MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 15:50:50 -0500, "Jeff Morris"
wrote:

I resent that! My boat was chosen as "one of the world's best sailboats" by no less an authority
than Ferenc Mate! I'm sure there are others with high quality boats.

My boat was also built by one of the "best builders" according to
Mate. I consider it to be a "high quality" boat for my purposes,
though not a museum piece:)

MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

No one in this newsgroup owns a high quality boat.....

LOL................. But you own a high stern ladder.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

It kills him to see other people happy with their boats.

Right. He wouldn't know a high quality boat if it T-Boned him.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

er, I'm sure you meant, if HE T-boned one.

SV

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
...
It kills him to see other people happy with their boats.

Right. He wouldn't know a high quality boat if it T-Boned him.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

I resent that! My boat was chosen as "one of the world's best sailboats" by no
less an authority
than Ferenc Mate!


Jeff, you have a fine boat, but a Swan or Shannon it aint. Maybe Loco thinks
his Express is on that level or maybe he's never been aboard a 1st class yacht,
which is more probable.

RB

MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

My particular boat would go for above the average due to extremely
good condition and equipment.


C&C 27s are instant sellers if they're well kept. Even the older ones, and
Bill's is a late model. I have been unable to find a good C&C 30 or post 1980
C&C 29 for my friend. They have gone too high in price over the last few years.

RB

MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

A Swan? Probably not. But a Shannon, sure. Shannons are very nice but they're
not museum quality, like Little Harbors and Hinckley's.


"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
I resent that! My boat was chosen as "one of the world's best sailboats" by
no
less an authority
than Ferenc Mate!


Jeff, you have a fine boat, but a Swan or Shannon it aint. Maybe Loco thinks
his Express is on that level or maybe he's never been aboard a 1st class
yacht,
which is more probable.

RB

MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

Jeff Morris wrote:

A Swan? Probably not. But a Shannon, sure. Shannons are very nice but they're
not museum quality, like Little Harbors and Hinckley's.

Our Hunter 19 was greatly admired & praised one day a few years back, by the owner
of a ~ 50' Oyster. I had helped with his dock lines, and then later said hello to
him from our cockpit as he was walking ashore. My wife, friendly soul, struck up a
conversation with him & invited him aboard. She had no idea he was from the
capital-Y Yacht at the end of the pier! But we had a cup of coffee in our small
cabin and discussed sailing & cruising.

One comment he made I remember verbatim: "You could go *anywhere* in this boat!"
Kinda ironic, isn't it? Of course we were discussing draft at the time....

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

Kinda ironic, isn't it?

yup

Of course we were discussing draft at the time....


and he was discussing the upper back creeks of the ICW.

MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
 

the new reformed & warned "Bobsprit" wrote...


Jeff, you have a fine boat, but a Swan or Shannon it aint. Maybe Loco
thinks
his Express is on that level or maybe he's never been aboard a 1st class
yacht,
which is more probable.


or maybe he's happy with the boat he has and isn't worried about impressing
people with names.

SV