Macgregor Owner Reviews

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Review of the Macgregor 26X by Rickie Kresge

Year built	2003
Location of boat	Eastren Pa
The boat is sailed on	Lakes
How the boat is used	Weekends and longer
Normal wind strength	10-15 knots
Average size of crew	5-6
Liveaboard?	No
Owner bought the boat in	2004
If the clock could be turned back, would owner buy again?	yes and no
Gear that's been added	it came loaded
Structural or complex improvements
The boat's best features
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc.
Sailing characterisitcs	it sails well on all points
Motoring characterisitcs	disapointed in the motoring , it seem to wander a lot . I checked the play in the cable and its ok but i did find play in all the pins .
Liveability
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any)	good the stove works well
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any
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