Jeff Morris wrote:

Jim, it wasn't designed to go one mile offshore. Every picture, every claim of
"performance," is in absolutely flat water. This is the major shortcoming of
the design - its completely worthless as a sailboat in open water. You may be
able get t "blue water" quickly, but you won't want t stay there.



Nope. The boat was designed as a coastal cruiser. It is routinely
sailed to Catalina island, some 25 miles offshore, for which it's
planing and motoring capabilities permit it to get out to the island in
half the time normally taken by discplacement boats. - Wrong again, Jeff.

Jim






"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...


Scott Vernon wrote:


If 'getting back to your home port safely & quickly' is your primary
concern, you should NOT leave the dock, and definitley should NOT be buying
a sailboat (or a Mac26X-M ).

SV


I don't intend to take the Mac out more than 100 miles or so from shore.
I do recognize that it wasn't designed for ocean crossings.

Jim




"John W. Bienko" wrote in message
...


The Mac 26 is designed by a genius team..
Sailing is very dependent on the wind.. and if it dies down..
one can get back to home port safely and quickly.. dependably.
THat is worth its weight in gold.
W hat does one do sailing to Catalina Island.. 12 miles
offshore and the wind goes down to a zepher..

I sail a C&C 27 Mark III and love it because of its
performance with the Hood Sails and its wonderful lines.
I rarely motor the Atomic 4 engine.. often sailing
directly into the mooring through a narrow harbour
entrance, along a long main harbour, making a turn
into a smaller harbour, with a challenging current,
into my 12 foot mooring.. singlehanded.

--
Longing to be closer to to the sun, the wind and the sea!
Spiritually at: Latitude 21 degrees 19' 9" North. _!_
Longtitude 157 degrees 56' 31" West. Aloha! ___o_(_)_o___
q

jim, do you sleep well at night pushing that b/s to peddle boats to the naive?

geesh, d00d. your mother would be embarrassed by your lack of morals.

Jim, it wasn't designed to go one mile offshore. Every picture, every
claim of
"performance," is in absolutely flat water. This is the major shortcoming
of
the design - its completely worthless as a sailboat in open water. You may
be
able get t "blue water" quickly, but you won't want t stay there.



Nope. The boat was designed as a coastal cruiser. It is routinely
sailed to Catalina island, some 25 miles offshore, for which it's
planing and motoring capabilities permit it to get out to the island in
half the time normally taken by discplacement boats. - Wrong again, Jeff.

Jim






"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...


Scott Vernon wrote:


If 'getting back to your home port safely & quickly' is your primary
concern, you should NOT leave the dock, and definitley should NOT be
buying
a sailboat (or a Mac26X-M ).

SV


I don't intend to take the Mac out more than 100 miles or so from shore.
I do recognize that it wasn't designed for ocean crossings.

Jim




"John W. Bienko" wrote in message
...


The Mac 26 is designed by a genius team..
Sailing is very dependent on the wind.. and if it dies down..
one can get back to home port safely and quickly.. dependably.
THat is worth its weight in gold.
W hat does one do sailing to Catalina Island.. 12 miles
offshore and the wind goes down to a zepher..

I sail a C&C 27 Mark III and love it because of its
performance with the Hood Sails and its wonderful lines.
I rarely motor the Atomic 4 engine.. often sailing
directly into the mooring through a narrow harbour
entrance, along a long main harbour, making a turn
into a smaller harbour, with a challenging current,
into my 12 foot mooring.. singlehanded.

--
Longing to be closer to to the sun, the wind and the sea!
Spiritually at: Latitude 21 degrees 19' 9" North. _!_
Longtitude 157 degrees 56' 31" West. Aloha! ___o_(_)_o___
q

JAXAshby wrote:
jim, do you sleep well at night pushing that b/s to peddle boats to the naive?

I'm not peddling anything. I am merely providing a little balance to
this discussion. Because balance and intellectual honesty are in short
supply regarding boats such as the Mac, to you, they sound like heresy,
or even blasphemy.

Get over it Jax.

Jim



geesh, d00d. your mother would be embarrassed by your lack of morals.


Jim, it wasn't designed to go one mile offshore. Every picture, every

claim of

"performance," is in absolutely flat water. This is the major shortcoming

of

the design - its completely worthless as a sailboat in open water. You may

be

able get t "blue water" quickly, but you won't want t stay there.



Nope. The boat was designed as a coastal cruiser. It is routinely
sailed to Catalina island, some 25 miles offshore, for which it's
planing and motoring capabilities permit it to get out to the island in
half the time normally taken by discplacement boats. - Wrong again, Jeff.

Jim






"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...


Scott Vernon wrote:



If 'getting back to your home port safely & quickly' is your primary
concern, you should NOT leave the dock, and definitley should NOT be

buying

a sailboat (or a Mac26X-M ).

SV


I don't intend to take the Mac out more than 100 miles or so from shore.
I do recognize that it wasn't designed for ocean crossings.

Jim




"John W. Bienko" wrote in message
...



The Mac 26 is designed by a genius team..
Sailing is very dependent on the wind.. and if it dies down..
one can get back to home port safely and quickly.. dependably.
THat is worth its weight in gold.
W hat does one do sailing to Catalina Island.. 12 miles
offshore and the wind goes down to a zepher..

I sail a C&C 27 Mark III and love it because of its
performance with the Hood Sails and its wonderful lines.
I rarely motor the Atomic 4 engine.. often sailing
directly into the mooring through a narrow harbour
entrance, along a long main harbour, making a turn
into a smaller harbour, with a challenging current,
into my 12 foot mooring.. singlehanded.

--
Longing to be closer to to the sun, the wind and the sea!
Spiritually at: Latitude 21 degrees 19' 9" North. _!_
Longtitude 157 degrees 56' 31" West. Aloha! ___o_(_)_o___
q

I see the answer is, yes you sleep at night wtihout a moment's regret.

jim, do you sleep well at night pushing that b/s to peddle boats to the
naive?

I'm not peddling anything. I am merely providing a little balance to
this discussion. Because balance and intellectual honesty are in short
supply regarding boats such as the Mac, to you, they sound like heresy,
or even blasphemy.

Get over it Jax.

Jim



geesh, d00d. your mother would be embarrassed by your lack of morals.


Jim, it wasn't designed to go one mile offshore. Every picture, every

claim of

"performance," is in absolutely flat water. This is the major shortcoming

of

the design - its completely worthless as a sailboat in open water. You
may

be

able get t "blue water" quickly, but you won't want t stay there.



Nope. The boat was designed as a coastal cruiser. It is routinely
sailed to Catalina island, some 25 miles offshore, for which it's
planing and motoring capabilities permit it to get out to the island in
half the time normally taken by discplacement boats. - Wrong again, Jeff.

Jim






"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...


Scott Vernon wrote:



If 'getting back to your home port safely & quickly' is your primary
concern, you should NOT leave the dock, and definitley should NOT be

buying

a sailboat (or a Mac26X-M ).

SV


I don't intend to take the Mac out more than 100 miles or so from shore.
I do recognize that it wasn't designed for ocean crossings.

Jim




"John W. Bienko" wrote in message
...



The Mac 26 is designed by a genius team..
Sailing is very dependent on the wind.. and if it dies down..
one can get back to home port safely and quickly.. dependably.
THat is worth its weight in gold.
W hat does one do sailing to Catalina Island.. 12 miles
offshore and the wind goes down to a zepher..

I sail a C&C 27 Mark III and love it because of its
performance with the Hood Sails and its wonderful lines.
I rarely motor the Atomic 4 engine.. often sailing
directly into the mooring through a narrow harbour
entrance, along a long main harbour, making a turn
into a smaller harbour, with a challenging current,
into my 12 foot mooring.. singlehanded.

--
Longing to be closer to to the sun, the wind and the sea!
Spiritually at: Latitude 21 degrees 19' 9" North. _!_
Longtitude 157 degrees 56' 31" West. Aloha! ___o_(_)_o___
q

Surplus Mac's in huge demand to make
artificial reefs.


Jim Cate wrote

JAXAshby wrote:
jim, do you sleep well at night pushing that b/s to peddle boats to the naive?

I'm not peddling anything. I am merely providing a little balance to
this discussion. Because balance and intellectual honesty are in short
supply regarding boats such as the Mac, to you, they sound like heresy,
or even blasphemy.

Get over it Jax.

Jim

MacBoy, Don't forget the key phrase... under engine.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...


Jeff Morris wrote:

Jim, it wasn't designed to go one mile offshore. Every picture, every
claim of
"performance," is in absolutely flat water. This is the major
shortcoming of
the design - its completely worthless as a sailboat in open water. You
may be
able get t "blue water" quickly, but you won't want t stay there.



Nope. The boat was designed as a coastal cruiser. It is routinely
sailed to Catalina island, some 25 miles offshore, for which it's
planing and motoring capabilities permit it to get out to the island in
half the time normally taken by discplacement boats. - Wrong again, Jeff.

Jim






"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...


Scott Vernon wrote:


If 'getting back to your home port safely & quickly' is your primary
concern, you should NOT leave the dock, and definitley should NOT be
buying
a sailboat (or a Mac26X-M ).

SV


I don't intend to take the Mac out more than 100 miles or so from shore.
I do recognize that it wasn't designed for ocean crossings.

Jim




"John W. Bienko" wrote in message
...


The Mac 26 is designed by a genius team..
Sailing is very dependent on the wind.. and if it dies down..
one can get back to home port safely and quickly.. dependably.
THat is worth its weight in gold.
W hat does one do sailing to Catalina Island.. 12 miles
offshore and the wind goes down to a zepher..

I sail a C&C 27 Mark III and love it because of its
performance with the Hood Sails and its wonderful lines.
I rarely motor the Atomic 4 engine.. often sailing
directly into the mooring through a narrow harbour
entrance, along a long main harbour, making a turn
into a smaller harbour, with a challenging current,
into my 12 foot mooring.. singlehanded.

--
Longing to be closer to to the sun, the wind and the sea!
Spiritually at: Latitude 21 degrees 19' 9" North. _!_
Longtitude 157 degrees 56' 31" West. Aloha! ___o_(_)_o___
q