I've actually sailed on a MacGregor 26 (the 70's vintage boat, not the M or X) a couple of times and it wasn't a bad boat. Build quality was not very high, but as trailerable sailboats went it was OK. Seemed pretty comparable to Hunter 25s and Chrysler 26s I looked at when boat shopping in the early 90s, and was about on a par with the San Juan 24 and 21 I've sailed on in terms of the interior comforts. When I was originally shopping, I looked at a lot of trailerable boats before deciding I wanted a "real" keel boat and ended up with my C&C 25. (BTW, the best trrailerable boat I looked at was a Paceship, which I understand was actually a C&C design.)
So I'd guess that the 26 would be a "good old boat", but not the 26M or 26X from what I know of them. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Russ & Melody Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:08 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com 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%20%3cmailto: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%0b> > >> < mailto: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 <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/> > >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com < mailto: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 <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/> > >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/> > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/> > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/> CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/> CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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