Weekend Cruising Setup for Our MacGregor 26M - The Sailing Rode 

consider the Macgregor19 as well as the 26, it has plenty of advantages if you are a small group. personally, i think it is a better boat than the 26m, for a lot less money. we like ours because it is tiller steer, has a break down mast that sits inside the boat. Great boats that you will use

Do you use seawater in the solar shower then final rinse with fresh?

+T Geddes no, if we can, we just jump in the sea water then rinse with the solar shower. But often we just shower with the solar, 5 gal actually lasts us for two showers each.

We also really enjoyed our first boat, a 1985 Macgregor 25. We compare the boats on one of our early podcasts here: www.thesailingrode.com/podcast/003-the-sailing-rode-podcast-trailer-sailors-macgregor-25-26m/. You can find a good Mac 25 under $5K. good luck on your search.

Glad you liked it. We have not reinforced under the bed, but I do plan to put some tabs on the covers as they sometimes move under the bed. Our mattress is 3" of firm foam with 2" memory foam on top.

James Pollock The boat does not have a wet shower down below. We have another video that shows how we shower below.

We are in Orlando and keep it on the trailer, so we go all over the state. We have had some fun trips down to Jupiter and Palm Beach.

Cool. If you're ever down this way or close to this area, let us know and we would love to meet up on the water!

Hey Freedom! Saw your comment, we're also out of Jupiter and looking to get our first sailboat. How do you like the MacGregor for cruising around here?

​@@SeanPaulPhoto For this area, the MacGregor is absolutely perfect. A trailerable sailboat is the most cost effective sailboat you could own since you're not tied into slip fees (i.e. - You can take it home and put it in your yard if you have a place big enough to store it and you're not in a homeowners association that won't allow it at your home. None the less, storing on the trailer is way less expensive then monthly slip fees which is huge $$$$ in this area.) Know that the Mac is not a "day" sailor, you trailer it to the water one day and you would want at least 3 days on the water before you pack her up and bring her home. Too much work for a one day trip. I usually trailer it down and keep it at a marina for a 3 days to a week and then pack it up and bring it back home. So much to discuss about what type of boater / sailor you are and what you're looking for. I love my Mac!

George Robinson We just did a video to answer that question. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mqPV_O_EDeg.html

This is not an ocean boat. The nice thing is that the engine can get that boat back to shore quickly if bad weather blows in. Heating a boat is a pain. Fire on boat is bad. Electric heat takes too many amps. They're in FL. These boats go for 10k and up used. Check out yachtworld.com for prices.

Leentje T They were on the boat when we bought it. Do not know the source. We never move the bimini on the tracks but it is a way to attach it.

Thank you for the answer. I found them at BWYachts.

It works great for our current cruising, but a big cat would be a lot more comfortable to live on.

Not a cat fan at all. They are ugly overpriced floating shingles that all look like clorax bottles on the inside. There motion at sea is disconcerting as each wave hits the boat twice. and the "roamy" ones have terrible hull slap. They are unsafe to single hand on passages. They have 4 cabin layouts and shoal draft that suit the charter trade that has no need for seakeeping qualities. They are also popular with the thorny path crowd but that is mostly a motor cruise whom would probably be better off in a trawler.

Boy are you not the opinionated one and it' obvious you could never afford a catamaran. Every time you open your mouth your bad mouthing someone's choice for something you don't have.

Roger Spinks Everyone has opinions and catamaran's are no more expensive than mono's. Boats are sold by the pound not the foot. But thanks for your opinion Roger and have a nice day. but just for your future edification most cats are built for the charter trade where 4 cabins can be crammed in around a center entertainment area which is ideal for that purpose.. If cats were the evolution of sailboats we would hardly see new mono's at all especially over 40 feet but the exact opposite is true in fact. Cats are a niche market that caters to charter trade and protected area "marina queen" use primarily. Non sailors types and often like the limited heel aspect because they don't understand that heel is a boats "pressure relief valve" for spilling excessive force whereas a cat just flips over. In any kind of weather cats in fact have a poor motion as the wave hits 2 hulls with offsetting force causing a confusing motion and often a horrible"slap" between the hulls. So Roger as you can see I know a bit about naval architecture. If you want to debate the subject then great but leave the playground name calling at home.

Your still full of shit with your bull shit opinions about cats and who buys them.