Half price sale!
- Thread starter Jackdaw
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I'm one third thinking a reciprocating saw finish would be fun, one third thinking that's a terrible ending to a boat's life span, and one third thinking the 'owner' was neither a good sailor, nor driver. I'm really split on what to think!
boat was purchased as salvage for $1500.oo strictly on the intent of parting it out. he received a good motor (not involved in wreak), several good sails, plus all the usual boat hardware. boat had previously been rolled on the highway and was not repairable. the person who purchased the wreak also owns a 26s so he kept what he needed as well. this information was easy to find with a few minutes searching.
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Killjoy.boat was purchased as salvage for $1500.oo strictly on the intent of parting it out. he received a good motor (not involved in wreak), several good sails, plus all the usual boat hardware. boat had previously been rolled on the highway and was not repairable. the person who purchased the wreak also owns a 26s so he kept what he needed as well. this information was easy to find with a few minutes searching.
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I agree, it is impressive to see that. I recall having our sailmaker aboard once, and asking him to look at this or that on the interior, just to get some experienced person's opinion. He made an analogy that fiberglass boat is like a fast food soda cup with a lid on it - when the lid is snapped onto the top properly, it adds rigidity to the structure by holding the sides together. So the deck obviously steadies the hull from bowing in or out.
I recently drilled two holes in my transom for a re-positioning of our articulating outboard bracket, and I was impressed that the transom was so sturdy given how thin it is, relatively speaking (compared to a sheet of drywall, for example).
When Hunter was considering to build the water ballast series, they purchased a used Mac 26 water ballast and wanted to see what the interior of the water ballast tank and were trying to figure the best way into it. I went to the truck, got my chainsaw out, started it and walked toward the boat. I wish you could have seen it. Everyone was "running to them thar hills" as fast as they could go. They could not believe what I was going to do. Fiberglass was a flying while the owner, Warren Luhrs, who heard the noise knowing what it was from as he owned a farm, got a good laugh. Well it did not take long to cut a hole in the hull, turned off the chainsaw and went to the head to clean off. I was banned on bringing a chainsaw again. This is one of the stunts I pulled beside singing the meow cat mix food song to Frank Butler in front of the dealer meeting in Annapolis one year. His response was precious. Frank said he knew I was nuts but "certifiably nuts." The whole group including myself laughed pretty hard.
I'm actually amazed at how little reinforcing structure there is in the boat. It must flex when pushed hard.
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Actually I've never noticed any and I've managed a few miles in mine, not always in ideal conditions. The area over the berth, the berth platform, the head area along with the sink console, the console over the sink and the settees add a lot of stiffness to the boat along with the back of the cabin, the cockpit well, the coamings and the lazarette. Then there is the whole ballast tank running for a good amount of the length of the boat.
It is fun to see a picture like that and make comments but when it starts to turn into another Mac bashing thread I feel inclined to say something. I find it a shamed that people that tend to do this have never been on one and would hate to have others comment on their boat without having some time on it.
Jack if we ever are in the same area I'd love to take you out on the boat or anyone else,
Sumner
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1300 miles to The Bahamas and Back in the Mac...
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Mac Trips to Utah, Idaho, Canada, Florida, Bahamas
Hey Sumner,
For sure didn't mean any disrespect. I sail on LOTS of boats, and tend to look at boats very analytically. All boats, including my own, have strong points and weak points. And I've sailed on a Mac26 many times, a friend had one. Its a decent, honest boat. But clearly the lack of bulkheads and internal structure will effect the boats overall stiffness. There's no way it can't, and I probably notice it way that most would not. But maybe my use of terms was too strong, I'll change that.
And fore sure would love to go for a sail sometime.