Thanks for posting that. I'm a newly-minted Mac 26X owner myself, and although I had read this and that concerning some of its "Classic Mac" predecessor models and also about its successor 26M, I had heard or seen next to nothing until now about the 19. I can now well see how such a little garageable hybrid "pocket wave bobber" with cabin-stowable mast might be just the ticket for some folks--for example those with overly meddlesome Homeowner Associations with boards infested by fussy and irritable geriatrics. Been there! Also, I had to get a beefy old Durango V8 to yank my 26X around. I'll bet that little 19 could be tugged along by most anything with a tow ball, am I right? So sure, the 19 looks like a little bundle of compromises, but I'll bet they might be just the right ones for some folks.
See my answer to Captain Jim below about the homeowners association and my garage. I have pulled mine (19' powersailer) with a 5.0 Mustang with a high rear end (differential) over the Grapevine with no problems. Then I got a 4.0 Ranger and now a 3.7 Jeep Liberty.
Really nice. I'll never be able to get one $ and besides I'm waiting for my 1971 Mac to give out. Just renovated inside. A little more up to date now. I like the 26 as I need the room.
I sailed with my father in law for many years on his 26. They are very easy to launch and haul and fun to sail. But watch the trailer. They rust away quickly when immersed in salt water.
No! It takes me about 3 hours to rig the boat on dry land not the 10 minutes it says in the video. Even with the mast prerigged. It would be impossible to rig it on the water. If you listen carefully to the video it says that the mast can be stored below for motoring. Or just leave it at home in the garage as I have done several times. As you say it can't be rigged on the water.
You can rig it on the water, I've done it myself, at 19:30 in this video it shows the guy lowering and raising the mast for a bridge, even while underway.
If you look at the back of the hull as at 6:11 you will see that it has two flat surfaces at an angle. Well when it is under sail it is heeled over onto that flat surface which ever tack your on, either the left or the right. Other sail boats have rounded hulls. So with the power boat hull it heels over onto that flat bottom and stays there. With the rounded hulls of other sail boats they just keep tipping and tipping.
The mast looks weak,water ballast is dangerous on a small boat as well. Cool design for low wind in a lake. And I love how you hauled it with the weakest automotive transmission ever made, 1990 Ford Taurus .I believe a full keel sailboat will hold up for a much longer time..not really sure you can classify this as an actual sailboat however.
Jordan Clark My 2ct. Its not dangerous if you fill full. If you fill half then is dangerous. Can imagine bottle of water filled only half. Than you tip on one side where water flow? Same in the boat. You can ride only empty or full. You can fill when you standing in still position.
Try putting a full keel sailboat in your garage no it is not built for everybody no boat is. It is built for a niche and apparently a good size one as many as they are making they have to be selling them to somebody. True is is more like a motorboat than even a motor sailor but it will do both. The way their water ballast is built it is so simple I cannot see any danger in that design it will even empty itself if running above 8 mph I think it said. I think he said 800 gallons well I have run boats with 8000 gallons of water ballast which was necessary in high water to have a better chance if slowing down barges faster and also being able to stop them in places where it takes all you have to get stopped. .
@@captainjim6300 It actually said 800 pounds not gallons of water. I have actually emptied the tank on the water coming into the dock area so it wouldn't be as heavy going onto the trailer, which they recommend. It would be too heavy for the trailer if you don't empty it. Yes it is nice to put it in the garage. Our homeowners association won't allow a boat to be parked outside on the driveway. I actually went down to the factory in Newport Beach and went through some of it and took measurement of the 19 footer on it's trailer to make sure it would fit in my garage.
