Macgregor Owner Reviews

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Review of the Macgregor 26X by mike taylor

Year built	2002
Location of boat	maryland
The boat is sailed on	Lakes
How the boat is used	Weekends and longer
Normal wind strength	10-15 knots
Average size of crew	6
Liveaboard?	No
Owner bought the boat in	2002
If the clock could be turned back, would owner buy again?	Not the 26x. I didn't realise the poor sailing performance I would encounter.
Gear that's been added	no
Structural or complex improvements	no
The boat's best features	Space allocation for storage. Location of the head.
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc.	ok so far
Sailing characterisitcs	Poor into the wind performance.Poor speed in any direction.Better balancing than the older classic I had.
Motoring characterisitcs	I initially had dealer problems with setting up the engine & prop..After that ok.
Liveability	excellant.
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any)	They do not respond...they expect the dealer to handle all problems. Problem is, dealer does not handle problems. That's one reason I was looking for a site like this.
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any	Not a good experience.
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