When I was 9 my Dad bought a new 1969 Venture 21 and I was so excited you would think it was Christmas. We couldn't sail worth a damn but it didn't matter (damned dealer did not paint the swing keel when the boat was on the trailer...so beyond our sailing ineptitude we were dragging around a 4 foot barnacle carrier...talk about slow!).
But...43 years later I am still excited about sailing. Is a V-21 a Mac 26? No. Two different animals. But same idea. We all gotta start somewhere. David F. Risch 1981 40-2 (401) 419-4650 (cell) > From: sam.c.sal...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:24:00 -0700 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Fwd: Two more boat reviews on the horizon > > I work part time in the summer for a Macgregor dealer here on Ghost Lake in > Alberta. I set up all the new boats and bolt on all the extras. (and fix them > when they run them up the bank!) > > As Ken says, they really sell well. > > When I'm out on the lake in my C&C 26, by far the most boats out there with > me are Macs. Mac owners may not know what they are doing, but they are > enjoying doing it! > > Wherever I go in the world, I see Macs - everywhere! > Sure they're ugly; Sure they don't sail worth a s#%t; Sure they are badly put > together - but they have probably introduced more people to sailing than > C&C's. > ...and boy are Macgregor owners loyal. Lots upgrade to new Macgregors - we > often sell the same boat 2 or 3 times. > However, you can't have boaty conversations with Mac owners. They don't talk > about outhauls or leech lines (unknown to them). They want to talk about > stainless steel BBQ's and cockpit tables. > Not my idea of a boat, but if it gets people out on the water, how bad can it > be! > > Sam Salter > C&C 26 Liquorice > Ghost Lake Alberta. > (I'm off to the BVI's on the 19th.. 6 guys, 52 foot, brand new Jenneau, > sailing and drinking!) > > On 2013-01-03, at 4:04 PM, Graham Collins <cnclistforw...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > So does heroin. Doesn't make it something to aspire to or respect... > > > > Graham Collins > > Secret Plans > > C&C 35-III #11 > > > > > > Ken Heaton wrote: > >> The Mac 26X does one thing really well. It sells. > >> > >> Ken H. > >> > >> > >> On 3 January 2013 16:05, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net > >> <mailto:f...@postaudio.net>> wrote: > >> > >> Richard -- it's not so much the MacGregor line that I take issue > >> with; it's the 26X in particular. It seems like an attempt to do > >> many things, with the result that it does none of them very well… > >> > >> Fred Street -- Minneapolis > >> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > >> > >> On Jan 3, 2013, at 12:58 PM, Richard N. Bush <bushma...@aol.com > >> <mailto:bushma...@aol.com>> wrote: > >> > >>> The major attribute of the MacGregors is that they introduced > >>> many people to the world of sailing and I know for a fact that at > >>> least one of them eventually became a dedicated C&C owner... > >>> (1975 Venture 25 model, long, long ago and far, far away...) > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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