Actually, that's a good question. There was a MacX in the Oakland
estuary a number of years ago. The guy emptied the ballist in preparation
for putting it on his trailer. Unfortunately, he was a bit slow, and a big
wake knocked it over... or so I'm told.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
om...
hey **** for brains, why , oh why would you have water ballist in for
motoring?

Why?

JAX


wrote this crap...


Also note that the claimed speed of 24 MPH is with a 50 HP motor, one
person aboard, no water ballast,

On 4 Mar 2004 15:16:12 -0600, Dave wrote:

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 18:33:51 GMT, felton said:

I think I live in the heart of SUV country

New York City? g
Dave
S/V Good Fortune
CS27

Far North Dallas. All I can say about it is that at least it isn't
Far West Texas where I grew up

The original poster claims to already be an experienced sailor.

He's also under the impression that Macgregor's design tweaks have transformed
the X into a capable sailing boat. The website says so.

RB

The original poster claims to already be an experienced sailor.


Bobsprit wrote:
He's also under the impression that Macgregor's design tweaks have transformed
the X into a capable sailing boat. The website says so.

Just like the website says that the hull has been redesigned with a
basically different shape.

DSK

In article , Jim Cate
wrote:

John Cairns wrote:

The new boat is probably only slightly less of a pig under sail than the old
boat, if you want to verify this, I'm sure you'll find at least one Mac
broker that has an M in stock and will be happy to take you out for a test
sail. I have one of the NE phrf lists, it rates this boat(26X) at 216 which
is probably charitable. You do the math. If it is indeed 20 to 30% faster
than the old model, what would it's rating be?
John Cairns


Interesting. When I look at their video of the 26M racing the 26X with
identical sails, the 26M is passing the X model as if the X model is
standing still.

Jim, Jim, Jim. You believe *anything* you see in an advertising
video??????? The sales guys must love to see you coming.

Take peoples' advice and go sail one for yourself. See if you can get a
friend with a known boat they know how to sail to go out at the same
time, and make your own comparison. Then, if you're happy with the
performance, buy it.

But please, please, do not quote a vendor's ad as any sort of authority.

Peter Wiley

You are forgetting about the thickness of the blue paint added to the hull.

Scotty

"DSK" wrote in message
. ..
The original poster claims to already be an experienced sailor.


Bobsprit wrote:
He's also under the impression that Macgregor's design tweaks have
transformed
the X into a capable sailing boat. The website says so.

Just like the website says that the hull has been redesigned with a
basically different shape.

DSK

showing Bill to be a fool is something we've all done, and then got tired
of.

SV


"Dave" wrote

Unless of course you think I add to my
own stature by showing you to be a fool.


Dave
S/V Good Fortune
CS27

Is this another math problem?



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
om...
hey **** for brains, why , oh why would you have water ballist in for
motoring?

Why?

JAX


wrote this crap...


Also note that the claimed speed of 24 MPH is with a 50 HP motor, one
person aboard, no water ballast,

Is it? That's the local urban myth. Don't know for certain.
Of course, you're not telling me you sail one right?

OzOne wrote in message ...
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:19:15 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"
scribbled thusly:

Actually, that's a good question. There was a MacX in the Oakland
estuary a number of years ago. The guy emptied the ballist in preparation
for putting it on his trailer. Unfortunately, he was a bit slow, and a
big
wake knocked it over... or so I'm told.

That's a crock Jon, they perform quite well as powerboats without
ballast and don't fall over.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Is this another math problem?


no, it was a @posting.google.com in the ID line problem.

plonk @posting.google.com and the number of screen names on the ng drops by 10
or 15, while the number of posts drops by about half.



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
. com...
hey **** for brains, why , oh why would you have water ballist in for
motoring?

Why?

JAX


wrote this crap...


Also note that the claimed speed of 24 MPH is with a 50 HP motor, one
person aboard, no water ballast,