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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:39 pm
by Frank C
VIiva32 .... Trailerable, centerboard sloop with scoop transom.
Displacement ~8,000
Ballast: ~ 2,500#
Draft: 19" to 62"
Aux: Yanmar 20hp with 25 gallon tank
Mast: ~ 40' above waterline
Main: ~ 250 sq.ft.
Jib: ~170 sq.ft.
Teak decks and Mahogany cabin!
Speed: 6-7 knots (Nah ... Too slow)!
Web Sie
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:58 pm
by keving
What is the web site for this boat???????????
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:06 pm
by Moe
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:31 am
by joncon17
If $$$ is not an object and you truly want to go off-shore with a 30+ foot trailer-able sailing machine the CC31
http://www.corsairmarine.com/ is the only way to go & go fast. If Hawaii is your goal the annual Baja HaHa to the Big Island & South Pacific has 30/40 boats leaving in unison every spring & the Corsair 28s/31s stays with the big cats/tris most of the way. From my research and common sense the Mac is a very limited Coastal Cruiser, sure it can make 60/90 Nat. Mile Blue Water crossings within well planned weather windows & will hug the coasts 20/30 miles off-shore nicely if well planned and equipped. Anything beyond these limitations in a 26 Mac X or M would be unsound in my opinion.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:40 am
by Tom Root
Hmmm, that Viva should be called Viva Mac!!! Alot of boats try and copy our Macs now.....don't they? I honestly like it except one thing......way too much wood for my tastes. I guess my lack of love for wood on a boat is that it really seems like a dungeon.....dark and damp, I don't know, but I'd still vie for a Mac 65' for my next boat! And just keep the X for it's dinghy!
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:41 am
by joncon17
And then again Im looking for the most BANG for my buck and you sure cant beat the Mac with every trinket available less the helicopter on the bow for under the price of a good pickup even with GMs employee discount being offered now.
Not a Mac
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:39 pm
by Andy26M
I'd say the Viva shares some values with the MacGregors, but there is a glaring omission - the ability to go fast under power. I'd say these are more in the family of the Catalina and Hunter trailerables.
- AndyS
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 5:10 pm
by Gerald Gordon
Regarding the 25' Hunter. I saw a pic of their dingy with a 2hp outboard. Does anyone know the make of the dingy?
Liberty
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:17 pm
by Andy26M
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:35 pm
by Gerald Gordon
Nope, It's an inflatable with a 2hp Honda. It's one of the "wasting no time" in the Hunter 25 post at the top