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Google proves MacGregor 26 is flimsy
JimC is full of it. He says MacGregor 26s are not flimsy. He's wrong. Here's proof:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...en&btnG=Search I searched *MacGregor 26 broken* and got 295,000 returns. JimC says there are 30,000 MacGregor 26s sold. That means each one broke about ten times. Duh! If that ain't flimsy nothing is..... Cheers, Ellen |
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Google proves MacGregor 26 is flimsy
Ellen MacArthur wrote: JimC is full of it. He says MacGregor 26s are not flimsy. He's wrong. Here's proof: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...en&btnG=Search I searched *MacGregor 26 broken* and got 295,000 returns. JimC says there are 30,000 MacGregor 26s sold. That means each one broke about ten times. Duh! If that ain't flimsy nothing is..... Cheers, Ellen Your reasoning is as bad as your fake persona. |
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Google proves MacGregor 26 is flimsy
Ellen MacArthur wrote: JimC is full of it. He says MacGregor 26s are not flimsy. He's wrong. Here's proof: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...en&btnG=Search I searched *MacGregor 26 broken* and got 295,000 returns. JimC says there are 30,000 MacGregor 26s sold. That means each one broke about ten times. Duh! If that ain't flimsy nothing is..... Cheers, Ellen Cheers to you too Ellen. That's quite a Google search. Results include description of the MadGregor dorm at MIT, reference to the Houston MacGregor Medical Association (they are concerned that their urine samples may have been contaminated), reviews of a book entitled "The Broken Cord" (from the word "broken" in your search request), and some references to MacGregor boats such as the second one down in which the owner of a Mac 26 states that in four years of sailing his Mac, "nothing has broken and maintenance has been nil" (I guess your search for the word "broken" includes both boats that were broken and those that weren't. In any event, this is just more propaganda of the kind that Mac-Bashers typically come up with when they don't know what they are talking about, have no evidence (and are too lazy to do their homework and come up with any), and have never even sailed a current model Mac. - Really, Ellen, this is simply ridiculous. If you had any self-respect and concern for getting the facts, you would be ashamed of posting crap like this in the first place. Jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every year, Houston's MacGregor Medical Association (MMA) provides health care to some 3,000 pregnant women who dutifully leave urine samples in plastic cups and proffer their arms for blood tests at each checkup. When one patient's urine test result showed evidence of small amounts of protein in early 1996, her doctor wasn't overly concerned; such samples are frequently contaminated Originally Posted by mackid068 What is the Mac26 like to sail (ie how does it sail)? Anyone like it? Sails like many other light weight boats with high freeboard. Similar to Hunters and others. Very decent reaching, so so up wind. I have sailed on one (26X) and we averaged 5.5 kts (GPS record) after sailing all day around Narragansett bay, RI. We passed a few boats going down wind (doing 7.5 kts for a while) and a few boats passed us going up wind. The boat was rigged with main and 150% genoa. The big outboard made threading through a narrow marina and docking incredibly easy. Turns and stops on a dime. The magazine reviews I have seen are all positive. Wife liked it very much. The owner of the boat I sailed bought it new. In 4 years of sailing (about 40 outings / year) nothing has broken and maintenance costs have been nil. He dry sails it and spends 40$/year for the ramp permit and uses about 12gal of gas a year. I may buy one. Reply With Quote "The Broken Cord" is the heart-wrenching story of a young man, single and in graduate school, who adopts a developmentally disabled boy who, like himself, has Native American ancestry. The man learns gradually that his son suffers from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, just as the medical community is starting to figure out what Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is. As a child psychologist, I have found the information in this book invaluable. You can read research papers, journal articles, and textbooks to learn all of the facts of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (a complex set of deficits caused by in utero exposure to alcohol), but "The Broken Cord" goes well beyond that and lets you know what it's like to live with, raise, and love a child with this disorder. This book is full of love, pain, and limited triumphs. It is also very well-written. Have a box of tissues handy. |
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Google proves MacGregor 26 is flimsy
"JimC" wrote in message ... | Cheers to you too Ellen. | | That's quite a Google search. JimmyC sure luvs his Macgregor. Now I know why. Here's a picture I found of him. He's doing what he always does just before he posts lies about his boat. http://www.infoimagination.org/ps/dr...ck_smoker.jpeg Cheers, Ellen |
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Google proves MacGregor 26 is flimsy
JimC wrote:
Cheers to you too Ellen. That's quite a Google search. Results include description of the MadGregor dorm at MIT, reference to the Houston MacGregor Medical Association (they are concerned that their urine samples may have been contaminated), reviews of a book entitled "The Broken Cord" (from the word "broken" in your search request), and some references to MacGregor boats such as the second one down in which the owner of a Mac 26 states that in four years of sailing his Mac, "nothing has broken and maintenance has been nil" (I guess your search for the word "broken" includes both boats that were broken and those that weren't. In any event, this is just more propaganda of the kind that Mac-Bashers typically come up with when they don't know what they are talking about, have no evidence (and are too lazy to do their homework and come up with any), and have never even sailed a current model Mac. - Really, Ellen, this is simply ridiculous. If you had any self-respect and concern for getting the facts, you would be ashamed of posting crap like this in the first place. Kinda puts his/her/its other posts in perspective, eh? No evidence, no reasoning, just sophistry and bluster. //Walt |
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Google proves MacGregor 26 is flimsy
Funny, I've been looking at the MacGregor for a while now as a potential
purchase. I would really like a sail boat but the family wants a power boat. I occasionally sail on a friends 1929(?) wood hull sailboat and that is the life for me. My family likes our other friends 21 ft Chris-Craft. It seems to me that sailors don't like it because it's not a "real" sailboat. Powerboaters don't like it because it isn't a "real" power boat and then there are those with them who more or less seem to like them. I have heard some say it bobs like a cork under sail and that the hull is weak. Certainly there are compromises made just like an enduro will never be a great dirt bike or a great road bike but, it has it's place. The question is, how is the MacGregor? I'd like to do coastal sailing in Southern California. I probably would never venture farther than Catalina or the channel islands. I'd also like to sail some of the lakes like havasu, Powell, etc. so the trailerability of the MacGregor is appealing. Family of 4 up to 1 week trips once or twice a year. I wouldn't consider myself the fair weather type; as skills progress I'd sail year around in as much weather as the ship and her captain are capable of. Opinions? Carl |
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DSK wrote:
But he won't do more sailing than any other trailerable sailboat, he'll just go slower and have a harder time steering. Why do people have to act like the Mac26 is the *only* trailerable sailboat? Sorry, just catching up. I couldn't find my thread. No I haven't joined the cult just yet. There are too many things to consider and will have analysis paralysis for a while. So what are the recommendations for other trailerable sailboats suitable for a family of four as described in my initial post. If I carry a dingey with motor my kids would be satiated. Don't worry about tow weight too much, F-350 SD Diesel can pull quite a bit. I don't want to break the bank on my first boat. I have some experience but would like to cut my teeth for 2-3 years and then break the bank. Carl |
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