Jim Cate wrote:
.... Our two initial trips
were in fairly breezy weather, with chop and whitecaps from the winds
and wakes from power boats going in and out of Galveston Bay.

Wow! You went sailing in whitecaps? That means the wind might have been
as much as ten or twelve knots! What a manly sailor dude you are!


... The Mac 26M handles such conditions quite well, and seems to have
lots of stiffness when under sail.

Of course. It's shaped like a box, naturally it's going have a lot of
initial stability.


I haven't had time to become proficient with most of the boat's
features.

What, like all the ropes and stuff?

... All in all, however, it has a nice sweet "feel" under
sail, which is what I'm primarily interested in.

Oh yeah, I bet. Sporty, just like a 505 or an Etchells!

Fresh Breezes (or something)- Doug King