Smart move. :-) Despite all the crap people give you, I think it would be
interesting to hear a real sailing story from a Mac.

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"Jim Cate" wrote in message
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Jon, the Mac is great, but I enjoy sailing other boats too. Obvously, the
larger boat is going to be more comfortable offshore in 25-knot winds and
35-degree temperatures. I'm not sure about the waves, but they were
breaking and bouncing us around fairly well.
Jim


Capt. JG wrote:

But you said that the wind was only 20-25.. were the waves over 20 ft?

I have, but not offshore. It was quite nice in 25kts and 4 -5 foot chop. Of
course, these were just day sails for less than 10 hours.

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"Jim Cate" wrote in message
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Anyone sailed a Beneteau of this class? How did it handle?

Jim



Jim Cate wrote:


I sailed three days this weekend on a Beneteau 39, approximately 1988
model, in winds of around 20-25kts, and I was somewhat surprised that the
boat seemed to wander about from port to starboard on anything
approaching a close reach. It doesn't have a full keel but does have a
spade rudder, etc. Has anyone else had experience with the Beneteau's of
this era, and were you satisfied with it's handling and sailing
characteristics? We were offshore in some pretty high, breaking waves,
but I would have thought that the boat would handle them better than it
did. Since it is a french boat, we did enjoy some french bread and wine
with our steaks (after returning to port).

Jim

I'd love to hear what he thought.

Jon... Next week he and I will be spending a couple of days
together at Oxnard doing the final "transfer".

At that time... I will find out what his assessment was of
the Sausalito vessel. Like yourself... he is young and a
sharp dude... when it comes to analyzing things... though
not a seasoned "salt"... but he is fast getting there. :-)

Bill

I wish I were young. :-) Please do let me know. I'm still tossing the
decision to make an offer around.

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wrote in message
oups.com...
I'd love to hear what he thought.

Jon... Next week he and I will be spending a couple of days
together at Oxnard doing the final "transfer".

At that time... I will find out what his assessment was of
the Sausalito vessel. Like yourself... he is young and a
sharp dude... when it comes to analyzing things... though
not a seasoned "salt"... but he is fast getting there. :-)

Bill

Bill, how is your Mac equiped, and what model year is it?

Jim



wrote:

There's a nice 365 for sale up here right now...



Hey Jon... Tis a small world indeed!

My friend whose Mac I purchased... made a special trip (from
Bakersfield) to see that boat. However... he ended up buying
one that was based in Santa Cruz. I forget what the pros and
cons were... that influenced his final decision to purchase
the Santa Cruz vessel versus the one at Sausalito.

Bill

CNN, reporting on the US port / Arab security screw-up,
showed a pic of a ship dockside as a MAC 26x ''sailed'' by.

Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Smart move. :-) Despite all the crap people give you, I
think it would be
interesting to hear a real sailing story from a Mac.

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

"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...
Jon, the Mac is great, but I enjoy sailing other boats
too. Obvously, the
larger boat is going to be more comfortable offshore in
25-knot winds and
35-degree temperatures. I'm not sure about the waves,
but they were
breaking and bouncing us around fairly well.
Jim


Capt. JG wrote:

But you said that the wind was only 20-25.. were the
waves over 20 ft?

Is that the one that finally sank on its own?

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www.sailnow.com

"Scotty" wrote in message
...
CNN, reporting on the US port / Arab security screw-up,
showed a pic of a ship dockside as a MAC 26x ''sailed'' by.

Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Smart move. :-) Despite all the crap people give you, I
think it would be
interesting to hear a real sailing story from a Mac.

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

"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...
Jon, the Mac is great, but I enjoy sailing other boats
too. Obvously, the
larger boat is going to be more comfortable offshore in
25-knot winds and
35-degree temperatures. I'm not sure about the waves,
but they were
breaking and bouncing us around fairly well.
Jim


Capt. JG wrote:

But you said that the wind was only 20-25.. were the
waves over 20 ft?

Hey Jim, the weather was nasty that weekend, did you wait on purpose
for the worst weather of the year to get offshore?

Joe

If it sank, it wasn't a Mac.

Jim



Capt. JG wrote:

Is that the one that finally sank on its own?

Where did you go?

There is a Oceanis (sp?) 44 bentatoe in the yard now getting a
bowthruster installed.

Ugly boat!

Joe