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JimC wrote:
Paladin, your last note only serves to demonstrate your ignorance of the
most elementary principles of logic. - Milk doesn't get sour until it's
stored for several days or weeks, and milking a cow has nothing to do
with whether the milk will eventually turn sour.

He's a troll Jim.

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Jon, surely that should read "as they sail by..."

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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JimC wrote:

It's fun to sail. - It's not a Swann or a Baltic or a Valiant, but it's
still lots of fun.

Exactly right! There's nothing less important than what other people
think as you sail by.

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Edgar wrote:
Jon, surely that should read "as they sail by..."

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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In article ,
JimC wrote:

It's fun to sail. - It's not a Swann or a Baltic or a Valiant, but it's
still lots of fun.

Exactly right! There's nothing less important than what other people
think as you sail by.

Not if he has the engine on... I was using the term "sail"
loosely. :-)

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"JimC" wrote in message om...
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| Jonathan Ganz wrote:
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| JimC wrote:
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| Paladin wrote:
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| It takes a silly girly-man fool to seriously consider a Mac 26Anythingerother.
| Might as well sail a Dempsey dumpster...
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| Paladin
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| And, just to tie up some loose ends...have you sailed one of the current
| Mac 26Ms Paladin? - No? - I didn't think so.
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| Jim, just ignore him. He's a troll. Besides, your fine vessel serves
| you well, right?
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| It's fun to sail. - It's not a Swann or a Baltic or a Valiant, but it's
| still lots of fun.
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| Jim

Is it fun knowing most sailors who see you sailing or motoring that thing around
will be thinking, "What a waste! The dude coulda spend the same amount of money
on a good used sailboat and had something worthwhile..." How much fun is it to be
thought foolish and ignorant?

Paladin

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"Paladin" noneofyourbusiness.www wrote in message
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"JimC" wrote in message
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| Jonathan Ganz wrote:
| In article ,
| JimC wrote:
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| Paladin wrote:
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| It takes a silly girly-man fool to seriously consider a Mac
26Anythingerother.
| Might as well sail a Dempsey dumpster...
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| Paladin
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| And, just to tie up some loose ends...have you sailed one of the
current
| Mac 26Ms Paladin? - No? - I didn't think so.
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| Jim, just ignore him. He's a troll. Besides, your fine vessel serves
| you well, right?
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| It's fun to sail. - It's not a Swann or a Baltic or a Valiant, but it's
| still lots of fun.
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| Jim

Is it fun knowing most sailors who see you sailing or motoring that thing
around
will be thinking, "What a waste! The dude coulda spend the same amount of
money
on a good used sailboat and had something worthwhile..." How much fun is
it to be
thought foolish and ignorant?

To each his own. The Mac is the right boat for some and if the shoe fits,
why not wear it? I have my eye on the Precision 28, but in doing my
research, I've learned they are no longer in production. This may be a
temporary situation but no one at Precision can say for sure at this time.
So now I'm trying to hunt down a used 28.
The folks at Precision contacted me and informed me that they make their big
money on the smaller boats, and find it a bit impractical to maintain
tooling for the 28. They suggested I look at the Hunter 27 as a close match.
I liked the swim platform on the Precision though, which to me seems like a
practical sacrifice of cockpit space if the owner (like me) will spend lots
of time in the water as well as on the boat.
Scout

"Paladin" wrote
... How much fun is it to be
thought foolish and ignorant?

Like most questions, the answer is "it depends." Is it bad
to be thought foolish & ignorant by the foolish & ignorant?
Is it like being in a club?

Scout wrote:
To each his own. The Mac is the right boat for some and if the shoe fits,
why not wear it?

Exactly. I try to not criticise the boat, only the
non-factual representation of it. We've had a number of
friends with these boats and they had a lot of fun with it.

.... I have my eye on the Precision 28, but in doing my
research, I've learned they are no longer in production. This may be a
temporary situation but no one at Precision can say for sure at this time.

Translation- they'd build you a custom one but it would be
real expensive.

So now I'm trying to hunt down a used 28.
The folks at Precision contacted me and informed me that they make their big
money on the smaller boats

That's a refreshing change. They build some good boats too.
I wish they would get into the one-design market, there is a
crying need for a good new dinghy design. I think the
Johnson 18 only opened the door a little bit to the
possibilities and the boat was not marketed very well. The
Vanguard Nomad is a bit too tame IMHO but shows some promise
....and is also not being marketed very well, I predict it
too will be a flop).

.... They suggested I look at the Hunter 27 as a close match.
I liked the swim platform on the Precision though, which to me seems like a
practical sacrifice of cockpit space if the owner (like me) will spend lots
of time in the water as well as on the boat.

It's all a compromise. The Hunter can make a servicable
family boat; there are a bunch of other options out there.
Boat shopping should be fun!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Sorry Jim. I didn't mean it.

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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:45:46 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

I think he knows his limitations with his boat. I would like to see some
picture of him sailing her.

Wow. Talk about rubbing salt in an open wound, Jon!

CWM

Capt. JG wrote:
I think he knows his limitations with his boat. I would like to see some
picture of him sailing her.

Jon, I'm involved in performing a contract for some legal work that's
taking most of my time, and I won't be able to get pictures of the boat
for several months. Sorry.

Re the Mac and its limitions, I sailed a number of larger boats before I
bought the Mac, so I'm aware of its limitations (and also the
limitations and costs of maintaining a larger, used boat).

Jim