November 06 2009
This is the first post  to log our sailing trips with our new to us 1998 Macgregor 26 x swingkeel sailboat.
The boat was acquired in Sept of this 2009, after a few months of looking and learning about the boats. The process was a bit frustrating as MacGregors are very popular and every time we found one that looked good it was gone before we even got to see it. We finally found one that was the right price and in not bad condition, and as a bonus the owner had redone the trailer which is in perfect condition after all his work.  The engine is the original 50 hp Tohatsu and seems to run okay and will do for now. The idea was to get the boat earlier in the year and use it over the summer, but that didn't work out.
We have now had a chance to get the boat out a fair number of times in conditions from flat calm to 20 knot plus winds.  I have had boats of various kinds since I was about 6 years old so I am very familiar with evrything associated with the water. The whole sailing thing is new since I have never had a sailboat, and we are learning as we go. It has been interesting and I think we now have a fairly good handle on what we are doing.
So now we are starting a blog which will be an online log to track our adventures with the new boat which we see many of the contributors at http://www.macgregorsailors.com/ have done with some very professional looking results so here we go and we look forward to sahring with others what we are doing.