Macgregor Owner Reviews

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Review of the Macgregor 26X by Mikael Borsing C/O Janelle Lombardo

Year built	2000
Location of boat	Lake Erie
The boat is sailed on	The Great Lakes
How the boat is used	Weekends and longer
Normal wind strength	16-22 knots
Average size of crew	2-4
Liveaboard?	Yes
Owner bought the boat in	2002
If the clock could be turned back, would owner buy again?	Definetly, We bought it used and in almost perfect condition. It came with many optional items such as;Bimini, Sailcatcher,furling system, slugs, genoa, gennaker, jib, Yamaha 50 4 stroke outboard (only 10 hrs, Raytheon fishfinder/speed/log/temp, shorepower / dual battery charger, mastraising system, head pumpout able potti, vhf (25w), masthead antenna / windvane / light, anchorlight, 6 lifevests, 6 docking bouies, boat hook, flares/gun, furlercover
Gear that's been added	7 gal hard plastic water tanks, JRC1000 radar, Navman 5500 chartplotter, seccond anchor, seccond battery, hatch adjuster, Mr heater portable buddy heater, various trays for galley area, 6 pillows and a welcome mat w lighthouse motif, fishing pole holder, paper and towel holder in head + hook for foul weather gear inside door, seccond masthound sheet for gennaker, seccond cooler, 25w solarpanel, gas grill for cockpit mounting, foulweather gear, boomkicker, scutescoop, schroud schaf protection
Structural or complex improvements	radar tower, smoked plexiglass hatch instead of the original one
The boat's best features	Low price and maintainance, flexible, good performance and roomy/comfortable for its size
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc.	Nothing... except you'll need a seccond anchor to keep it from sailing from side to side ;o)
Sailing characterisitcs	speeds of 4.5 closehauled and 5+ mph in 10-15 mph winds, behaves well.
Motoring characterisitcs	Good charasteristics under power but in foul weather fill your ballast tank for stabillity.
Liveability	good for it's size, especially when compareing it to other brands.
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any)
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any	Yes all well so faar (Powersailing inc, Bourton Oh)
Other comments	Simply love it

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