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Mac26X fit for all waters
All a bit evangelical for me
Buy one if you really want but don't inflict it on anyone else "Ed Gordon" wrote in message 8... http://www.eskimo.com/~mighetto/p11.htm Myth#11 Mac26 is not for ocean sailing. Go ahead, click the link and see just how good and seaworthy a professional captain thinks the Mac really is. Dare you. Jeff expecially. If you're too much of a coward to admit how good the Mac26X is don't click the link and don't read a little of what it has in it that I pasted right here.-- Owing to "focally ruptured gangreous acute appendicitis", I spent the better part of January 2001 arguing about this (the Mac26x is fit for all waters), rather than sailing or working, and have 80 pages of emails as well as several magazines and books on boat design involving the subject. According to Sea magazine (April 2005) "California's coastline is not particularly trailerboat-friendly - the areas where you can take small or trailerboats are limited, so it also would stand to reason that boaters would be heading to inland lakes and rivers in droves." But MacGregor Yachts has always oriented its products for world-wide coastal ocean and not just Califorina sales. The manufacturer believes that a 26 footer is too small to hold enough gear and supplies for passage. However, at least one Mac26x dealer considers ocean passage to be within the boat's design parameters and in 1999 more that a few Mac26x vessels made the trip from Crandon Park marina on Miami's Key Biscayn or nearby to the Bahamas. At least one Mac26x yacht made the trip from the city marina at Garison Bight in Key West to the Marquesas and on to the Tortugas. The 1000 mile coast of Florida has been sailed by a Mac26x. And two Mac26x cruisers (from Bellingham and Everett) were outfitted for an Alaskan inside passage (over 2000 miles) following the Cassiopeia in that regard. Those who find the ride of a light displacement under 30 foot sailboat preferable in ocean swells see its potential as a long-distance passage maker. This is demonstrated by reports that MacGregor Yachts receives many unsolicited requests for sponsorship of expeditions involving Mac26x ocean passages and by the consideration given to adding a platform (as discussed above) which would be used for storage during an extended cruise. It is also a favorite for chartering at blue water destinations such as the BVI, Bahamas Malaysia, Spain and Belize. Told you so. I enjoy being your mentor... Oh, be sure to visit my new anti-drug abuse site linked under my name. Also please click on a link or two for the sponsors to keep this site free of charges. Much appreciated. -- Cheerio, Ed Gordon http://www.freewebs.com/egordon873/index.htm |
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