DSK wrote:

The original poster claims to already be an experienced sailor.

Once more, in a futile attempt to bring some intellectual honesty and
rationality into the discussion - -

Nope. I never alimed to be an experienced sailor. I claimed to have
some experience in sailing fixed hull sailboats in the 30-40 ft range,
and I specifically noted that there were more experienced sailors on the
ng. I didn't claim to be an expert.


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.

Nope. (Getting sort of monotonous, isn't it?) What I claimed was that
the new boat is a significantly different design. - A new hull having a
15-degree forward V is not the same as a hull having a relatively
shallow, 8-degree V. And a dagger board isn't the same thing as a
pivotable fin keel requiring a 5-foot longitudinal notch in the hull
behind it. (It's not just a "tweeked" 26X.) I also stated that, whether
or not these differences made it a "good" boat, it definitely was a
"different boat".



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

The website is wrong, and you ought to admit it. If, again, you have any
interest in posting truthful, rational comments.

DSK

Nope. (Getting sort of monotonous, isn't it?) What I claimed was that
the new boat is a significantly different design.


Let's get something straight. The changes are not huge. The design of the boat
remains quite close to the 26X. No large jumps were made. You only have to look
at the numbers to see that. Perhaps the M will have marginal advantages. But
let's put that is honest perspective. It'll have marginal advantages over a
boat with pretty poor sailing characteristics. Is that what you want?

RB

"Jim Cate" wrote
I claimed to have
some experience in sailing fixed hull sailboats

as opposed to the flex hull of a Mac26XM ?

SV

Jim Cate wrote:
The website is wrong, and you ought to admit it. If, again, you have any
interest in posting truthful, rational comments.

You have a number of misquotes in your post.

FWIW my opinion is that the website is no more truthful than any other
advertising, and possibly is a bit less.

DSK