"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:48:24 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

Now I want to try that Flying Scot, but I've got no
doubt it'll make the Max 26 feel like a dog under sail.

More like 3 dogs :-)

The Flying Scot will run circles around it.

The mac 26 is just too big a compromise in my opinion. Most people
end up using them under power most of the time, and they aren't nearly
as well suited for that as a real power boat.



Far from defending the Mac26, I will say that there are situations when it
seems to be appropriate. For example, I know a couple who have one, and they
almost exclusively explore the marshland near a community in the SF bayarea.
They don't venture out onto the bay much... perhaps 5 percent of the time
and then only in the south bay. They like bird watching and don't want to
kayak, since they stay out for a couple of days in a row. I think they do
sail it a bit, but mostly they motor very slowly hither and yon.

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On Mar 24, 10:20 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message

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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:48:24 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

Now I want to try that Flying Scot, but I've got no
doubt it'll make the Max 26 feel like a dog under sail.

More like 3 dogs :-)

The Flying Scot will run circles around it.

The mac 26 is just too big a compromise in my opinion. Most people
end up using them under power most of the time, and they aren't nearly
as well suited for that as a real power boat.

Far from defending the Mac26, I will say that there are situations when it
seems to be appropriate. For example, I know a couple who have one, and they
almost exclusively explore the marshland near a community in the SF bayarea.
They don't venture out onto the bay much... perhaps 5 percent of the time
and then only in the south bay. They like bird watching and don't want to
kayak, since they stay out for a couple of days in a row. I think they do
sail it a bit, but mostly they motor very slowly hither and yon.

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"j" ganz


Not sure about a Mac26, but there's some people on my favorite lake,
that have some fairly good sized sail boats, in the 22'-27' range, and
there's a couple of baots that doen't have any sailing rigging on
them. Interesting to note, that they will come in from the St.Louis
area, in a Fri evening (especially on a holiday weekend) load
dufflebags, and coolers, into their non rigged sail boat, then power
there way out into the lake. some diesel, and some small outboard, and
will use the boat for a weekend "water camper".

they like the boat, but don't like sailing.

huh

Tim

In article .com,
Tim wrote:

Far from defending the Mac26, I will say that there are situations when it
seems to be appropriate. For example, I know a couple who have one, and they
almost exclusively explore the marshland near a community in the SF bayarea.
They don't venture out onto the bay much... perhaps 5 percent of the time
and then only in the south bay. They like bird watching and don't want to
kayak, since they stay out for a couple of days in a row. I think they do
sail it a bit, but mostly they motor very slowly hither and yon.

Not sure about a Mac26, but there's some people on my favorite lake,
that have some fairly good sized sail boats, in the 22'-27' range, and
there's a couple of baots that doen't have any sailing rigging on
them. Interesting to note, that they will come in from the St.Louis
area, in a Fri evening (especially on a holiday weekend) load
dufflebags, and coolers, into their non rigged sail boat, then power
there way out into the lake. some diesel, and some small outboard, and
will use the boat for a weekend "water camper".

they like the boat, but don't like sailing.

huh

No kidding. I didn't specifically say it, but these people never sail
the boat in the marshland. They motor almost exclusively. The only
time they raise the sails is when infrequently venturing out to visit
another inlet. I don't think they turn off the engine.

It's strange, but I guess they like the idea of having sails... just
in case.

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Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

On Mar 25, 8:25 pm, (Jonathan Ganz) wrote:
In article .com,





Tim wrote:
Far from defending the Mac26, I will say that there are situations when it
seems to be appropriate. For example, I know a couple who have one, and they
almost exclusively explore the marshland near a community in the SF bayarea.
They don't venture out onto the bay much... perhaps 5 percent of the time
and then only in the south bay. They like bird watching and don't want to
kayak, since they stay out for a couple of days in a row. I think they do
sail it a bit, but mostly they motor very slowly hither and yon.
Not sure about a Mac26, but there's some people on my favorite lake,
that have some fairly good sized sail boats, in the 22'-27' range, and
there's a couple of baots that doen't have any sailing rigging on
them. Interesting to note, that they will come in from the St.Louis
area, in a Fri evening (especially on a holiday weekend) load
dufflebags, and coolers, into their non rigged sail boat, then power
there way out into the lake. some diesel, and some small outboard, and
will use the boat for a weekend "water camper".

they like the boat, but don't like sailing.

huh

No kidding. I didn't specifically say it, but these people never sail
the boat in the marshland. They motor almost exclusively. The only
time they raise the sails is when infrequently venturing out to visit
another inlet. I don't think they turn off the engine.

It's strange, but I guess they like the idea of having sails... just
in case.

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Capt. JG - Hide quoted text -

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It's strange, but I guess they like the idea of having sails... just
in case.

Either that, or they like other people to know that they have a sail
boat.