"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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The Mac can travel under sail when fuel hits $10.00 a gallon.
It's all pretty simple.
Doesn't have much to do with sailing or romantic notions of the sea.
If I never intended to hoist a sail, I would still consider the Mac
for my purposes, none of which is offshore sailing.

Just about
any boat can be sailed offshore. Doesn't mean you should. Sure, there are
some conditions under which an M26 will perform fine. There are limits to
all makes/models.

Once all is made watertight, the limits of the man at the helm are
more important.

--Vic


Mostly, I agree, except for "Mac can travel under sail," and sailing Macs
in the SF bay is probably not a good idea, at least not in the north bay
in the summer.

Well, I would not enjoy trying to beat to windward in one, but I guess that
is when the skipper of a Mac starts the motor.
But with wind on or aft of the beam it would certainly sail and that might
be the only kind of sailing certain families would want.
Horses for courses...