Yes - the PHRF I've seen for the 26X is 320. I've been rather surprised that so
few fleets even list the newer Macs (X or M) - none of the larger East Coast
fleets list them at all, I've only seen them in isolated inland fleets.

Normally, the rules preclude racing without water ballast tanks full, so I'm
always surprised to hear of situations where someone was allowed to race with
empty tanks.



"DSK" wrote in message
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Parallax wrote:
How slow is the Mac26 under sail? I tried to check. Found a SF Bay
site that listed the Mac 26 as PHRF 221, Morgan OI as 216 (amazing)
and the Westsail 32 as 222.

That's the older model Mac26, not the 26X. I have only seen one
"provisional" rating on the Mac26X and it was around 250, issued to a
guy on the Chesapeake who sailed it with no ballast and a crew on trapezes.

I suspect that a fair PHRF rating for this boat, with the factory sails,
to be somewhere around 320.

BTW Morgan Out Islands came in many different sizes... are you seriously
going to compare the Mac26X to an OI41?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King