McGregor 26M
 

I'm looking at buying a Mac 26. Anyone have any experience/comments on
this boat?

I looked at deja and saw a bunch of flames from 1998, but not much
recent material. I'm hoping there's some mac 26 sailors that can give
me the real skinny on them

Thanks

KB

McGregor 26M
 

It's a fine boat. Many Coranado owners step up to the Mac 26X when they gain
experience and desire more performance.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
Trains are a winter sport

McGregor 26M
 

Go to www.sailnet.com , click on discussion lists and sign up for the
Macgregor list. Ask questions or just lurk for a while and see what the
owners say.

Macgregors are inexpensive and are not off-shore boats, but they are well
suited for many people, like the Volkswagen beetle was.


"KB" wrote in message
om...
I'm looking at buying a Mac 26. Anyone have any experience/comments on
this boat?

I looked at deja and saw a bunch of flames from 1998, but not much
recent material. I'm hoping there's some mac 26 sailors that can give
me the real skinny on them

Thanks

KB

McGregor 26M
 

I looked at deja and saw a bunch of flames from 1998

Gosh, has it been that long? What's the matter with us? Here we're all flaming Bobspit when we could be tearing apart Mac
26X's again. BTW, saw one floating on a can in Muskegon Lake the other day...UGLY....

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

McGregor 26M
 

I think Katy said it best. There's a 26X sitting a few docks away. I can't get
over how bad it looks, worse than any Express or Beneteau. The rigging looks
brittle at best.
It has an impressively quiet outboard.

RB

McGregor 26M
 

Haaaaa aah aah hahhah ahahah hha hahahhahahahhahaha!

Only a IMBECILE would not rule out a Mac 26 the very
moment he laid eyes on one or a picture of one. The only
excuse for owning one is it was won in a contest for free.
Even then, just the cost of registration, transportation etc.
costs you more than the pathetic excuse for a boat is worth
to anyone but another imbecile.



"KB" wrote in message om...
I'm looking at buying a Mac 26. Anyone have any experience/comments on
this boat?

I looked at deja and saw a bunch of flames from 1998, but not much
recent material. I'm hoping there's some mac 26 sailors that can give
me the real skinny on them

Thanks

KB

McGregor 26M
 

It has a impressively quit engine

I take it then, that it is going out while you are at the dock.

OT

McGregor 26M
 

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 23:32:15 -0400, "katysails"
wrote:

I looked at deja and saw a bunch of flames from 1998

Gosh, has it been that long?

It's been more recent than that. I started reading the group in 2001 and
remember the McGregor bashing.

S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

McGregor 26M
 

I just saw a Mac26 motoring down the Intracoastal waterway from a
distance of a hundred yards or so. What a goofy-looking outfit.

It had a big fat sausage of a wind-up jib and some halyard or another
was ding-ding-dinging as the Mac26 plowed (I say plow because it
wasn't really all the way up on a plane like a real power boat) along
probably at fifteen knots or so.

What idiot would buy a boat that does nothing well and several things
in a substandard fashion? The only answer is a person who is stupid
and too lazy to decide what he or she wants.


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
It has a impressively quit engine

I take it then, that it is going out while you are at the dock.

OT

McGregor 26M
 

I would have to agree. The boat has the hull integrity of a take-out
styrofoam box and the appeal of Miami River flotsam. Spare yourself the
embarassment and buy yourself a quality used boat.

Louis
s/v Synergy
Westsail 32 #679


"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
Haaaaa aah aah hahhah ahahah hha hahahhahahahhahaha!

Only a IMBECILE would not rule out a Mac 26 the very
moment he laid eyes on one or a picture of one. The only
excuse for owning one is it was won in a contest for free.
Even then, just the cost of registration, transportation etc.
costs you more than the pathetic excuse for a boat is worth
to anyone but another imbecile.



"KB" wrote in message
om...
I'm looking at buying a Mac 26. Anyone have any experience/comments on
this boat?

I looked at deja and saw a bunch of flames from 1998, but not much
recent material. I'm hoping there's some mac 26 sailors that can give
me the real skinny on them

Thanks

KB

McGregor 26M
 

The boat has the hull integrity of a take-out
styrofoam box and the appeal of Miami River flotsam.

Wait, are we talking about Billy Jane's wife now???

Bwahahahahaha!

RB

McGregor 26M
 

Well Thank You Very Much for ruining a perfectly good post.... since when
have you suddenly decided to let the truth interfere with the facts???

Man but we got fog from hell around here. I went out to get the paper this
morning and I couldn't see the car in the driveway from the front door of
the house. It's like 20 feet away!!!! It took me a half hour of rowing
around to find my boat at her anchor. I set the strobe and a motion
activated bell.... had a bit of OP rum in my coffee and headed back to
shore.


CM

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
| Mooron, the size of the motor is up to the owner. Some have 9.9's on them.
|
| Scotty
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
| ...
| Heh... Thanx for asking....
|
| The real skinny is they are a cheaply constructed plastic boat that
| exhibits
| severe oil canning, suffers from substandard hardware, has the rigging
of
| a
| Laser, the lines of a powerboat, the performance of a quadriplegic, the
| appeal of silicone implants, the lineage of a Javex Bottle, a grossly
| overpowered engine, grossly underpowered sails, unbailable flooding
| ballast,
| slide & carry sewage disposal, self sweating interior and a guaranteed
| embarrassment factor at any marina.
|
| They are cheap, they are light, they sail somewhat, they power somewhat,
| they are easy to trailer, they are easy to clean, they are white, they
| have
| a 40 hp outboard, you can tell your friends you own a boat.
|
| Other than the above ... it's a great way to get out on the water cheap.
| Have Fun!
|
| CM
|
| "KB" wrote in message
| om...
| | I'm looking at buying a Mac 26. Anyone have any experience/comments on
| | this boat?
| |
| | I looked at deja and saw a bunch of flames from 1998, but not much
| | recent material. I'm hoping there's some mac 26 sailors that can give
| | me the real skinny on them
| |
| | Thanks
| |
| | KB
|
|
|
|

McGregor 26M
 

Big T-storm in Jersey City today. We have like 175% humidity right now. You
walk outside and your clothes start sweating.

Scotty,
The truth shall set you free.


"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
Well Thank You Very Much for ruining a perfectly good post.... since when
have you suddenly decided to let the truth interfere with the facts???

Man but we got fog from hell around here. I went out to get the paper this
morning and I couldn't see the car in the driveway from the front door of
the house. It's like 20 feet away!!!! It took me a half hour of rowing
around to find my boat at her anchor. I set the strobe and a motion
activated bell.... had a bit of OP rum in my coffee and headed back to
shore.


CM

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
| Mooron, the size of the motor is up to the owner. Some have 9.9's on
them.
|
| Scotty
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
| ...
| Heh... Thanx for asking....
|
| The real skinny is they are a cheaply constructed plastic boat that
| exhibits
| severe oil canning, suffers from substandard hardware, has the
rigging
of
| a
| Laser, the lines of a powerboat, the performance of a quadriplegic,
the
| appeal of silicone implants, the lineage of a Javex Bottle, a grossly
| overpowered engine, grossly underpowered sails, unbailable flooding
| ballast,
| slide & carry sewage disposal, self sweating interior and a guaranteed
| embarrassment factor at any marina.
|
| They are cheap, they are light, they sail somewhat, they power
somewhat,
| they are easy to trailer, they are easy to clean, they are white, they
| have
| a 40 hp outboard, you can tell your friends you own a boat.
|
| Other than the above ... it's a great way to get out on the water
cheap.
| Have Fun!
|
| CM
|
| "KB" wrote in message
| om...
| | I'm looking at buying a Mac 26. Anyone have any experience/comments
on
| | this boat?
| |
| | I looked at deja and saw a bunch of flames from 1998, but not much
| | recent material. I'm hoping there's some mac 26 sailors that can
give
| | me the real skinny on them
| |
| | Thanks
| |
| | KB
|
|
|
|

McGregor 26M
 

Yeah... same thing here... it's brutal getting chores done.

CM
The Facts will prove essential.

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
| Big T-storm in Jersey City today. We have like 175% humidity right now.
You
| walk outside and your clothes start sweating.
|
| Scotty,
| The truth shall set you free.

McGregor 26M
 

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:25:23 -0400, "Scott Vernon"
wrote this crap:

Big T-storm in Jersey City today. We have like 175% humidity right now. You
walk outside and your clothes start sweating.

175% humidity? Your clothes sweat?

I'm glad I don't live in Jersey.




Ave Imperator Bush!
Bush Was Right! Four More Beers!

McGregor 26M
 

So are we.

"Horvath" wrote

I'm glad I don't live in Jersey.

McGregor 26M
 

Yup, T-storms through to Thur. Hope the w/e is nice, again.

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
...

Big T-storm in Jersey City today
It's been pn and off here for the past 3 days and it's supposed to be
wetter tomorrow. At least we don't have to sprinkle the
lawn. Weekend's supposed to be dry, though, so hooray for that.
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

McGregor 26M
 

Would beg to differ. We had a few for sale in these parts several years back
and the hoping-to-be-p.o.'s claimed to have spent up to 28k for their boats
new, which is not that cheap for a cheap boat. I think the 26x got dissed so
badly that it was redesigned(cosmetically, anyways) and given a new name to
distance it from the X.
http://www.mandrmarine.com.futuresit...wsn/page2.html
John Cairns
"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
Heh... Thanx for asking....


Other than the above ... it's a great way to get out on the water cheap.
Have Fun!

CM

"KB" wrote in message
om...
| I'm looking at buying a Mac 26. Anyone have any experience/comments on
| this boat?
|
| I looked at deja and saw a bunch of flames from 1998, but not much
| recent material. I'm hoping there's some mac 26 sailors that can give
| me the real skinny on them
|
| Thanks
|
| KB

McGregor 26M
 

Yeah Neal, I'm sure the man responsible for ''the WORLD'S best selling
cruising sailboat'' is concerned with your input.

Scotty


"Simple Simon" wrote


I like to think I had a great deal to do with that. I even got e-mails
from Roger Mac threatening me with a lawsuit if I did not cease
and desist. I told him to put up or shut up and never heard another
peep out of him.

McGregor 26M
 

No lie. I did receive e-mails from somebody claiming to
be Roger MacGregor and the e-mail came from the
same city where the factory is. I checked out the headers.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message ...
Yeah Neal, I'm sure the man responsible for ''the WORLD'S best selling
cruising sailboat'' is concerned with your input.

Scotty


"Simple Simon" wrote


I like to think I had a great deal to do with that. I even got e-mails
from Roger Mac threatening me with a lawsuit if I did not cease
and desist. I told him to put up or shut up and never heard another
peep out of him.

McGregor 26M
 

So what. Bob claims he sails, and that's a bunch of bs.

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
No lie. I did receive e-mails from somebody claiming to
be Roger MacGregor and the e-mail came from the
same city where the factory is. I checked out the headers.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Yeah Neal, I'm sure the man responsible for ''the WORLD'S best selling
cruising sailboat'' is concerned with your input.

Scotty


"Simple Simon" wrote


I like to think I had a great deal to do with that. I even got e-mails
from Roger Mac threatening me with a lawsuit if I did not cease
and desist. I told him to put up or shut up and never heard another
peep out of him.