Jonathan Ganz wrote:

In article ,
Jim Cate wrote:


If their rigging is inadequate, then obviously the boats would be
falling apart whenever they are taken out in any significant weather.
With 40,000 of them out there, hundreds of the the boats would be lost
or torn apart every year, and Mac owners and guests would be drowned or
stranded every year. Yet that doesn't happen except in very rare instances.



Yup. You got it. They fall apart in the SF bay. Even the dealer
recommends people not sail them here without extensive work.



Really John? How many of them have "fallen apart" in the SF bay? 200?
100? And what, exactly is the "extensive work" the dealer recommends?
Once again, you spout off those generalities with only a single ancedote
to back it up. On the Mac discussion groups, there are many reports of
Macs being sailed on the SF Bay and up and down the California coast.

Where's your evidence that the Mac rigging is failing or coming apart,
Johnny? What statistics do you have on the number of Macson on which
the rigging failed?



See previous. -

I did.


And, I saw a Mac last year that could not sail in
Raccoon Straight. We circled them and ask if they needed help, they
said, no, and dropped the sail and started the engine. Made straight
for Tiberon. Gee, and it was only blowing about 22 kts.


Johnny, this is a good example of your lack of any understanding of even
the most basic principles of logic and statistics. - You seem to think
that (your version of) a single instance proves that the Macs aren't
safe for coastal cruising, etc. You also don't know the particular
circumstances of that little episode. - At a minimum, you need a basic
course in logic.




No problem backing up your statements Johnny? Then why don't you get
busy and start? So far all you have done is post more of your ridiculous
biased assertions, with nothing backing them up. Think about how that
makes you look to others monitoring this discussion, John!.



Already did.



Sure you did. - By citing one example.



No problem backing up your statements? - Then have at it.



Done did it.


Nope. All you did was to provide further examples of your own ignorance.

Jim