Boat models · MacGregor
MacGregor 26M
Sailboat, trailer sailer · built 2003-2014 · designed by Roger MacGregor
Key figures
Comfort16.8lively, coastal
Capsize screen1.95passes for offshore
SA/D19cruiser
D/L144light
Ballast ratio0.36average
Hull speed6.5kt
- Built
- 2003-2014
- Designer
- Roger MacGregor
- Builder
- MacGregor Yacht Corp. (USA)
- Rig
- Fractional sloop (rotating spar)
- Keel
- Daggerboard (water ballast)
- Length
- 25.8 ft
- Beam / draft
- 7.8 ft · 5.8 ft
- Displacement
- 4,000 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classtrailer saileras owners use it
Forumsmixedfans and detractors
Clever towable powerboat-sailboat hybrid; owners love the versatility, sailors scorn how it sails
- Daysailing
- mixed · tender, light and slow to point; ballast tank helps
- Coastal cruising
- respected · motors at 15+ knots to beat weather and tides
- First boat
- mixed · easy to trailer and rig; light build forgives little
- Offshore passages
- disliked · light build, water ballast, not made for open ocean
- Loved
- trailerable with big interior headroom · planes under outboard power · shallow draft, beachable · cheap to buy and keep, strong resale
- Gripes
- poor upwind performance and pointing · tender until the water ballast is full · thin hull and cheap hardware · awkward motoring with the daggerboard and rudders
- Survey for
- daggerboard trunk cracks and leaks · rudder and kick-up bracket damage · transom stress from oversized outboards · ballast tank valve and vent leaks
- Cross-shopped
- Hunter 260 · Catalina 250 · Compac 23 · Rhodes 22
Owner opinion from sailboatowners.com, cruisersforum.com, practical-sailor.com, sailnet.com
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