Yea Chuck.and dare I say, some of us C&C owners may like to upgrade someday too.like who would among us would refuse a Swan or a Baltic or???
Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Chuck S Sent: January 3, 2013 8:43 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Two more boat reviews on the horizon MacGregors: I can appreciate any boat that gets you excited, and MacGregors have gotten many people onto the water that otherwise never would. Sometimes, price is a decider. I can appreciate the MacGregors and Ventures and other boats out there. I started with a styrafoam sailboard called a Snark, graduated to a Sunfish, to a Cape Dory 22, and spent several years boatless, windsurfing 5 to 6 dys a week, before buying another sitdown sailboat, our present C&C 34R. I got a good buy because of the market, and after 10 years have spent more on slipfees, haulouts and upgrades than the purchase price, but I wouldn't do it any different. Love the boat. Guess it picked me? I just don't think we should bash other brands of sailboats. They may like to upgrade to a C&C someday? Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ _____ From: "David Risch" <davidrisc...@msn.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2013 6:58:14 PM Subject: Stus-List Two more boat reviews on the horizon When I was 9 my Dad bought a new 1969 Venture 21 and I was so excited you would think it was Christmas. We couldn't sail worth a damn but it didn't matter (damned dealer did not paint the swing keel when the boat was on the trailer...so beyond our sailing ineptitude we were dragging around a 4 foot barnacle carrier...talk about slow!). But...43 years later I am still excited about sailing. Is a V-21 a Mac 26? No. Two different animals. But same idea. We all gotta start somewhere. David F. Risch 1981 40-2 (401) 419-4650 (cell) > From: sam.c.sal...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:24:00 -0700 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Fwd: Two more boat reviews on the horizon > > I work part time in the summer for a Macgregor dealer here on Ghost Lake in Alberta. I set up all the new boats and bolt on all the extras. (and fix them when they run them up the bank!) > > As Ken says, they really sell well. > > When I'm out on the lake in my C&C 26, by far the most boats out there with me are Macs. Mac owners may not know what they are doing, but they are enjoying doing it! > > Wherever I go in the world, I see Macs - everywhere! > Sure they're ugly; Sure they don't sail worth a s#%t; Sure they are badly put together - but they have probably introduced more people to sailing than C&C's. > ...and boy are Macgregor owners loyal. Lots upgrade to new Macgregors - we often sell the same boat 2 or 3 times. > However, you can't have boaty conversations with Mac owners. They don't talk about outhauls or leech lines (unknown to them). They want to talk about stainless steel BBQ's and cockpit tables. > Not my idea of a boat, but if it gets people out on the water, how bad can it be! > > Sam Salter > C&C 26 Liquorice > Ghost Lake Alberta. > (I'm off to the BVI's on the 19th.. 6 guys, 52 foot, brand new Jenneau, sailing and drinking!) > > On 2013-01-03, at 4:04 PM, Graham Collins <cnclistforw...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > So does heroin. Doesn't make it something to aspire to or respect... > > > > Graham Collins > > Secret Plans > > C&C 35-III #11 > > > > > > Ken Heaton wrote: > >> The Mac 26X does one thing really well. It sells. > >> > >> Ken H. > >> > >> > >> On 3 January 2013 16:05, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net <mailto:f...@postaudio.net>> wrote: > >> > >> Richard -- it's not so much the MacGregor line that I take issue > >> with; it's the 26X in particular. It seems like an attempt to do > >> many things, with the result that it does none of them very well. > >> > >> Fred Street -- Minneapolis > >> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > >> > >> On Jan 3, 2013, at 12:58 PM, Richard N. 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