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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
Because he's a lying coward.
-- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Wally" wrote in message ... Jim Cate wrote: Notes like this are so vague and indefinite that they just tend to raise questions about the writer. Why didn't you answer the question that I put to you a while ago? -- Wally www.artbywally.com www.wally.myby.co.uk/music |
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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
Actually, it was quite substantive. You're just too stupid to
understand. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... Jonathan Ganz wrote: You should pay more attention to what people are telling you. You're the childish asshole, going on and on about a piece of junk boat and pie-in-the-sky adventures you'll never take. ANOTHER non substantive personal attack, Johnathan. Could you possibly be just a little more specific? Notes like this are so vague and indefinite that they just tend to raise questions about the writer. - In other words, if you had anything to say, other than your usual personal harangue, why didn't you say it? jim |
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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
By going on and on about a piece of junk, which you bought and
now are trying to justify. GIVE US A GOOD REASON MACBOY. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... Jonathan Ganz wrote: You are so stupid that it's beyond belief. How can you possibly believe that, or post such a remark on this ng? What, in particular, have I posted that would suggest that I'm stupid beyond believe. BE SPECIFIC FOR A CHANGE, ASSHOLE. Jim |
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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
In that case, sell it immediately. DON'T SAIL IT MACBOY.
-- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... Jeff Morris wrote: "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... If you consider that the Mac is much lighter, with much smaller sails, it's likely that it may ride over some waves that your boat may try to "bore through." Not in great comfort, admittedly. You're missing the point, Jim. My boat is extremely light for its size - lighter than the mac in some ways (50% more length, more than twice the beam, but a weight of only 8800 lbs). Diving through waves is more a function of the wave shape - in strong current against strong wind situations the wave length gets compressed, the heights grow, and the wave face appears "vertical." Inevitably, you surf down one and slam into the base of the next faster than you can rise up over them. There is also risk to going over the top, since at best, you will pound hard on the other side, but at worst, you can get twisted sideways and roll over. OK. I didn't know what boat you had. Obviously, I'll want to respect the limiations of the 26-foot boat. Jim |
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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
Huh?? Most weather is unexpected? I guess you have to be
prepared for anything, even the possibility that the MAC IS A CRAP BOAT AND YOU ARE A LIAR. Interesting how you comment on all my posts, even though they're not substantive. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... Jonathan Ganz wrote: What about "unexpected weather"??? Most weather is "unexpected" in our area. My point is that I intend to be very conservative in going out when the weather is questionable, and to motor back soon when the forecast indicates worsening conditions. I intend to reef early and substantially, and stay close to shore if the weather becomes questionable. On the other hand, I don't intend to stay off the blue water because there might be "unexpected" changes in the weather. As I've told you several times, John, if I perish at sea, you won't have to stick around posting notes on this discussion string anymore. You seem to have become compulsive about the whole thing, and you can't seem to let it go. - Seems to me that you ought to be encouraging me and urging me on. Jim |
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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
Well, if you need any encouragement from us 20 who are
telling you over and over that your Mac is junk.... -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... DSK wrote: Jim Cate wrote: .... However,I think I've made it clear that I intend to be very conservative when going off-shore, to reef early, and substantially, if there is any question of threatening weather. Unfortunately, neither "being conservative" nor reefing will help if conditions are such that you're going to get solid water over the deck. Just last week I was talking to a nice man who was bringing in a heavy traditional cutter. He had been out in fairly common conditions, a spring cold front, which kicked up waves big enough to roll over his foredeck. One peeled open his fore hatch, which was a big surprise to his fiancee sleeping in the V-berth. Well, I'm prepared to die. But I don't intend to stop sailing in blue water because there is a chance that heavy weather might develop. As indicated above, I intend to reef early, stay close to shore, and head back to shore early if changes are observed or predicted. Jim A Mac 26M (having pretty much the same hull as the 26X) has enough reserve bouyancy to survive such an incident... as long as the water coming in didn't compromise the stability (water ballast and all that)... Fresh Breezes- Doug King Ultimately, however, if an emergency arose despite all of the above, I would rather have some water in the V-berth than wallow around without a sea anchor. Jim Jim |
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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
I've been here long before you arrived, and I'll be here long
after you go. You're a piker compared to some of the others who couldn't hack it and folded. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... Jonathan Ganz wrote: This isn't a discussion fool. This is a rout. Really? Then why are you here, still sticking around? If it were a rout, it would have been finished long ago. - You just can't leave it alone, can you John? Jim |
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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
Jonathan Ganz wrote: This isn't a discussion fool. This is a rout. If so, why are you still sticking around" |
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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
Actually, that's not true, even in my case (of non-substantive posts).
The fact is that we tried to disuade you from your purchase, but it turned out that you had already bought the junk and now seek to justify it. So far, you haven't asked a single question that wasn't answered in great detail. Thus, you are a MacBoy, a fool, and stupid. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... Wally wrote: Jim Cate wrote: ... Or were you hoping to get another answer. What sort of 'other answer' do you think I was hoping for? Actually, I didn't say that I thought you were hoping for another answer. Then why ask if was hopng for another answer? What were you alluding to? From my experience on this ng so far, around 98% of those who ask me a question are doing so hoping that I'll goof, or make a mistake of some type that they can then use as a "gotcha" for further ridicule or sarcasm. In this case, I had suspected that you were expecting that I was blowing smoke, and that I really didn't have any specific, substantive problems with the Mac 26x. If I was wrong in this regard, and you really aren't trying to put me down, please accept my apologies. Jim Jim |
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MacGregor 26M - Valiant 40
Well, duh... you don't???
-- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... Scott Vernon wrote: check the headers and then do a Google. Roger has posted here before. And you really believe that Roger is posting these notes? Notes stating that: real sailors know what a "CRAPPY, SHODDY PRODUCT WE PEDDLE." That his customers have "NO CLUE WHATSOEVER ... AS TO HOW BAD OUR BOAT REALLY IS." And telling everyone on the www that he paid a bribe to Practical Sailor, and paid off the DEP and OSHA? Scott, I happen to have a bridge for sale that you might be interested in buying. Jim SV "Jim Cate" wrote Scott, you obviously don't get it. The point in this particular exchange isn't whether the boat is suitable for blue water sailing, it's whether the note purportedly posted by Roger MacGregor was a farce. (Which it obviously was.) |