Apropos AWBs

OOPs Humour transpant needed!

I think we have a different sense of humour south of Watford! Or maybe I shouldn't have included Maxis in my AWB list? /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Personally I have never bought a boat I didn't fall in love with, otherwise I would have given up and been a rich man years ago!

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Gotcha now. SAHB. No not the 'Sensational Alex Harvey Band' God rest their souls, but....

Superior and Heavily Built

Donald

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Re: SAHB

Scarey isn't it! My Dad told me all about them.......

I've weathered well....

Donald



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Stop behaving like spoiled kids !!

I think that people who don't like their boat are either selling her or daft. Why continue to spend all that money on something you don't like?
And if you think owners of old boats (as opposed to old boat owners, not necessarily the same thing) look down on new boats or their owners you're wrong. For a start, with less than 2' of freeboard everybody else looks down on us (except TK). I think those referred to as AWBs are fine boats, my only gripe is that I like variety, and they all look the same to me.

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Hello Donald

God rest thier souls? One of the best gigs I ever saw was....yup, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band (minus Alex) in the Queens Hotel, Dunnon about nine years ago.

Superb gig, took three days for my ears to recover.

Granted I had gone a little apprehensive after attending a Wishbone Ash concert where I was the only one in the audience/band with hair and the audience sat and clapped politely after each number, in contrast to when we used to see them in the dear old Apollo, Glasgow, up in the gods when the floor was like a spring board............

Now I'm showing my age

I remember when this was all fields.....

Regards
Cameron

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Re: Stop behaving like spoiled kids !!

Horse for courses. I adore the Tradewind 35. In 10 years time I plan to single hand whereever the winds take me and for that I will buy one - life will be good. But currently its day sailing on holiday in the Med: for that, the Tradewind would be daft - an AWB is purrrfect. Finally, to nurse me through my final years, an HR or similar with electric everything will be just the job. People who sneer at others carefully considered choices expose more about themselves than perhaps they should.



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I don't have a boat but a mate at work has got me interested. Unfortunately it seems that the boat I like is the lowest of the low to the yachting fraternity, even lower than a cat or an AWB (which I take to mean average white blob). Yep, I like the Macgregor 26M! It's got the freeboard of a bus, marginal build quality, crappy sailing gear and no wood to varnish. However it would have no mooring charges and never need anti-fouling because it would live at home. If the weather forecast wasn't too good I could just tow it up to the lake district or Scotland and launch on one of the lakes/lochs for a weekend. If things blew up at sea I could be back in harbour three hours before a "normal" boat because it will do 22knots under power. And on top of all that it has accomodation that won't give me a stiff neck. I think I could live with the sneering!


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It is not just sneering you might have to worry about. I have read some serious worries about stability on the MacGregor. Although I have no direct experience. It might be worth a trawl around the web and newsgroups before you take the plunge.

I think it may be when the water ballast is evacuated and if my understanding is correct, 20kts is only available when she is empty of water.

I wont say any more as I have nothing to back this up for certain, just advising you to have a good look see. One sunk six or so months back in a Scottish Loch, start searching there....

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Erm , weather can blow up very quickly .. and if you get hit by a line squall what then? Personally if I had a McG26 I'd assume that I'd be capsized at some point and take the appropriate steps .. like buying something else!

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well, i will supply some sneering BUT a teensy bit of envy - i was out in a biggish powerboat and a mcgregor overtook us. Mind you, he was thrashing it, the fool :-)

also, a bus has fair bit of freeboard, no?

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Bst gig for me was Rolling Stones. 1974. Can still remember looking up and seeing the balcony above flexing.....
I was still at school then. Honest.

Donald

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Re: Apropos McG\'s

There's lots of threads on these - I think the gist was - remember they're only Cat "C" so coastal sailing in reasonable conditions is the max they're intended for, they're more tender initially than a conventionally-ballasted boat but then stiffen up as the water ballast takes effect so maybe are not for new sailors, you can only reach planing speeds with a big o/b when the water ballast is out and the manuf. recommends wave heights of less than 2 feet if you're going to motor w/out ballast. That said, PBO had an article by a guy who crossed the Channel in his and motored via French canals to the Mar Menor, so I guess they're ok if you pick your weather and know what you're doing.

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Erm, I used to go and see the Stones (regularly) in a small room on the side of the Thames Hotel Windsor. There wasn't much more audience than band! It was 1963 I think! Can't remember much...

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