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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:13 am
by Catigale
Note the blue painted hull
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:08 am
by Frank C
With her seated in the cockpit, we're looking at the rudder, eh?
And perched right atop the stern ... is that a Nicro solar vent? ... hmmm.
Our rig is a big risk if we are overtaken in fast moving swells. As long as the motor is working and our fuel holds out, we have a chance at staying square to waves. Unlike our Macs (or the hapless guy under the Golden Gate bridge) she has little rigging to rip up the decks in a roll ... boat is clearly designed to roll safely in a broach.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:28 am
by Mark Prouty
Roger wrote:The 26 has hatches that can be secured to keep water out of the boat. The most seaworthy object is an empty bottle with the lid screwed on. We have come pretty close to this concept with the 26.
Could a MacGregor make it to Hawaii. Well, I dunno.
Humm
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:47 am
by Mark Prouty
Next person to bring up the topic.
There's no backing out!!
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:36 am
by Catigale
Prepping for that trip is a simple matter of stocking lots of those 'tomato' plants from that post a few back.....
Nice clorox bottle graphics Mark!!
Trippin
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:09 am
by Randy Smith
too many "tomato" plants burned, or made into rope, would make someone take a clorox bottle(nicely done) across the greatest ocean in the world.......did you check out the "surfing sailboat" on another string?......whoa big fella!
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:37 am
by Mark Prouty
For a true visionary, could the future bring us the Mac car ferry to Hawaii?
Humm
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:44 am
by aya16
If your dead set on going and want a trailer boat take one that has crossed many times safely. That would be a Norse sea 27 foot trailer sailer. Basicly a cork with a large weight on the bottom. Me personaly I would fly to Hawaii and rent a sail boat there.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:39 pm
by Mark Prouty
Wow that
Nor'Sea 27 looks like a beauty of a trailerable sailboat. I put it in my favorites list.
I really like that boat. Started a thread on it.
http://macgregorsailors.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2415
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:08 pm
by Chip Hindes
That's certainly a nice boat, but an 8100 lb displacement deep keelboat on a 2000 lb trailer is not by any stretch of the imagination a "trailer sailor". Even the manufacturer makes the distinction of calling it "transportable" rather than trailerable.