Barney wrote:
Neptune wrote:

You are absolute right, Jim. With all of the options available on the
Mac26 it would have never been in such a dangerous situation. Leave it
to a "I'm right no matter what" liberal bonehead to fail to take all
measures to avoid an impending collision and then blame everyone else
and accept no responsibility of his own. Remember, you heard just one
side of a multi-sided story. If it wasn't the tugboat captain's fault
then it would be Bush's fault.

That Mac26 is a unique and excellent choice of a boat. For those who
don't want to tolerate the mundane drudgeries of get-nowhere sailing
that boat is the best escape. Plus you can sail it when conditions are
favorable. No one chops firewood, milks the cow, slaughters their own
food anymore so why do people insist on such dangerous, outmoded
methods of transportation?

Their sailboats don't have signal flags, they don't know semaphore or
morse code, their stoves aren't coal fired, no, they have modern solid
state radios, radar, microwaves, led lights, automapping and yet they
insist their "sailing" put them in a different time and somehow makes
them superior. It is all denial and they are fooling themselves. They
are no different than those weekend Harley fruit boys who put on
leather and drive around loudly acting tough. All a phoney image!

It's rather amusing that powerboaters usually get into trouble when
the engine fails and sailboaters get intotrouble when under sail.
Sailboaters account for more offshore rescues than powerboaters.

Good on you Jim! At least you have some sense!


Neptune, King of the Sea with Davey Jones locker full of sailboats!


Take your troll and stuff it! The Mac is a disgrace to sailing and
everyone knows it.


Correction. - Lots of people "think" they know it, particularly those
who have never sailed one of the current models. (Incidentally, have YOU
sailed one of the 26M's Barney? No? - Why am I not surprised?) And, of
course, you can often count on getting some "attaboys" when you post
Mac-bashing garbage like that. And, of course, if being a respected
member of the club is important to you, you sure don't want to become
known as a Mac enthusiast.

Jim

Jim