Boat models · MacGregor
MacGregor 26S
Sailboat, trailer sailer · built 1990-1995 · designed by Roger MacGregor
Key figures
Comfort11.7lively, coastal
Capsize screen2.21fails the screen
SA/D18.7cruiser
D/L98light
Ballast ratio0.42stiff
Hull speed6.5kt
- Built
- 1990-1995
- Designer
- Roger MacGregor
- Builder
- Macgregor Yacht Corp. (USA)
- Rig
- Fractional Sloop
- Keel
- Centerboard (Trunk), water ballast
- Length
- 25.8 ft
- Beam / draft
- 7.8 ft · 6.3 ft
- Displacement
- 2,850 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classtrailer saileras owners use it
Forumsmixedfans and detractors
Fast, easy trailer-sailer with water ballast; weak under sail in a blow and not a true offshore boat
- Daysailing
- respected · quick to rig, roomy cockpit, lively under power or sail
- First boat
- ordinary · cheap entry, easy to tow and launch
- Coastal cruising
- mixed · cabin roomy for size, but motion and stability limits
- Offshore passages
- disliked · light build, low stability when ballast is empty
- Loved
- Easy trailering and ramp launching · Fast under power with a big outboard · Cheap to buy and own · Lots of cabin space for size
- Gripes
- Wet and pounding in chop · Weak upwind in strong wind · Light, flexible build quality · Tender when ballast tank is empty
- Survey for
- Leaks around the water ballast tank · Cracks at the mast step and deck · Worn trailer and winch · Keel pivot and daggerboard wear
- Cross-shopped
- MacGregor 26X · MacGregor 26M · Catalina 25 · O'Day 26
Owner opinion from sailboatowners.com, sailnet.com, trailersailor.com
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