Furthest non-stop sail in a MacGregor?

[Steve]

Just to mix things up here a little, I am curious what the furthest someone has sailed non-stop with a Mac (X or M)? Also, what is the furthest off-shore someone has sailed a Mac?

Steven Howell III
(where's my ascot?)

[Don T]

Hello:
On the Columbia River we've sailed about 50 miles. Up in the San Juans we are limited by how long the current is in our favor so we've done around 25 miles in that area. Usually only as far as we can sail in a day then we are looking for a place to set the hook.

[Andy26M]

I'm not sure of the actual distances, but I know a flotilla goes from Florida to the Dry Tortugas every year and has included Macs.

I also know an older gentleman, still singlehanding his Mac 26X at the age of 72, who has sailed from the east coast of Florida to the Bahamas and back a few times "back in his 60's when he was younger". Assuming he meant the closest of the islands, that is about 65 miles out or so, I think.

- AndyS

[Billy]

Clarification ?

Do you really mean sailed or longest non-stop run? Luke of DreamChaser and I on XX left Morgan's Bluff, Andros Island and ran to Nixon's Harbor, Bimini---101 miles. Had to motor almost all the way. (Learned how to pass fuel from one X to another while on a run. )

Offshore? from mainland US or from the nearest shore?

[Mark Prouty]

North To Alaska

1,902 nautical miles over the bottom (2,188 statute miles)

This was round trip. Probably has some long non-stoppers in there.

[Steve]

Clarification ?

Do you really mean sailed or longest non-stop run? Luke of DreamChaser and I on XX left Morgan's Bluff, Andros Island and ran to Nixon's Harbor, Bimini---101 miles. Had to motor almost all the way. (Learned how to pass fuel from one X to another while on a run. )

Offshore? from mainland US or from the nearest shore?

Ok, both! What is the furthest someone has "sailed" a Mac, non-stop, and then motored (non-stop)?

Also, I'm curious how far offshore someone has had a Mac (regardless of how you arrived there)?

Thanks for helping me clarify that Billy!

Steve

[Graham Carr]

Buck Graham sailed from Santa Barbara to Costa Rica, Playa Flamingo twice (2,918.55 Nautical Miles, one-way).
First time in a 22 MacGregor-Venture, started 1983,
Second time in a classic 26 MacGregor named "Wind Gift" started in 1998
You can see his logs and photos Here.

Graham

[Divecoz]

One of the first sites I stumbled onto in my search for my next Dream Machine / Adventure Vessel . No doubt your Dad had a great influence on my purchase of a 26 M

[Steve]

Wow, Costa Rica! Was he hugging the coast the entire way? What a trip (literally)!

Wonder if anyone has gone way offshore? Like say Hawaii?

Steve

[Sloop John B]

Hawaii? Not yet. We're waiting for Brent to come out of the Midwest and take his shot and then we'll wait to see if we ever hear from him again.

[Catigale]

Easy. Frank M is on the third circumnavigation (one for each hull planing mode) on Murrulet...

(Sorry Frank, just joshing ya....)

[Graham Carr]

Divecoz
Oh no, he was not my dad; my name is Graham Carr his name is Buck Graham, but never the less a great journey. We have a small building lot were Buck first landed, Playa Potrero, Costa Rica. So the thought has passed my mind to sail down Costa Rica, will see.
Steve.
Part of his journey was 25 miles of shore while pass Nicaragua. He did not want any trouble, but the rest of the journey he was closer-in. He was going on to Panama cannel. I am going to write to his son (web master for his site) to what he is up to.

[Rick]

Sloop John B, LOL!!!

[Graham Carr]

He is correct in calling it a sloop, the Mac 26 is a sloop. Sloop: a fore-and-aft rigged boat with one mast and a single jib. The rig (Marconi sloop) was introduced in the 1920s. The rig is one of the best designs for sailing to windward.

Graham

[Dave X2000 Jac]

Our longest non-stop was too calm to sail. We motored 80 miles: Port Dover, Ontario, around Long Point, across Lake Erie on a diagonal to Conneaut Harbor, Ohio. We hit a huge patch of dense fog right in the middle of the Lake Erie shipping channel. The radar reflector went up, and I did an "all call" to let ships know that blip on their radar was not just a lost 55 gallon drum or some other garbage. We didn't break out of the fog until we got within 3 miles of the Lake Erie south shore, which means we were out of the sight of land for almost 9 hours. It took a total of 10 1/2 hours and 11+ gallons (we were carrying 14 gallons) of gas at 3400 - 3600 rpm. I would have much rather sailed it in 16 or 17 hours.
Since you asked,
Dave "Jac"