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JDK
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Last Activity: 07-27-2010 04:51 pm
About Me
- About JDK
- Boat brand
- Mac
- Boat model
- 26D
- Year built
- 1988
- Boat Name
- Soire'e
- Serial number
- MACW0947G888
- State or Province
- FL
- Country
- US
- Home port
- New Port Richey, Fl
- Occupation
- Retired
- Previous Boats
- Sea Ray and Cobalt power boats, Hobie catamaran, another Mac 26D.
- Owner bio
- Mid...Ok, upper...50s, retired, like to spend time on the water with my wife. Avid racers.
- Expertise
- Low voltage wiring, mast-raising system, racing.
- Cruising waters
- Floridas west coast.
- Modifications
- Idasailer rudder and daggerboard, stereo with five speakers, microwave hung under companionway ladder, A/C outlets with shoreline and inverter, Raymarine ST2000+ autopilot w/GPS interface and remote control, 14 gallon rigid water tank under forward berth w/electric pump, dual batteries forward, all lines run aft, six gallon gas tank secured to raised floor in lazerette, SignetMarine SL267A speed sensor with through-hull in laz, Humminbird HDR 200 depth sounder with puck shooting through hull under sink, 12VDC blower and passive vent in laz, new electric panel with fuses for each circuit and lit switches, storage under cockpit coaming opening into cabin, drawers under settees and next to sink, trash bin/holder under sink, cabinet in head, mast-raising system w/o gin pole, Harken traveler, boom vang, stern rails w/centered backstay adjuster and mast crutch, main outhaul, topping lift, rudder kick-up release and downhaul, tiller tamer, bimini.
- Crew
- Wife and chief tactician, Brenda.
- Cruises
- We chartered an Island Packet 420 in the Caribbean in the spring of 2008 and had a ball. The boat had everything except an autopilot, and we used it to the max. The couple that went with us have a daughter in St. Thomas, and we got to spend the night at her house on the front end and back end of the trip. Her husband was good enough to use his pickup to load our gear and come unload it, plus let us stay at their home. We were truly spoiled.
- Racing
- We joined a yacht club in Hudson, Florida, and were welcomed into the racing group. We won Boat of the Year our first year (2006), more due to ignorance and beginner's luck than anything. We finished first again in 2008 and 2009. Took first in the Gulf Harbors race in 2008, and finished in the middle of the pack of 137 boats in the Mug Race in Jacksonville in 2010. (After 9.5 hours of racing, we beat the other Mac 26D by 11 seconds. It was a hoot!)
