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Google proves MacGregor 26 is flimsy
wrote in message ... Funny, I've been looking at the MacGregor Yeah, they are kinda funny looking. 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. We used to go camping with a family that had a power boat. My wife & kids would go sking with him while his wife and kids went sailing with me. Worked out great. 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. They are ''lightly built'', makes them easier to trailer and cheaper to buy. IMHO they are good for lakes and protected waters. 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. Buy a better sailing trailerable. Rent jet-skis for your kids. Seriously, can you afford a small sail boat AND a small power boat? -- Scott Vernon Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_ |
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