too so I used 2x4 when I put it up and origial bridles ouch they broke and i almost wore the mast so I used chain at the toe rail and ratchet straps. also used 10' of 1"pipe and worked great and with 100' of 7/16 line and 2 double blocks and shackles...

I finally got my new 1980 c-26 in the water after a month of cleaning and that was not all she still needs alot of refurbishing but that will be a winter project. I also am thinking of making a roller furler for her over the winter. enough rambling but I was surprised how fast she went with my 4 str...