"JimC" wrote in message
et...
Sounds like you did a good Cherry-Picking job Sotty.

As did you.



In any event, they are lots of fun to sail.


I'm sure they are, under the right conditions.

Scotty















Scotty wrote:

What does this prove? Here's some more quotes about the
mac26Xm.

''John ''wrote....the Mac 26 is the flimsiest, ugliest
POS
I've ever seen.


''JrJelly'' wrote.....the hull oil cans like a cheap
screen
door. I'd be afraid to sail one of those anywhere but in
my
pool.

"BFCrede" wrote..... buy a MacGregor 26? Don't make me
laugh!

" tommyGun'' wrote....(Mac26) worse boat in history

''BlueWaterBoy'' wrote.... while looking at the Mac 26 ,
it
was all I could do to not heave on the dam thing .

''KeViN'' wrote..... don't waste your money on a
Magreger
26. It's not a sailboat and it's not a power boat. It's
just
plain awfull!






"JimC" wrote in message
...

Doug, read the damn note a little more carefully before

you pop off like

that. Those comments were quotes from owners of Mac 26Ms

expressing

their own opinions of their own boats, posted here by me

to give the OP

some idea of what other 26M owners thought about the
boat.

My own

opinions, posted over and over again, have been that the

Macs have good

and bad points and are not suited for everyone or for

every intended

use, but that there ought to be a little more balance in

some of the

discussions of the Mac. - What do you expect me to
do? -

Track down

those Mac owners and tell them that they don't know what

they are

talking about and that they ought to apologize and issue
a

retraction of

their comments? Apparently, the thought that some Mac

owners like their

boats and enjoy sailing them drives you up a wall.

Jim




DSK wrote:

JimC wrote:


The boat's best features: Sailing ability.She sails
as

well as any

boat costing double the price I have sailed on.


Glad you added the qualifier of boats that *you* have

sailed.

I don't mean this to be insulting, but it is a fact
that

the Mac26X and

successor the -M are slow, especially to windward.
There

are many boats

that are cheaper which will sail rings around it.

Of course, JimC won't admit that, and he doesn't have
to

because he

himself hasn't sailed any of them. I have.



The 26M is a practical fun boat that can be used for

serious sailing

without the major costs involved.


It is a practical fun boat that can have sails hoisted.



The boat's best features: She doesn't pound in 3 foot

rollers at

speeds of 14- 16 mph.


???


... She will sail well with just the main.


She won't sail "well" ever, unless you like going slow
&

steering poorly.



.... There is something to be said about going to

Catalina and

arriving 2 or 3 hours ahead of the fastest sail boats

out there.



???

"Which "fastest" sailboats are these? Considering that

there are boats

which break 20 knots regularly, making this claim shows

your limited

knowledge & experience (or mendacity, depending).





...It will heel quite easily to 15-20 degrees, but at

this point, it

starts to lift the water ballast tank out of the water

and so stiffens

up and does not heel much more.


Physics isn't your strong suit, is it Jim? "Lifting the

water ballast

tank" has nothing to do with the boats stability. The

water ballast

tank, when full, lowers the boat's senter of gravity.

Gravity doesn't know or care if the water ballst tank
is

"lifted above

the waterline."

Th "lifting above the waterline" effect of water
ballast

has been stated

often, since the beginning of water ballasted boats, by

a bunch of

ignorant blowhards. I guess you believed it.




I have read many things on the web against the

macgregor. Frankly i

don't know what the _____ they are talking about.


Yep



The boat's best features: Easy to sail and forgiving,

excellent

handling under power. Mast raising system is as

advertised and a

pleasure. While rigging is neither arduous or

difficult, it is time

consuming, but not an issue for me since I keep the

vessel in a slip.

The vessel is comfortable for our use, which tends to

two adults and

(occasionally) a grandson.


I am glad that you like your boat Jim, and have a great

time with her.

It shows that you have chosen well.

But your remarks about the boat's sailing performance

are just plain

wrong, but it doesn't matter if you yourself are
content

with the boat's

performance. But one might wonder why you feel the need

to either lie or

remain ignorant of what other boats are capable of.

We've had a number of friends with these boats, and
they

have all been

happy with them. However they also moved on (as we did

too, from a

trailerable). I wish you many happy days aboard your

vessel.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King