West Coast

[Kolohe]

Aloha all,
I am new here.
I am also "a want to be new to sailing"
I also think that I would like to be the proud owner of a MacGregor 26.
We live in the San Joaquin Valley in Schwartznegerland.
I am totally afraid to go to LA to visit the factory as no doubt, I would be hauling a new 26M home that day....and boy would the boss be miffed if I spent all of her new car money on of all things ...a mear sailboat.
My question....any of you out there have a boat within a hundred miles of Fresno that might be willing to let me come snoop around your boat and see one in person?
I will bring beer...or if you prefer, the boss has some really nice Nebium-Copola fancy wines (that I could probably sneek a bottle[ out).
Have a great day.
Mahalo and Aloha,
Bob (Kolohe)
/b]

[irayone]

Bob
I sent you a private message I am in Morro Bay also from Kauai.........I have a Mac you can look at
Ray

[TAW02]

Well Bob (Kolohe),

I can't tell you which road to travel, but I can tell you this ... I (as well as DayDreamerBob) who purchased an forgetting to confer with the Admiral, hehe at the time ...

The Jump was taken and he and I are still alive. I can't speak for Mr. Bob, but I can tell you this ... SHE FELL IN LOVE after about a few days out on a coastal cruise just off the coast of SouthWest Florida (Naples/Sanibel Island) areas. My wife is a grand 'ol Southern gal who is artistic and appreciative of natural beauty. Be that of nature and all that it offers. So it was a shoe-in, I quess you could say.

I lucked-out.

But .... yeah, I know. On the advent that you don't fare well, take heart! Let me know> I have a garage with plenty of clean cardboard you can sleep on!!!



Big T

[mikelinmon]

I think a factory visit is called for at this point. Be sure and ask for a demo sail. There should be no pressure to buy, just a boat ride. Good idea to have a 2" ball on your hitch along with a flat 5-wire harness. Call in advance, Mike's day off is Wed afternoon (something about a sailboat race) so demos take place 6 1/2 days a week.
(the inside source)

[hamshog]

You can call me. I live in Fresno and owned a 26M. xxx-xxx-xxxx or xxx-xxx-xxxx.

Lynn

!	kmclemore:
	Sorry, folks, but for your protection we don't allow phone numbers to be publicly posted. Please use the PM or eMail links to the right of this post.

[irayone]

You are correct.....Before i bought my boat I took a demo at the factory.....Bought 5 times the boat used just a few years old. The factory wanted to sell me a naked boat and motor for 33k.

[pokerrick1]

You can call me. I live in Fresno and owned a 26M. xxx-xxx-xxxx or xxx-xxx-xxxx.

Lynn

YOO HOO Hamin' X - - Rich - - - are you napping??

Rick Less in Las Vegas

PS Lynn - - suggest you PM your phone numbers to him - - -because as soon as Rich wakes up from his beauty nap - - - these numbers will no longer appear in your post - - per board regulations for your own protection Right Rich

!	kmclemore:
	. Right you are. But by quoting the inappropriate comment you've managed to make me have to do twice the work! Oh, and Rick doesn't moderate the "Powersailor" threads.... I do.

[Kelly Hanson East]

Hey - no Poking the Mods Rick !!!

[pokerrick1]

Hey - no Poking the Mods Rick !!!

That's no fun

Rick Less in Las Vegas

[Hamin' X]

Not my forum, but I'm trying to deal with it. Been at the Pendleton Roundup rodeo for the last two days.

~Rich

[Kolohe]

Wow.... sorry to get people in trouble with the phone numbers.
So, now I have a question.
You must promise not to laugh.
And this question is geared more to Mike.
Would you sail a Mac 26 to Hawaii from SF Bay?
Do you know anyone who has done it?
Stop laughing.
My wife and I are adventurers. We have done things like touring the USA and Canada on a GoldWing (70K miles in 3 years)...and sailing around Tahiti on a 4 masted scooner....
Because of eye surgery gone bad, I no longer have a driver's license....so, I figure a police officer can't give me a ticket if we are 12miles out.
Hence sailing...the next big adventure....and sailing to Hawaii after a year or so of learning.
What do you think?
What boat would you recommend?

[Russ]

Would you sail a Mac 26 to Hawaii from SF Bay?
Do you know anyone who has done it?
Stop laughing.
My wife and I are adventurers. We have done things like touring the USA and Canada on a GoldWing (70K miles in 3 years)...and sailing around Tahiti on a 4 masted scooner....
Because of eye surgery gone bad, I no longer have a driver's license....so, I figure a police officer can't give me a ticket if we are 12miles out.
Hence sailing...the next big adventure....and sailing to Hawaii after a year or so of learning.
What do you think?
What boat would you recommend?

Blue water sailing in a Mac? No way.
I suppose a person could do it, but the Mac isn't that kind of boat.

This is mainly a coastal boat with a big motor. A trip to Catalina, sure, to Hawaii, get a deep keel boat at least 35' long in my opinion. For one thing, a 26' boat is too cramped. Now I've seen people row boats around the world that are this size, but this is a small boat after a few days.

If I was taking a trip to Hawaii from Cali, I'd want something much bigger, much heavier and equipped with a lot of safety gear and provisions. I'd also want a wind generator and water maker among other things. And I'd only do that after getting a LOT of boating education. You can't hide under a bridge when a big storm hits in the middle of the Pacific.

The Mac is a fantastic boat for what it is. Just don't go blue water cruising with it.

--Russ

[pokerrick1]

!	kmclemore:
	Oh, and Rick doesn't moderate the "Powersailor" threads.... I do.

[/quote]

Kevin - - - did you MEAN this to say Rick - - - or Rich?

Rick

[Kolohe]

I have not got alot of work done today.I have been looking on different web sites at sailboats.
WOW, there are alot of sailboats for sale.
Funny...not many Mac 26's.
How come boats are half the price on the east coast?

[Kelly Hanson East]

Because we are twice the sailor....

To answer the question on Hawaii to San Fran - there have been lots of people on this board who have started that trip, but they never post the outcome...