Best 26X Sailing Video

[Starscream]

In case you missed it, someone recently posted this video in another thread. Love it.

Especially with the guy up on the cabin top standing on the lifelines. Mine can't get over this far, it rounds up before the water is at the windows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s--sDUnSC4

[dlandersson]

It IS nice. Some pfd's woiuld make it even nicer.

In case you missed it, someone recently posted this video in another thread. Love it.

Especially with the guy up on the cabin top standing on the lifelines. Mine can't get over this far, it rounds up before the water is at the windows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s--sDUnSC4

[Starscream]

There is a lifesling clearly shown at 0:38. What more could anyone need? What could possibly go wrong?



I agree with you 100%. I just like having a crazy video of what the boat CAN do. That guy standing on the lifelines on the cabintop is just nuts. That's probably 200 lbs, well to the leeward of the center of gravity, adding a lot of "counterballast", and no PFD to keep his head above water when the lifeline snaps and he conks himself on the boom on his way overboard. It's just reassuring to know that the boat can take more than I can give, that's for sure.

I know there was a fatal X capsize many years ago, but no one has really gotten to the bottom of it, or been able to reproduce the circumstances as far as I can tell. There were 11 people on the boat if IIRC, several on the cabintop, and most likely unballasted. I read one account that said that the raft-up lines had not been properly detached, and that was what started the capsize. But no validation of that. And a drunk captain. That accident is always in the back of my head and I always wonder what it would take to initiate the death roll. I've had 400 lbs. of passengers on the cabintop, wake jumping at 24 mph, when I realized that we should have been at 20mph in our current configuration. The boat felt nothing but stable, and for a few minutes I figured that the extra weight up front was keeping the nose down, resulting in the unexpected extra speed. But no, I later found out that the ballast valve was open and all the ballast had drained out. I wouldn't do that again, but it felt just fine. And in my case the cabin top people were of course wearing PFDs.

[Phil M]

It IS nice. Some pfd's woiuld make it even nicer.

Maybe it's one of those body vest pfds underneath his sweater?

[sailboatmike]

Starscream, I think the incident you are talking about was on the great lakes, I say incident as it was no accident, they tried to sue Macgregor over it and lost.

As far as I remember the details from the article I was reading

The boat was borrowed and the operator didnt know how to operate it correctly
There was 6 adults on the cabin roof and 4 kids I think running around inside
There was no ballast in the boat
The boat turned over when everyone moved to one side to see the fireworks I think and over she went

The litigation was in regards to the boat not having a sticker to remind the operator the load limits and remind them to put in the ballast

Unfortunately 3 or 4 kids drowned

This is the big one that all the Mac bashers point to to say the boat is unsafe and can / will turn turtle but Macgregor proved the boat was safe when operated as per the owners manual, which the bashers conveniently dont mention.

I think after that they came out with a sticker to remind people correct operation procedure, not sure how long a sticker lasts in the great out doors though

[marcopolo173]

I found this video yesterday which I hadn't seen before.

Made me want to go out and buy a drone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Gv-p44Quw

[Tomfoolery]

Incredibly, you can see the CB under the water at about 2:45.

[Phil M]

I found this video yesterday which I hadn't seen before.

Made me want to go out and buy a drone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Gv-p44Quw

We certainly get our share of wind here on the prairies so it's nice to see one of our best days on video. I even recognize the locations. Nice.

[Chinook]

Not much freeboard left when heeled that far. Wouldn't be a bad idea to have the companionway hatch closed, just in case. Also, although thrilling to be heeled over so far, I'm thinking that a single reef in the main, with less heel and both rudders in the water would probably allow comparable sailing speed.