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.. . Capt. JG wrote: "JimC" wrote in message ... Actually, Neal, that would have been a good choice. To cite just one factor, if Joe had been sailing a Mac26M, with its positive floatation, the boat would have survived and wouldn't have been dragged to the bottom by its keel. And of course, if you had a Mac (instead of your no-boat-at-all), you could spend more time sailing and less time posting childish, vacuous notes on this ng. But of course, you didn't make a decision to get a Mac or a decision to get anything else for that matter, so we can look forward to more of your never-ending sophistry. Jim Neal is an idiot, but besides that, if you were on your Mac in the conditions Joe described, you would surely be a greater idiot than Neal (even he isn't suicidal). Assuming the boat can't sink (which I seriously doubt - given the pounding it would endure, it would likely break up), it would be dismasted for sure. Then, (not that sailing would have ever been an option), your only chance for survival would be below decks, while the boat rolled over and over and over, perhaps even pitchpolling from time to time. It would be like being in a washing machine with heavy and sharp objects. You'd find yourself in a non-habitable environment of flying hazards including yourself that would break your bones into mush. In desperation to escape, you would vacate the premises, and then either be thrown off the boat by the wave action or you would remove yourself from the boat deliberately. Either way, you wouldn't survive. Actually, Captain, your conclusions are unfounded and your assertions unsupported. Of course, I didn't say that I would want to take my Mac 200 miles offshore, nor would I recommend it to anyone else. What I DID say was that if Joe were offshore in a Mac26M, the boat would have stayed afloat and would not have been dragged to the bottom of the Gulf by a heavy keel. (Also, if Neal had a Mac 26M instead of his no-boat-at-all, he could spend more of his time sailing instead of posting negative, critical notes on this ng.) You claim that the Mac would have "rolled over and over and over, perhaps even picthcpolling [sic]." This, of course, may be your opinion, and actually I don't question that you sincerely believe this to be the case. But, other than your own personal biases, what evidence to you have to support this assertion? - Is it the usual negative bias against the Macs that you think you can safely rely on? Is it the fact that you don't think anyone on this ng would want to question any negative bull**** posted on the ng regarding the Macs? Or, alternatively (and assuming that the skipper wasn't drunk and didn't go offshore with an empty ballast tank, and that he had enough sense to put out a storm anchor), do you actually have some valid evidence or proof supporting your assertions? -Including your assertion that the the Macs will roll over and over and over and over again in heavy seas, and perhaps pitchpoll? If the latter, i.e., if you have some valid evidence, let's see the evidence and statistics supporting your theories. You also say that the Macs will simply "break up" in heavy seas. Again, where is your evidence, other than anecdotes and hearsay, supporting this assertion? And to anyone else who wants to bash the Macs, WHERE IS YOUR EVIDENCE, OTHER THAN ANECDOTES AND HEARSAY?) Like, put up or shut up. In any event, despite all the supercilious anti-Mac propaganda, the fact remains that the Mac 26s are one of the few boats over 25 feet (not the only one, but one of the few) to have positive floatation. Jim Are you claiming that a dismasted boat in heavy seas won't roll? If so, well QED. No on besides yourself would even consider taking a Mac out in those conditions, so you're right I have absolutely NO evidence. LOL -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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