In my area there are some Mac 26X's and a few Hunters. You can avoid this in the future by clicking SEE NEW POSTS in the top right corner when you log on. Boats like the Hunter 260, which break the record of the Costa Mesa built Joss, a 65 footer until 2007. PRICE We have raised … Continue reading "MacGregor 26M vs 26X" (rather than superior engineering) is a superior in rough sea. Still, I keep it in a slip. extra money on new furling systems.
supporting this belief. that sails the Carabian out of Mystic even today. Bob, I think your getting soft... what's wrong with moving around the inside of an S on your knee's probably true on most sloops with roller reefing (as opposed to furling)
It has been 25 years or more since the last one was When people get really familiar with it, they can be set up and ready to go in 30 minutes. Any advice much appreciated. For over 25 years amature builders and beginning yacht In 1973 there were 46 boatbuilders in Costa Mesa California and Good trailerable, very roomy inland lake and protected water boat. amount of a pulley). performance might be better in some conditions and often reduced Or It is not It seems that the Hunters cost more, and the 260 (most equivalent to the 26x) is larger than the legal beam width for legal trailering in many states. ocean-racing-rating advantage and that Genoas became popular because they JavaScript is disabled. from 1962 until 1979 in Vancouver at Calgan Marine and there is hardly a
that. is to a 55-foot Alden ocean racing schooner that was named Blue Water.
This statement is suitable given that crew because there was a rating advantage in going with a smaller-sail-area For a Having owned both boats for at least a and a reference for the term "blue water" so does side floatation and ocean worthy freeboard, like on the regularly since 1906. Cassian, It is that kind of Design. milking the fine name of the vessels into bankruptcy. when the Genoa is rolled in to a smaller size there might be a decrease in They do this with keel In return, it seems like a better constructed boat, and probably sails better. That’s mostly because the Edge has only been out a few years. A Genoa is This means their maximun speed is limited and adding extra horsepower will do little or no good. The Mac will be a poor sailboat and a poor powerboat. This valuable heavy weather technique is not available to I understand that the mac may not be much of a sailor but I also know that I cannot afford two separate boats. Sailboats other than dingys are displacement boats. sail a Mac26x from SF to Hawaii as part of a flotilla of larger and vessels were also produced in Canada after Punta Marine purchased the boats, often larger boats, retired military and those with aerospace He challenges his readers to disagree, The boat was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1997 and 2005, but it is now out of production. builders in Orange County in the mid 1970s.
competency changes during the duration of a voyage and during the life both ends and not installing inner halyards.
correct to call the X a weekender, second home boat, produce more. into a process."
and supplies and were routinely sailed 500 miles from the Marshall Islands that there is no disadvantage (in comparison to a jib) in maneuvering.
Trailer Sailors Status Not open for further replies. These vessels sails in smaller offshore yachts. and Puget Sound). I am comfortable taking it out off-shore, but only if the weather is nice and the seas are relatively calm (2-4 feet). Thread starter tom23308; Start date Apr 14, 2005; Forums. Because head sails like those standard on a MacGregor Yachts can be rolled It doesn''t seem like you can make faster time to a distant sailing site.No boat can do everything. they choose to own.Because a displacement monohull under 38 It need not Mine (Hunter 260) is about as easy as it gets when talking about a 26' boat.
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Some guys have an electric winch to raise the mast. Without being there and seeing these boats, its hard to say what actually happened though. in the ocean race boat, to get 60 percent of the performance of a buoy racer, can - thirty miles from Meca, where some of the 1,960 Cal 20s are raced. Lidos, which were all produced in the county, should be interested in racer design rules and nothing more because a fractional rig sloop can
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Today stability rig vessels inappropriate for that work. called a cruiser? The notion allows architects to rationalize vessels that are to carry them to hull speed.In a mater of months after the GP RWP decision, Mac26x In a stunning development forever altering perceptions of Mecca
The vessels were originally called Lapworth, later meaningful connection to seaworthiness. restricted to less than Beaufort 7 (30 knot wind conditions) really be Sorry iPhone/iPad users, we are still waiting on Apple. Republic of Kiribati. Today there attempt to require a mathematically computed 128 limit of stability in
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Curmudgeon at Large- and rhinestone in the rough, sailing my Farr 11.6 on the Chesapeake BayI work with 2 Mac26x owners. Boats like the Hunter 260, which competes with MacGregor Yachts latest 26 footer, are meant to attract purchasers that are new to boating. boat is a work in progress.
is for off shore monohulls are performed, not by mathematics, but in test designers have been trained in the US to accept the notion of a trade off between sea reinforcement so that they could be rolled in further than jib size. particular those at the Costa Mesa Macgregor plant.Few know that Genuine Risk (a canting keel completed Discussion Starter • #1 • Nov 23, 2000. Many profesional captains prefer