New Jersey to the Bahamas and Back 19'

[Matt19020]

This is not a Macgregor however it is a trip that some people may think about doing. This is a story from a friend of a friend who just posted his expeiriences to the Bahamas in a 19' trailerable.
http://www.wwpotterowners.com/SailingStories46.html

[Love MACs]

Very interesting and informative story I'm waiting for his next installment

Allan

[pokerrick1]

Very interesting indeed - - - but I pass on that portion of the trip which crosses over to the Bahamas in that 19 footer

Rick less in Las Vegas

[Rick Westlake]

This is not a Macgregor however it is a trip that some people may think about doing. This is a story from a friend of a friend who just posted his expeiriences to the Bahamas in a 19' trailerable.
http://www.wwpotterowners.com/SailingStories44.html

From my experiences in my Beija-Flor - and my observations of the Potters - I'd say the Potter 19 is a much better boat for such an adventure.

Elsewhere on Potter Yachters, there's a piece about a fellow who single-handed a Potter to Hawaii!

[Matt19020]

Allan, I am not sure what happened with the previous link but the Whole story should be posted at this time including a map
http://www.wwpotterowners.com/SailingStories46.html

[Love MACs]

Matt thanks for the link, I finally figured out that 44.html is followed by 45.html and then 46. So I managed to read his whole account, and then re-read it. That was an incredible trip And that little Potter 19 seems like an incredible little boat. Too small for my liking but evidently took the entire trip in stride. Great reading, and invaluable pointers for anyone contemplating such an excursion


Allan

[Rick Westlake]

MatThat was an incredible trip And that little Potter 19 seems like an incredible little boat. Too small for my liking but evidently took the entire trip in stride.

If I'd found a Potter 19 in May 2007, I might not have even looked at the I bought and named Beija-Flor.
But I sure-as-heck wouldn't trade my Bossa Nova for a West Wight Potter.

The West Wight Potter is well-designed, well-built, and VERY "yacht-y" in its looks. It's a darling little boat, much more salty-looking and "yacht-style" than the MacGregor IMHO. By comparison, the Mac 19 and 26X/M do indeed look like the "bastard offshoots" between power-boats and sailboats.

But the 26X/26M are much roomier boats, with stand-up headroom and a private head.

Could a 26X do the same voyage? I don't doubt it could. But I will probably take Bossa Nova down the "way-intracoastal trailer-way" known outside the Mac community as I-95 ... missing some of the "neat" stuff, perhaps, but catching up with the sun in a couple of days driving. And, on competing board SailFar.net, the Mac 26X "Lynx" posted an equally remarkable story of his long, wonderful tour in the Bahamas!

As they would say in the land of the Bossa Nova - Brasil - "Tenho razão?" (Am I right? Does that make sense?)

[Hamin' X]

Você é correto.

~Rich