Hey goose...you have a VERY different Mac than the 26...but you knew that....but in any case, every boat serves a good purpose for someone. I have no problem with anyone owning anything they want. It's what they WANT to DO with unsuitable boats that drives me nuts! Some people even have BIG FAT BOATS with BIG FAT BLUE BAGS on their booms and BIG FAT WIND BAGS UNDERNEATH THEM. (G) << I can't photoshop so I have to take my best shot when I get the opportunity! >> (G)
Would the BIG FAT WIND BAG be Giu???
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
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Some people even have BIG FAT BOATS with BIG FAT BLUE BAGS on their booms and BIG FAT WIND BAGS UNDERNEATH THEM. (G) << I can't photoshop so I have to take my best shot when I get the opportunity! >> (G)
Some people simply have no taste and exchanged a boat for an RV....
Cam...you no longer qualify for "nautical" jokes....please go to RVnet.com, your new hobby and post there, thank you.
I bet you will be a sucess, talking about knots, wide transoms, and big sticks...them RV folks will think you're popular, you'll fit right in, just don't pick up the soap...boy!!!!
Ahh, one more thing....don't get lost in the Mountains near Georgia, you've got a Purdy Mouth...know what I mean??? And them Hillbillies are horny, they love sailors.....
Last edited by Giulietta : 05-05-2007 at 09:28 AM.
LOL,, I know,, I was just trying to help a brutha out.
If I put the mast from my Sunfish in the hole for the bass seat in my Glastron, would it be a sailboat? Be right back.............
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Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?
If you want to slag Macs please do it with someone else I am only interested in positive communication. I have heard all the stories, blah blah blah. Get over it, it's my boat and it's OK.
What is the problem? Don't you get positive comunication here??
We all joke with each other, and so that you relax, I get way more slag just by being me, (an extremely good looking very good sailor), than I see these guys giving the Mac people....
If you can't joke, learn....its cool and fun....
I am starting to believe that "boat sensitivity" now is spelled MAC...
I have a friend who is happy with his Mac. 26. It has a big outboard and can cruise at +15 knots. BUT: it does not sail as well as most typical sail boat of that size. It's a compromise: good sailing vs. power boat performance. He only uses his genoa to sail as it is over-powered with the main.
I have a Hunter 26 that sails very well. I carry 2000# of ballast water and it hardly ever heels over 35 degrees. It is trailerable, comfortable with a roomy cockpit, and fairly well built. BUT: it doesn't cruise at +15 knots. 6 knots from a boat of this size is the best you'll do most of the time. I don't have anything really bad to say about the McGreggor. It's a matter of taste as to whether you prefer sailing or motor-cruising. The Hunter has a 9' beam and a wide, comfortable cockpit.
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LOL,, I know,, I was just trying to help a brutha out.
If I put the mast from my Sunfish in the hole for the bass seat in my Glastron, would it be a sailboat?
Technically, I think that would be a trimaran. Is that the Teignmouth Electron?
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What cracks me up is when someone says Mac, they always think of the 26X/M winniebago. While this old thread was specifically about the 26X, there are many other Mac's out there.
Goose, what kind of Mac do you have? I have a '76 Venture 21.
Last edited by CharlieCobra : 05-12-2007 at 02:50 PM.
Speaking of MacGregors, my boat was sitting next to one when I went down to the marina today. The spar for the boom on my 28' trimaran is a heavier spar than the mast on the MacGregor 26. That is very worrying... doesn't say much for the sailing performance of the Mac.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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