Jonathan Ganz wrote:

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Jim Cate wrote:


I have. I think their garbage boats. You're just upset because you
bought a piece of junk.



Which models have you sailed, and under what circumstances? Have you
sailed the current model (the 26M)? They include several fairly
significant changes.



If I told you, would you believe me... doubt it.


Try me.


Would you believe me if I told you that I know a major dealer of them
in this area and even he thinks they're crap... doubt it.



Shouldn't he consider some other kind of work? - There doesn't seem to
be a great deal of profit running a Mac dealership.

YEah, in very protected waters, in very limited situations. Good for
you.. enjoy your Mac.



Very limited situations, in very protected waters? I agree that the Mac
isn't a good choice for an ocean crossing, and that their owners need to


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It's nice when we agree.


Johnny, seems to me that, if the Macs are simply a pile of junk as you
keep saying, we would see thousands of them breaking apart in any winds
higher than 15 knots or so, and we would see reports of hundreds of
skippers and passengers drowned or stranded on capsized boats.
Particularly since the Macs have been one of the most popular lines ever
made, with over 40,000 of them sold, reports of failures should be all
over the place. I spend a lot of time on the Mac discussion groups, and
I read lots of reports and sailing mags, and I don't remember seeing
accounts of any Macs that simply fell apart, or any on which the owners
or passengers were drowned, etc., other than the one in which a drunk
skipper rolled an overloaded Mac 26X with no ballast. As in any boat,
repairs are sometimes needed, but the Mac owners keep on sailing their
boats year after year, and when they want to trade, most of them seem to
buy a newer Mac.- In any event, with that many boats out there, and if
they are just a pile of junk as you say, surely hundreds of them would
have simply fallen apart or capsized by this time.

So, it should be fairly easy for you to cite some statisticsbacking up
your ridiculous assertions. Could you do that for us, Johnny? - If you
aren't just blowing smoke, that is.

Jim