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Hey Jeff
You said a Mac26X wouldn't go 20mph with a 50H Honda. Well you were wrong.
I was looking through a Mac site and I found this: http://macgregorsailors.com/cgi-bin/...iew&record=258 24mph with empty ballast and 18 with full. What have you got to say for yourself now, man? -- Cheerio, Ed Gordon http://www.freewebs.com/egordon873/index.htm |
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Hey Jeff
* Ed Gordon wrote, On 6/10/2007 2:03 PM:
You said a Mac26X wouldn't go 20mph with a 50H Honda. Well you were wrong. I was looking through a Mac site and I found this: http://macgregorsailors.com/cgi-bin/...iew&record=258 24mph with empty ballast and 18 with full. What have you got to say for yourself now, man? Sorry. I don't believe everything I read in the Internet, do you? Lots of people have been known to exaggerate just a bit. Be that as it may, this report is from a 26X, not the current 26M which is a bit slower. The boat is light, "loaded for an overnight," which to me means virtually empty. AND, the ballast tank was empty. Remember that with no ballast, people are warned to sit quietly in the middle of the cockpit, staying low and aft. No standing up. Sorry, you can't go to the head. And for God's sake don't you even think of going up on deck! This should only be attempted when others are around and rescue is sure to be quick. And never when the water is cold, and certainly not if the waves are over 12 inches. All of these warnings come directly from the MacGregor site. And we know that people die when the Mac warnings are ignored, and Ed claims we shouldn't blame the boat if this happens. And I'll add this report from a dealer: http://www.bwyachts.com/Engine%20Choices.htm His comment about the Honda: "Honda 50hp engine: All modern four stroke engines are reliable, quiet and good on gas. The Honda engine does not perform to the standard we were looking for though. It does not have good low end torque and hence does not get the boat moving fast or find the top speed we were looking for." |
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Hey Jeff
Jeff wrote in
: Sorry. I don't believe everything I read in the Internet, do you? Lots of people have been known to exaggerate just a bit. Be that as it may, this report is from a 26X, not the current 26M which is a bit slower. The boat is light, "loaded for an overnight," which to me means virtually empty. AND, the ballast tank was empty. Remember that with no ballast, people are warned to sit quietly in the middle of the cockpit, staying low and aft. No standing up. Sorry, you can't go to the head. And for God's sake don't you even think of going up on deck! This should only be attempted when others are around and rescue is sure to be quick. And never when the water is cold, and certainly not if the waves are over 12 inches. All of these warnings come directly from the MacGregor site. And we know that people die when the Mac warnings are ignored, and Ed claims we shouldn't blame the boat if this happens. And I'll add this report from a dealer: http://www.bwyachts.com/Engine%20Choices.htm His comment about the Honda: "Honda 50hp engine: All modern four stroke engines are reliable, quiet and good on gas. The Honda engine does not perform to the standard we were looking for though. It does not have good low end torque and hence does not get the boat moving fast or find the top speed we were looking for." You can't make an idiot-proof boat. Just like your catamaran. If you stood twenty people on one side it would probably capsize. Or if you got sideways in big 20-foot seas it would probably capsize too. You've gotta know the limits of your boat. If you don't it's your own fault. And didn't you see that picture of the propeller that guy had on his Honda 50 that made it go so good. The propeller on a stock Honda 50 is wrong for the Mac it's for higher speeds. You need a torque prop on the Mac to let the motor rev and produce power in the right RPM range. My old Mac26X must have had the right propeller on it because it went twenty mph all the time with the throttle wide open. It was more comfortable though backing it down to about 15 mph. -- Cheerio, Ed Gordon http://www.freewebs.com/egordon873/index.htm |
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Hey Jeff
"Ed Gordon" wrote in message 8... And didn't you see that picture of the propeller that guy had on his Honda 50 that made it go so good. The propeller on a stock Honda 50 is wrong for the Mac it's for higher speeds. You need a torque prop on the Mac to let the motor rev and produce power in the right RPM range. My old Mac26X must have had the right propeller on it because it went twenty mph all the time with the throttle wide open. It was more comfortable though backing it down to about 15 mph. Damn StinkPotter ! |
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