Macgregor Owner Reviews

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Review of the Macgregor 26X by Roff

Year built	1997
Location of boat	Camino Island Wa
The boat is sailed on	Bays, sounds, or protected salt water
How the boat is used	Weekends and longer
Normal wind strength	23-30 knots
Average size of crew	2-4
Liveaboard?	No
Owner bought the boat in	1998
If the clock could be turned back, would owner buy again?	Probably not, very frustrating rasing mast withheavy genoa even with mast rasing assembly - not the way to go for seniors.
Gear that's been added	Stearing connecting rod - original equipment wasa joke.
Structural or complex improvements
The boat's best features	Wife says head. I say tralerability.
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc.	See above - heavey mylar genoa and no instructionsfor the added weight and cumbersomness.Mentioned earlier - flimsy stearing connecter.
Sailing characterisitcs	Gail force wings in Puget Sound.
Motoring characterisitcs	Great to escape irons.
Liveability	Good for the size.
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any)	We were urged to purchase a milar genoa for our sailing area - should have given special attentionto raising mast with. Instructions deal with only light jb.
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any	See above. We bought from dealer and were trainedby same.
Other comments	Would appreciate any help on special techniquesfor 70 year olds to deal with heavy milar genoa -wifes anxioty goes into the red zone when I suggest taking the boat out.