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Originally Posted by CaptKermie
Your signature says it all:
Jordan
Searching for the Perfect Pocket cruiser
SLC UT.
Sounds like an armchair sailor-wannabee with no boat but plenty of criticism.
NCC320 is correct, there is no need to be trashing any model of boat, the Mac26 serve a niche market and does so very well, the sales figures are indisputable, people are buying them, for good reason, they are affordable, versatile, and they get folks out on the water, and then on to bigger boats. They make a great starter boat for the un-initiated.
The OP should never have used Mac26 in the Title to get attention, as it can and does invite negative responses. Now the OP's thread is being filled with the wrong responses, ones that are not pertinent to the request for info.
That was really smart wasn't it!
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Let me start by saying I do not mean to trash Mac's as a whole, they serve a purpose, for lakes or protected waters. I do not feel that they would be affective for any kind of trip 20 miles off-shore as is advertised in the Macgregor DVD *yes, I did get the DVD and watched it, I didn't just jump on a bandwagon*. I may be newer to sailing but math has always been a friend of mine and the way Macgregor pitches his boat is wonderful, but it is too much like a used car sale to me. I just don't trust a company that uses that much smoke and mirrors in the advertisement. To me it is like buying a Dodge, even with a life-time warranty the company couldn't sell cars! I don't hold anybody who buys a Mac to any less of a standard, as long as they don't take the boat outside of its design limitations.
If I could delete the post I would.