According to this web-site http://www.havencraft.com/26m.asp the blue
painted hull is an option. $400

SV


"John Cairns" wrote in message
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MacGregor has a long and well documented history of being the builder of
low end
boats. VERY low end. That's why I don't have to sail one to tell you it
is
a
piece of crap. That's all Macgregor has ever built. Reputations for
sailboats
are not built by advertising campaigns or glossy brochures. Macgregor
has
built
themselves a solid reputation, but it's not a good one.

BB

Being slightly harsh, I would say that mac builds and sells cheap boats on
the cheap, builds 'em cheap, sells 'em cheap. That's how the company got
started, as an academic exercise. You do have to give Roger credit though,
he did introduce a lot of people to sailing, some of them saw enough in it
to graduate to boats that more closely mimic the experience of sailing.
"jim" is the odd case of devolution, I guess.
John Cairns