Yeah, really, like a Mac dealer would give you
your money back. Those boats must be so hard
to sell, they'd never take one back. How many
stupid people are there out there? They have
to find total rookies to have any hope of selling
one of these boats. If the dealers took boats
back, they'd never sell anything. I'm sure
new owners would want to take them back after
learning what a horrible mistake they made.

Two friends of mine bought a used boat and
bragged about what a great deal they got. At
first I was excited they bought a boat, but
then Diane, saw my expression when she told me
what they bought. I'm no actor. The fact I
was stunned they boat a Mac 26 really seemed to
shake her up. I was so sorry for them.

How do you tell friends they got screwed and
their boat would make a good reef, but perhaps
they could sell the outboard and the beat up
trailer to recoup some of their losses?

Bart Senior


Jim Cate wrote

You are an experienced blue water sailor; you owned a Tartan 37 for
several years and sailed in high-traffic waters around NJ and NY; you
participate in PHRF races; you are a long-time participant on this ng,
during which time you providee advice to novice sailors as to how to
sail, rig, and maintain their boats....and you expect us to believe your
ridiculous story about buying a Mac 26M?

Give us a break.

Jim





Bob Miller wrote:

Hi all. I owned a Mac26M for 3 weeks. I couldn't stand the thing. It
was horrible. I live near Philly and bought the Mac from A1 sailboats
in MD. They are nice folks and I have no qualms with them. But the
boat itself was God awfull. Wouldn't plane, and I had a Merc Big Foot
50 , steered horrible under power. Can't sail worth a damn. Won't
point at all. Wallows dangerously downwind and is slow slow SLOW to
boot. I took it back to the dealer and because of a paper screw up I
was reimbursed 98% of my money.
I am now trying to decide weather to buy a real sailboat and a jetski
or a power boat and a small sailing skiff. I will be moving to the
Annapolis area come July.

BM