Will a Macgregor 26C be a good fit for me?

[My Mistress]

4 adults and 3 kids.......
Hard question to answer. I've done daysails with up to 4 non-sailing adult neighbors. The biggest issue was keeping them out of the way when it was time to maneuver. The younger adults were easy. I simply tossed a 200ft, 1" floating line off the stern and they all jumped in for a tow behind the boat. Older adults want to sip their whiskey and beer and call out the depth from the sounder every two seconds, so when it comes time to tack, I normally send them below so they wouldn't get hit with the boom, and I could handle lines without stepping over them.
When I R.O.N. with the "Kapitain", and we basically sleep on the cushions in the cockpit. I have also moved into the cabin if it gets too chilly, but sleep on the port settee so I can react if something happens and not waste time trying to pull myself out of the aft berth.

Oh, BTW, I own a 90 Mac 26S. I wouldn't have any other boat for protected water sailing. It tows easily, and can also double as a camper.
Low headroom?...meh. I see low windage.
Lightweight construction?.....meh. I see versatility if you stay within the vessels parameters.
A Mac can easily be modified to be the vessel you want vs a high dollar sailboat that you are hesitant to drill a hole in.

My towmobile is a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 with a 4.7L V8. It provides plenty of power to tow the Mac over such nice area's as Raton Pass on the Colorado/New Mexico border.

[Be Free]

Roger MacGregor was very good at marketing. His use of a W I D E angle lens is now obvious to you. He also showed in his brochures a Ford Taurus towing an , and later, towing an

Towing is easy. Stopping is hard. In my younger and (more) foolish days I pulled a trailer with 2 1/2 tons of shingles behind a 1972 Datsun pickup. It actually pulled pretty easy; I hardly knew it was back there. Then I came to the first stop light

[dlandersson]

[SlowSL]

Well, I happened to stumble on a '99 X really cheap, so felt that it would work out better in the end for comfort for my family, given the price I paid. It was storm damaged, mainsail was blown away and lost, but the headsail is still furled up and in tact. No motor, but everything else seems to be there, just was banged up from coming loose and smacking into the dock. The biggest damage was the front pulpit mounts pulling fiberglass off the decking and a 4" long puncture on the side. Interior needs some major cleaning and touching up, but looks like it will clean up easily. Everything else is in tact it appears, as it was tied up and used up until the storm came through. Trailer is also a big concern. I was able to tow it from the gulf up here to northern Indiana, but the brakes are not functioning, and there are no bunks. Instead, they places 2x4's on top of the cross bracing. So the rear port/starboard bottom is sitting on 2x4's, and the front is sitting on one. I'm not too confident with that setup being point loaded on such small surface areas. Looks like I can just fabricate some longitudinal bunks just the way it's sitting now, pushing them right into position and welding, jack up the boat a bit and remove the wood, and drop the boat back down onto the new bunks. I'm very excited to get this thing cleaned up and repaired. My goal is to have it ready by spring and be out on the water! Where is the best place to go for new owner questions? I'm researching and learning all that I can, but kind of feel like a deer in the headlights. Lots of rigging and hardware that I have no clue what they are used for & how to use it.

[NiceAft]

SlowSL said:

Where is the best place to go for new owner questions? I'm researching and learning all that I can, but kind of feel like a deer in the headlights. Lots of rigging and hardware that I have no clue what they are used for & how to use it.

You've found it; right here.

Lots of people on board who are eager to give their opinion; most know what they are talking about.

Seriously, this group is a knowledgeable one.

[C Buchs]

This is definitely the best place to get your questions answered. I don't have a lot of luck with the search function on this page, but I do use the site search function via Google. For example, if you want to see about fixing your bow pulpit, you could search the following:

site: "www.macgregorsailors.com" pulpit

The title for the second result is "Broken Pulpit". I don't know if this will help you fix yours, but it's a start. If you find a relevant thread and still have questions, you can add to that thread. If you can't find anything relevant, please start a new thread. We are all here to help each other.

I know I'm not as bad off as some on this forum. My boat is still in the water, but I'll need to bring a shovel to go sailing. This is my boat last night.



No sailing for me for a while. So please ask your questions so that I can at least be thinking about sailing!

Jeff