"Richard" wrote in message
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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
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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...


Richard, this guy isn't a sailor and he has no intention of buying anything.
He's a troll... he's cross posting to make himself feel like more of human
being, something for which he barely qualifies.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Jun 11, 10:31 am, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message
All a bit evangelical for me
Buy one if you really want
but don't inflict it on anyone else

Richard, this guy isn't a sailor and he has no intention of buying anything.
He's a troll... he's cross posting to make himself feel like more of human
being, something for which he barely qualifies.
- Show quoted text -

He was more amusing when he was proselytizing Veridicanism; but I
guess that's the gang who drugged, brainwashed, and robbed him.
According to him, anyway. Now he's proselytizing Macs. Plus ca change,
plus c'est la meme chose.

Frank wrote in
ps.com:

On Jun 11, 10:31 am, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message
All a bit evangelical for me
Buy one if you really want
but don't inflict it on anyone else

Richard, this guy isn't a sailor and he has no intention of buying
anything. He's a troll... he's cross posting to make himself feel
like more of human being, something for which he barely qualifies.
- Show quoted text -

He was more amusing when he was proselytizing Veridicanism; but I
guess that's the gang who drugged, brainwashed, and robbed him.
According to him, anyway. Now he's proselytizing Macs. Plus ca change,
plus c'est la meme chose.





I've learned that Macs are one of the few things I can have faith in. A
known quantity. Reliable, safe and fun. Veridican means truth. Hah!

--
Cheerio,
Ed Gordon
http://www.freewebs.com/egordon873/index.htm

On Jun 11, 12:23 pm, Ed Gordon wrote:
...snip... Veridican means truth. Hah!

Well, let's be precise, something you seem to have a lot of trouble
with. "Veridican" is a made-up word. Now, there's nothing wrong with
made-up words in general. Pandemonium is a great one. Tintinnabulation
is too. Based on its apparent derivation (root) and structure,
veridican most closely approximates an adjectival form for "truth-
speaking," from the Latin veridicus, with your "veridican" being a
permutation of that. Veritas is truth.

It is also, unfortunately, awfully close to veridian/viridian, which
simply means "green." So if you were offshore in your Mac and ran into
some hellacious green water you could call it "veridican veridian" as
you prayed to your deity while rolling over and over and over...