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Macgregor 26 junk rig. See more ideas about macgregor sailing boat stuff. Also to improve performance one must add the essential controls. At 26 feet it is simple to rig and sail and just as easy to transport.

Included are some notes on specific sailing conditions and various boat models. The M25 had a weighted centerboard keel like other trailer able sailboats but featured positive flotation a low price easy trailer ability and a comfortable interior with an enclosed head porta-potty. Macgregor 26X is a 25 9 79 m monohull sailboat designed by Roger MacGregor and built by Macgregor Yacht Corp between 1995 and 2003.

But I didnt choose it. Initial tests conducted by temporarily installing the new rig on. Instead of chugging with the diesel at 4 knots the Macgregor 26M speeds along at 22 mph.

The Macgregor 26 is a hybrid appealing primarily to trailersailors strapped for time and concerned about the rising cost of slip and mooring fees. So for our 36th wedding anniversary I surprised him with a 25-year-old 1990 MacGregor 26D its the first sailboat weve ever owned. For decades David has wanted a sailboat but was turned off by the prices of new sailboats.

See more ideas about sailboat macgregor sailboat interior. After running my ideas past Roger MacGregor and several sailmakers I decided on a fairly radical addition of 35 to the mast height while raising the headstay to the original masthead height of 28. The boat is lightly rigged.

In 1987 we said the rig was too small for light air and too flimsy for heavy air. But with retirement around the corner his urge to own a sailboat became a priority. The MacGregor 26 evolved after the Venture 22 and the MacGregor 25 which had been built from 1973 to about 1987.