"JimC" wrote in message
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Yes, and it would be destroyed and be just as uninhabitable before, just
as Joe's boat.

And your evidence supporting that assertion
is................................................ .................?

Ummm... it was abandoned?

I've sailed boats in the 30ft to 40ft class (Valiant, Cal, Endeavor,
O'Day, Catalina, Beneteaux, Erickson, etc.) for some 50 years.

Did you learn anything?

Capt., I didn't start this particular discussion thread, but since I'm one
of the few Mac owners on the ng, I feel some obligation occasionally

Key phrase: one of the few.

And, you thought wrong.

And your proof supporting that particular assertion
is.........................?

Common knowledge and experience. And, your counter supporting proof is....?

Gospel or knot, the Mac is a bad choice except under some very specific
conditions, none of which include offshore.

Wrong again.

And, that's why it's chosen as an offshore passagemaker the world over. Got
it.


I have a personal bias based on my experience on many boats, including a
friend's older Mac26.


And how old was that Mac26 Gantz?

Older that yours, better reenforced for the demanding conditions where he
sails it.

Last name is Ganz, btw.


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