(Frank)scribbled thusly:
#1 - CENTERBOARDS COMPROMISE SEAWORTHINESS

OzOne wrote:
Fact, they are not as substantial and usually carry no ballast low.

Well, that's not intrinsic to having a centerboard. I think that to some extent,
shoal draft can be a compromise against seaworthiness, but there are plenty of
centerboarders fit to cross oceans and keel boats that are not.



#2 - THE LOWER THE FREEBOARD THE FASTER THE SAILBOAT

OzOne wrote:
Fact, given all other is equal...it's called windage

Also it reduces weight.

But hey, if one is dumb enough to think that the Mac26X/M is truly a
revolutionary & wonderful yacht, then one is probably not a stickler for the
laws of physics...


#3 - A FAST SAILBOAT CAN NOT ALSO MOTOR FAST

OzOne wrote:
Correct. an easily driven boat under sail will usually motor very
well. A mac requires more horsepower than any 26'sailboat that I know.

And it also goes a tad faster than other more conventional sailboats (giving it
the title as a curtesy). But it is also a pig at all speeds, using more power,
hard to steer, and leaving a big wake. Our friends that had them soon got tired
of motoring around and having to cut to idle any time the wake was an issue.


#4 - OCEAN CRUISING SAILBOATS MUST BE LARGER THAN 60 FEET
Now this is stupidity and you know it.

Yeah but it makes him feel smart.


#5 - KEELED SAILBOATS ARE THE MOST SEAWORTHY OCEAN CRUISERS

OzOne wrote:
Fact. Proven over many years of cruising.

Yeah, it's difficult to put to sea at all without a keel... even coracles &
umiaks have a main longitudinal girder even though they are called something
else...



#6 WATER BALLAST IS INFERIOR TO OTHER BALLAST

OzOne wrote:
Water ballast has the same mass as the surrounding water, must be
carried in tanks, sloshes around and is internal.
It is very useful when designing a boat that will be travelling long
distances on one leg hence the use on Volvo 60 and the like.
It is used on the mac to allow conversion to a powerboat.

Obviously #6 is the product of an inferiority complex. Water ballast is neither
inferior nor superior to other types of ballast, except when regarded for
specific uses. A Mac26X/M couldn't be trailered or motored on semi-plane if not
for water ballast. We trailered & sailed a water ballast boat for years. Worked
well *for that purpose*. It also works very well for the purpose Oz1 mentions
(btw it doesn't slosh if the tanks are designed & built properly).



#7 A KEELED SAIL BOAT WILL POINT INTO THE WIND BETTER THAN A CENTER BOARDER

OzOne wrote:
Usually, the keel is hyrdodynamically better than the centreboard in
most cases. Particularly with respect t the Mac.

Actually the older Mac26 with the daggerboard pointed very well, and had quite
respectable performance to windward. Not to stay with an IACC boat of course


#8 A TALL RIDGED MAST IS BETTER THAN A SHORT BENDING MAST

What is a "ridged" mast??

#9 MAC26X BOAT OWNERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RACING

OzOne wrote:
Hell, people race lawnmowers and golf buggies......the Mac fits nicely
into this group.....do they have buggies at discount golf courses?

Actually there are very very few Mac26X/M that race, AFAIK only two or three on
the US east coast have applied for ratings, and those were all dealers. The
Mac26X/M rating usually quoted was assigned to a boat that was raced by a
dealer, a good racing skipper, who put trapezes on the boat and sailed it
without ballast. Hardly a reflection of the boat in normal trim with an
'average' Mac skipper.

No one-design fleets either.


#10 MAC26X BOATS ARE SPARTAN

OzOne wrote:
Depends on whether you consider the inside of an empty fridge
spartan.......

I've never thought of any type of fiberglass sailboat as being particularly
Hellenic...


#11 MAC26X BOATS ARE NOT FOR OCEAN PASSAGES

OzOne wrote:
Anythings possible.....depends on how close you are to a death wish.

Yeah... the bits & pieces will wash up somewhere, thus completing your passage!




All these myths are scotched here

http://www.eskimo.com/~mighetto/murrelet.htm

No self-respecting scotch would be caught near this tripe & drivel. Maybe you
have ginned or vodka'd , but damn sure not scotched.



Come on alt.sailing.asa'ers, let's discuss!

OK, we did. Now what?

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