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The Mac and Speed
I think Scotty is willing to help out.
-- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com wrote in message ... On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:27:12 -0500, Jim Cate wrote: Jonathan Ganz wrote: Whatever you say you stupid ninny. Calm down Johnny. Get a grip on yourself! The Mac 26M is specifically designed to sail and motor with the 50-hp outboard. Ballast is distributed forward in the boat for longitudinal balance. Obviously, it isn't a Valiant 40, so if you intend to have four or five large adults in the cockpit in addition to the motor, you might want to re-distribute some of the load, move some heavier objects forward, or the like. It's interesting that you think a 200-lb. motor is going to simply ruin the sailing characteristics of a 26-ft boat SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED for it, yet you don't seem to have any problem with the much larger load of several large passengers sitting in the cockpit. - Why the concern about the motor itself? Think logic, and the basic laws of physics, Johnny. - And intellectual honesty. (What you're trying to do, of course, is maintain that the boat, with the motor, is fatally flawed because it can't achieve proper longitudinal balance for sailing. - It simply isn't so.) Jim I tried to look at the Mac26m from your perspective, but I was unable to get my head that far up my ass. BB |
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