Well, today we go out and put the Mac in the water by ourselves. We
intend to
stay on the lake Sat night and Sun night, or we may come home Sun
evening.
We
are provisioned for two nights.


The boat is very large. It intimidates us. We were dighny (sp?)
sailors
before
this. This thing is like sailing an RV. The 150% genoa is more
sail than
our
main and jib together on the Apollo. Trailering is no problem. I've
driven it
through Denver rush hour twice now. I won't have to do that again,
and I
won't
do that again. Nonetheless, I can trailor this boat now.


I know that, in actuallity, it is safer than the Apollo. At least
on the
resevoir the most it will do is get knocked down, but it will come
back
up.
Even when it gets knocked down, the cockpit is still above the
water.
Nonetheless, it has a 28 foot mast and the whole boat is simply huge
in
our
eyes.


One thing I can say about the mac: When you have the owners manual,
the
brochure is a joke. It's not quick to rig, it's not light to tow.
Quite
simply, it is a lot of boat. However, if you have at least a 300 cu
in
engine, and a the mast raising system, you're good to go. If you
buy a
Mac,
get the mast raising system, by all means.


By the way, someone once told me to never get the cockpit cushions
Macgregor
sells. We did, and they are great. It's hard to trust what people
say, I
swear
to god.


Anyway, If I return, I will report. Until then, this is Ed
"Gilligan"
Gordon
signing off.


P.S. Before you laugh, really think about what Gilligan had.


Ed