Scott Vernon wrote:
"Jim Cate" wrote in message
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No sweat. If it's a Mac 26M, just close the hatches and start a fire in

the cabin..

Jim


More like: raise the board and motor out a little futher, set the
anchor, and then sit back, drink a Margarita and listen to some Vivaldi
or Beethoven while you watch the sunset.

You can laugh if you want to, but this particular question illustrates
quite well one of the many advantages of the Mac 26M, particularly for
largely shallow and variable bay waters such as those near the Texas
coast. By contrast, a friend who has a large displacement boat had a
partial collision with the bottom several years ago, resulting in a bent
rudder shaft when he tried to motor off the spoil. He was never able to
fix it, and he finally had to cut off part of the top edge of the rudder
to prevent it from scraping the hull.

Jim