When I replaced my sails nearly 3 years ago I shoved the old main and jib up in the loft. I'm currently trying to reduce all my junk, and wondering why I'm keeping them!

Is there any use for old sails, other than chucking them on the tip? It's impractical to carry them around as spares, and the jib's ripped anyway. Any thoughts?

In case you don't know, The Venture class was the predecessor to the modern day Mac.

I've had an enquiry from Chris McNally who asks the following:-

"I bought my boat in USA when i was living there & as its not worth much or hard to sell when i am here & its there I am thinking of having shipped over .
Do you know are there any more of this little cutter over here or in Ireland . Or if I was to trade up later would there be any demand , i.e. is there a following?"

Me and Av are thinking of taking Magic Island to the south of France this summer, anyone every launched there ?

Si

Readers may have recently seen positive articles in the boating press about the use of an IPad as an alternative to a gps chart plotter .
I had recently bought a wifi only ipad2 and was disappointed to hear in the articles that it was necessary to purchase an IPad with a data plan and sim card in order for the gps function to work when out of wifi range.
The good news for all wifi only iPad owner is that it is possible to purchase a gps receiver from Amazon.com that is compatible with all iPads that allows you to use a wifi only set when on the sea.

Hi to all. I have recently joined the mac owners club and found it to be very interesting of like minded people. Having recently attained official pensional age, I have invested in a macgregor 26 M ,"SEA BREEZE", and based it in the Medway , Kent, as yet not sailed it, as there is a little TLC needed . Having been used to more heavier craft, eg , Westerlys, I read with interest the "dinghy" characteristics of gusty conditions making handling quite interestingly challenging.