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Atlantic Crossing on a 26' MacGregor ?
prodigal1 wrote: wrote: Thanks prodigal. I've found a few Contessa 26 at yachtworld.com all of which are over 20 years old. This sounds like you don't like the idea of a 20+ year old boat. Age isn't the issue either. Mine is going to be 40 years old next summer and look what some of my friends have been up to with good old boats like mine .. http://www.cafesmersdusud.com/oceanothon.htm http://www.clic.net/~dcooper/hinterh...titdelire.html I have no intention of buying one but my point was that the company might have gone out of business a long time ago. With a water ballast you can let the water out to reduce the weight of the boat so you can tow it with a car or small SUV. Another idea is to build a trailerable boat with a water ballast tank and put a bag inside this tank for storing up to 150 gallons of diesel (in addition to 20 gallons in the standard fuel tank). Sea water can be added to the ballast tank as fuel is drawn out without seriously affecting the weight distribution of the boat. fine, but in my world, the H2O stays outside the hull --as best as I can keep it that way-- and cars and spitSUV's/spit are for highways and landfill respectively How far do you think a 26' boat can travel on 170 gallons of diesel without using the sails ? on a sailboat, your primary drive is...the sails! the motor is your...auxilliary power. it's used to get you in and out of port. But all of this is fairly academic. Just coming in here and asking about --ocean +Mac26 indicates the need for _much_ more reading and even more forethought. I wouldn't want to motor all the way across the Atlantic either but I would still want to know how far my boat can go under power. As stated earlier, I brought up the MacGregor only for the purpose of comparing it to the Bayliner. |
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