Russ,
Good Old Boat is a good old fashioned print publication. It's a pretty good
magazine if you haven't had the chance to check it out. I've been a subscriber
since about 2004, and bought all the prior issues on ebay. The magazine has
only been published since about 1998. I will admit, though, its boat reviews
aren't its strongpoint. They tend to say pretty much the same thing about
every boat and never say anything critical. The best sailboat reviews are
still Practical Sailor as far as I'm concerned. I bought the two volume PS set
which contains all their published sailboat reviews. PS did review the
MacGregor 26 and said it's pretty good for what it is. But, of course, what is
there to compare it to? It's a trailerable powerboat sailboat hybrid.
Mark
C&C 25
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From: Russ & Melody <russ...@telus.net>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:08:18 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Stus-List Two more boat reviews on the horizon
For me the point really is about respect.
Respect for Good Old Boat, the magazine (Internet publication or whatever
ya call these this nowadays, humbug). How can I offer respect to the
publication if they refer to a MacGregor 26 as a good boat? It ain't! It
may do good things but face it, it is a lousy boat... and an even worse
ferry.
Less knowledgeable people than we may be mislead.
Cheers,
Russ
Sweet
35 mk-1
At 04:43 PM 03/01/2013, you wrote:
MacGregors: I can
appreciate any boat that gets you excited, and MacGregors have gotten
many people onto the water that otherwise never would.
Sometimes, price is a decider. I can appreciate the MacGregors and
Ventures and other boats out there. I started with a styrafoam
sailboard called a Snark, graduated to a Sunfish, to a Cape Dory 22, and
spent several years boatless, windsurfing 5 to 6 dys a week, before
buying another sitdown sailboat, our present C&C 34R. I got a
good buy because of the market, and after 10 years have spent more on
slipfees, haulouts and upgrades than the purchase price, but I wouldn't
do it any different. Love the boat. Guess it picked
me?
I just don't think we should bash other brands of sailboats. They
may like to upgrade to a C&C someday?
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Atlantic City, NJ
From: "David Risch" <davidrisc...@msn.com>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2013 6:58:14 PM
Subject: Stus-List Two more boat reviews on the horizon
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...)
> >>
> >>
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