Macgregor Owner Reviews

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Review of the Macgregor 22 by Bud

Year built	1973
Location of boat	New Port Richey, FL
The boat is sailed on	Open ocean
How the boat is used	Weekends and longer
Normal wind strength	10-15 knots
Average size of crew	2-4
Liveaboard?	No
Owner bought the boat in	1991
If the clock could be turned back, would owner buy again?	Yes, the experiences were spiritual and exciting.You develope a lot of patience when waiting forwind. Made it all worth it.
Gear that's been added	A parachute that I used as a spinaker and cooking gear. Various coolers but not much else.
Structural or complex improvements	Its on land now and I cleaned and preped the bottom for painting. New backing for wenchesand much of deck hardware.
The boat's best features	You can solo sail very comfortably, often justtying off the rudder will act like auto pilot.Its nice to have a comfortable cabin to waitout a storm in. The pop top saves you from a sun burn and makes for airy cabin.
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc.	The keel winch went bad after a while. The cockpit flooring started cracking and lettingwater into the cabin. The fiberglass underthe mast step was disintegrated. The pop topis heavy.
Sailing characterisitcs	I have been in heavy winds sailing with mainand working jib. I put a PVC pipe over the rudder handle to extend it for better leverage.I have had it flying out on the gulf. I haveused it to surf the waves, it was pretty responsive.
Motoring characterisitcs	I had a 4 hp Johnson when I got it. It workedpretty well for getting in and out of port.It also helped under sail pretty well.
Liveability	I lived in a school bus once for about 6 months.So I am not good one to judge. I've been out4 or 5 days at a time and was comfortable. ButI wouldn't do it with more than two people.
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any)	n/a
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any	n/a
Other comments	It was less work than expected and then it wasmore work than I expected. I would sometimescomeback after a week end banged up with badweather and still couldn't wait to get out thenext week end. Its a good design and the swingkeel makes life on the gulf coast a lot easier.

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