Ixneigh wrote:Without breaking waves the Mac should never get there in the first place right?
One could mount a mast head float for added insurance.
Ix
Absolutely yes it will, that's my whole point - Go back to the plastic egg story, the MAC can be blown right out of the water like the egg because of the high freeboard.
If it's blown upside down or thrown upside down and enough water gets into the boat there is a chance it will not recover. This of course all requires the need for a gale, typhoon, hurricane, sharknado, call it what you want - it's the thing that could capsize the boat.
The MAC really can't be sailing in gale force storms at sea. (80% of ALL boats on the water can't sail in gale force storms). And it's common for boats that CAN sail in that stuff to get swamped occasionally.
It happens ALL THE TIME
That's why I like Rogers 70 footer so much - THAT is a LOW LOW freeboard boat designed to slice right under hurricane force seas with ease with a warm dry skipper in a nice toasty pilot house sipping coffee that was just brewed on the stove just a few feet below his helm. All the comforts a human needs in the worst the ocean can throw at you.
Yup, if I was a rich guy that's the setup I would want:
Travel all the coastlines of any nation with a MAC 26 M boat and a decent tow truck;
Travel coast to coast to any nation in a MAC70.
That would be the perfect set up to me. Roger has what I think is the perfect setup.
I would want BOTH boats, the convenience of having both is obvious and I see why so many on this site with big boats also have a MAC.