Wally wrote:

Jim Cate wrote:


I was hoping to get some reports from contributors who had actually
sailed the 26M (not the previous models), or who had spoken with
experienced sailors who had sailed the boat. No one on this ng had
sailed the boat, and few had spoken with anyone who had. If someone on
the ng had actually sailed the boat, his or her report regarding how
the boat handled under varying conditions would have been helpful.


So, armed with this lack of information, you went and bought one. Why do
that when, by your own admission, you aren't sufficiently well informed to
assert its worthiness?


In any such decision, one likes to gather as much substantive
information possible for consideration before making a decision. In this
case, I got little if any substantive information from this ng. This was
a significant clue. - It told me that much of the "Mac Bashers" really
didn't have any direct knowledge of the 26M, and that most of the Mac
Bashing had no basis in fact. It further told me that many on this ng
who commented on the Macs really didn't know what the hell they were
talking about.