Ho, ho, ho. Why don't you head back to sailing anarchy and dis rich guys about how their $500,000 crusing boats are "4kt sh@tboxes and leave these folks alone pal...

If you have a Mac with a bigger than factory approved 50 HP engine, what modifications did your installer carry out to mount it? (Example: Extra backing sheets at the transom.) Has anyone found the added weight damaging to the boat or really making a dent in sailing performance? I'm struggling with ...

These posts are simply outstanding! Just so everybody's clear, I'm the Mac type all the way, a middle class guy with a wife and three young kids looking to share an activity with but with a wife who doesn't want to be limited to six knots and buying something we can only use when the wind is up and ...

Already responses are on the mark. Thanks. Please more thoughts!

Okay I've read everything here and you guys are awesome--it really is an online "community." I downloaded the 26M manual and also recently received a copy of the Mac26M video on DVD in the mail. It was weird watching the video after reading so many of the posts here. Of course the first th...

Thanks to everyone for their advice. I've already asked Paul this, but what do folks who have the blue gelcoat do to keep it looking good--wax and polish once a week? A cover? Also if you bought a blue boat, did it look good when it arrived, or did it look all waxy and swirled like Pauls? Thanks.

I'm looking to purchase a 26M and I love the look of the blue gelcoat paint on the hull. But I have heard from one dealer that he does not like to sell it because it makes the boat hotter in warm weather and scratches easily leaving not very pretty white scratches that you don't see on the promo vid...