New Crew Member - Biggest Mac Clan?
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:59 pm
Imagine our surprise when my wife went in for her yearly checkup and found out she was 4 months pregnant! We thought we were done 3.5 years ago after four kids, we had got rid of ALL our baby stuff since.
So now we will be a crew of 7 on a Mac26X. In the 3+ years I've been around this board, I don't think I've ever heard of such a large family on a Mac. Any Mac family got 5 or more kids?
My first boating thought was that I need a bigger boat so I've been paying some attention to the larger trailerable boat thread...but the bottom line is that I sail shallow waters and bridges with only a 40 ft clearance so I think the Mac is still the best boat for us.
But it will probably drive a couple of major changes, first off would be a full enclosure...which I had been thinking about anyway but couldn't justify the high cost yet. With 7 people trying to camp out on a Mac, I think its pretty important to be able to sleep a couple kids in the cockpit with 5 down below in the cabin.
Secondly would be that I can't keep towing with my minivan and will finally need to bite the bullet and buy a big SUV. I've been looking at the Suburban and all its twins, the Sequoia and the new Nissan Armada with its 9100lb towing capacity. Funny thing is that while I'm looking at the numbers, I saw that the Honda Odyssey I have actually has more interior space than a Suburban. I wouldn't have thought that just looking at them.
So now we will be a crew of 7 on a Mac26X. In the 3+ years I've been around this board, I don't think I've ever heard of such a large family on a Mac. Any Mac family got 5 or more kids?
My first boating thought was that I need a bigger boat so I've been paying some attention to the larger trailerable boat thread...but the bottom line is that I sail shallow waters and bridges with only a 40 ft clearance so I think the Mac is still the best boat for us.
But it will probably drive a couple of major changes, first off would be a full enclosure...which I had been thinking about anyway but couldn't justify the high cost yet. With 7 people trying to camp out on a Mac, I think its pretty important to be able to sleep a couple kids in the cockpit with 5 down below in the cabin.
Secondly would be that I can't keep towing with my minivan and will finally need to bite the bullet and buy a big SUV. I've been looking at the Suburban and all its twins, the Sequoia and the new Nissan Armada with its 9100lb towing capacity. Funny thing is that while I'm looking at the numbers, I saw that the Honda Odyssey I have actually has more interior space than a Suburban. I wouldn't have thought that just looking at them.
