You've mention a "storm anchor" and a "storm jib" several times now. How much
gear do you intend to carry? How many anchors, what kind of rodes? You realize
that every 100 pounds is a knot off the speed (so says Roger), do you really
think you'll be any faster under power than a Cat 30 loaded down with this
stuff?

BTW, what kind of storm jib are you going to use with the roller furling jib?
Are you really going to crawl up to the bow offshore in a chop to swap jibs, or
even to set a storm anchor?



"Jim Cate" wrote in message
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Veridican wrote:

You can sail the Mac 75 miles off shore. A guy went around the world in a 23
foot boat (see the movie The Dove). You can sail any boat 75 miles off
shore.

But everyone wants to act like one boat is better in a storm than another
boat.
BS. If I were 75 miles off shore and got into a squall in a Mac, like I
would
with any damn boat, I'd lower the sails and run with it. Or I'd roll out
just a
little jib and try to keep head to wind.

I think I would put down the sails and deploy a storm anchor, to keep
the bow facing windward. t



I mean, you're not really going to ask me to believe that a Valient 40 is
better off in 30 ft breaking waves than a Mac are you?

Any 26 ft boat should sail the coast line (5-10 miles off shore), not cross
the
ocean. But if you don't get hit by a storm, it really doesn't matter, does
it?

The Veridican

If you were only 5-10 miles offshore and were sailing a Mac with a 50Hp
motor, you could probably motor in before the storm reached you.

Jim