Thanks to all respondents on the bilge pump topic.

Thanks. Interesting fact. I thought all hollow-hulled boats over a certain length had to have bps, even if design specs could prove the hull 'unsinkable."
Noticed many respondents on the topic and in the Mac 26 community at large have installed their own or advocate doing so.

Thanks to all respondents for the helpful and informative feedback.

Boat I’m considering apparently just has standard OEM main and jib rigging. Looking for opinions on whether the jib can be managed from the cockpit single-handed. I was thinking it might be essential to have a furler based on my reading and videos. Experienced sailor / sales guy says the foresail ca...

Have an 2002 :macx: on a perfect day I get 5.5kt under sail. Ive hit 6 a few times briefly but not been able to sustain that. Anything above 4 feels great imho. Thanks for that - very helpful. With all the hoopla about this being such a fast boat for its size, good to receive a bit of reality to ba...

Thank you for the detailed response. Boat I’m considering has but original stock main and jib. Looks like I won’t be leaving any dolphins in the dust. But that’s OK. First boat with diapers.

Hull speed; 5.2 - 6.1 knots. Thank you for the input. Mr. Mac always claimed that the 26 was faster than it's peers of similar length; I was thinking that that is because the 26 is perhaps a semi-displacement hull that can plane at a certain speed, and that it has a lower displacement weight than a...

Outboard spped with a 50 HP outboard is likely to be 12 - 16 knots (water ballast/no water ballast). Was this X previously in Ohio/Indiana? I might be familiar with it. 8) Can anyone give me a ballpark knot reading on this boat’s probable SOG running a Yamaha 50 iron jib - 17°pitch propeller- at WO...

Can anyone give me a ballpark knot reading on this boat’s probable SOG running a Yamaha 50 iron jib - 17°pitch propeller- at WOT and likely fuel flow at that throttle angle? With and / or without full ballast? Also, what kind of unassisted, strictly sailing speeds am I likely to see with correctly t...

Thank you for the replies. I have located what appears to be very clean 2002 X. Different questions keep popping up as I evaluate the boat, as I have no experience with sailboats or motorsailers. I look forward to everyone’s feedback.

Is the 2002 26X equipped with bilge pumps? If not, are there existing through-hulls on the vessel that can be utilized when I install them?