Any one have any experience or thoughts with this design? http://dixdesign.com/55cat.htm I understand Dudley is a highly respected mono...
Thank you for your responses. Sharpii2 would your 25% rule apply to total capacity or per side? Does any one have access to information on the...
I was thinking of a retro-fit application by flaring the hull, it would seam to me to be the least expensive approach, PVC tubes glassed over on...
How would you go about calculating the reduction in heal by adding water ballast to a boat? What are the measurements and variables do I need to...
The capsize ratio of the MacGregor is 1.5, why would a 42 Nauticat with a capsize ratio 1.62 be more stable? The new box rules that have...
at or around the same price point as the Mac I was shoping the Santa Cruz 50's they are a few years older then the Macs, and many have been raced...
Nope, no new boat yet. I am still leaning towards the Macgregor 65 one of the latter pilot hose versions if I can find one in the right...
Cyclops you’re talking about initial stability, which is only related to total stability. A narrow shape will be less resistant to heeling. But...
Some one beat me to the boat in Seabrook Texas. I did speak with the broker at length. The boat was described as "ruff"- I guess it was in need of...
With a two girls one five years and the other eighteen months I understand completely...
I would very much like to speak with an owner that was not trying to sell there boat, do you know if that forum was archived some were?
Ok stats I found for Sundeer LWL 59 LOA 60 Draft 6.0 Displacement 36,500 Ballast 11,500 Sail area 1200sqft So my question is if Sundeer...
I understand that the Mac is going to have poor initial stability, this goes to what I have heard from owners” the first 15degeres of heal comes...
32,000LB with 12,000lb of ballast sounds about right to me, most boats of the last couple of decades seam to have 1/3 displacement to ballast...
LoL... I spent a good amount of time sailing on a Westsail 32 around Hawaii... trust me I would not do that again. Why would the big Mac...
Witch Mac did you sail on one of the early racing boats or one of the latter pilothouse versions? there being nearly 10,000 lb more fiber glass...
Recently I have started shopping for my next sail boat. I have found a few MacGregor 65 in excellent shape for very reasonable prices. is there...