I know this boat is not a great sail boat but this is what i have at the moment and i believe the trip is possible just as a lot of others on this forum believe possible also cheers.

Macgregor 26 atlantic crossing. The Macgregor is an ultralight trailer sailer designed for coastal sailing not the North Atlantic. Living Aboard a MacGregor 26. Atlantic Crossing on a 26 MacGregor.

I own a 26X Macgregor and yes it is my first sailboat. GDAY ANDY 59 i bought the macgregor 26 about 2 yrs ago brand new for reasons some being trailerable no mooring cost 22 knots cruizer with a suzuki 60 hp 4 stroke outboard. AFAIK the smallest boat to circumnavigate was 17 and its been done in an open 19 boat.

It covers sailing powering trailering launching and how the. The Blue Riband ˈ r ɪ b ə n d is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest average speedThe term was borrowed from horse racing and was not widely used until after 1910. Contrary to marketers of lesser vessels who like to say otherwise MacGregor Yachts is a builder of ocean sail boats and not a builder of boats meant for the first time purchaser.

We did blue water sailing in an Ericson 35 a much heavier and stronger boat than a Macgregor. We mostly day sailed the two summers we owned the boat but in the second summer we spent some weekends and one niters having a great time. Note that I have not done an in-depth evaluation.

After reading many articles about owners of Macgregors crossing the Gulf stream we started to. We have been thinking of buying a MacGregor for years mostly because we live right on the Intracoastal at a place that the bridge over the inlet does not raise a MacGregor would let us lower the mast so we could get out to the ocean without having to sail 3. You come across as a biased snob with your arguments.

The issue is partly the stores load and partly the ability to make distance good in a wide variety of weather. Since the MacGregor doesnt capside and doesnt sink even when filled with water would it be safer for crossing the Atlantic than a 30 Bayliner. A few years ago Michael Perham sailed across the Atlantic and became the youngest to do so aboard a Tide 28 a boat with many simularities as a Mac 26.