Hello,
With my family having no interest in sailing and physical limitations with my arm I am turning my Macgregor into a power cruiser so there is no need to keep the mast and sails. The 26M mast was purchased in 2008 replacing a 26x mast as an upgrade (mod) from Blue Water Yacht. It comes with: all the halyards, backstay, main sail (2 reef system) 110 Genoa made by Don Yager in 2016, upgraded spreading mounts, two Harken swivel clam cleats, boom vang, boom, new forestay (rigging checked on 8-25-15 by MacDonald's Marina), Shaffer Snapfurl 700 roller furler. Asking $2,500 or best offer. If interested please e-mail [email protected]
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The 26 X makes a great trawler. Physical limitations is the reason we do not sail. For a easily trailerable trawler the 26X is hard to beat. It is about perfect for 2 people. If you travel long distances a skeg on the rear and an autopilot are indispensable. We just rolled over 10,000 miles in our Mac trawler. We do have all the sailing gear in case we ever sell it.
I understand the reason for going to trawler mode, but I don’t think I’d sell the sailing bits. When you ultimately do go to sell the boat - which eventually someone will have to do - you will have reduced its value by far more than $2500. And for the new owner the price of replacing all that would run into many thou$ands (if all the bits are even available at that point), not to mention the massive aggro... the many hours of research needed to figure out what parts are needed, how it all goes together, where to drill the proper holes, physical assembly, etc. - it would be a nightmare. One’s only hope would be to find another good used rig, and those are thin in the ground.
That’s a great point and now I’m having second thoughts. I love sailing my and maybe in time when I send the kids camp for the week I can rig the boat and have dad time.
Popscott wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:45 am
That’s a great point and now I’m having second thoughts. I love sailing my and maybe in time when I send the kids camp for the week I can rig the boat and have dad time.
I like that idea.
I have a grandson (just turned 3) who loves "The Boat". Sail or motor is fine, either way. Maybe he will take to sailing as he gets older. Maybe you have/will have a grandkid with the sailing gene. Who knows.
Keeping active doing something you enjoy is essential. Don't be shy about asking for a little help with that, if needed.
The key to inner peace is to admit you have a problem and leave it at that.
into a power cruiser so there is no need to keep the mast and sails. The 26M mast was purchased in 2008 replacing a 26x mast as an upgrade (mod) from Blue Water Yacht. It comes with: all the halyards, backstay, main sail (2 reef system) 110 Genoa made by Don Yager in 2016, upgraded spreading mounts, two Harken swivel clam cleats, boom vang, boom, new forestay (rigging checked on 8-25-15 by MacDonald's Marina), Shaffer Snapfurl 700 roller furler. Asking $2,500 or best offer. If interested please e-mail [email protected] 
