Boat models · MacGregor
MacGregor 26X
Sailboat, trailer sailer · built 1995-2003 · designed by Roger MacGregor
Key figures
Comfort15.6lively, coastal
Capsize screen2.02fails the screen
SA/D16cruiser
D/L138light
Ballast ratio0.37average
Hull speed6.4kt
- Built
- 1995-2003
- Designer
- Roger MacGregor
- Builder
- MacGregor Yachts Inc. (USA)
- Rig
- Fractional Sloop
- Keel
- Centerboard (trunk), water ballast
- Length
- 25.8 ft
- Beam / draft
- 7.8 ft · 5.5 ft
- Displacement
- 3,750 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 to tow and launch, but a compromised sailer and motorboat with weak ballast and build.
- Daysailing
- respected · quick to rig, lively, easy to launch
- Coastal cruising
- mixed · sheltered water only; cramped and wet
- Offshore passages
- disliked · water ballast and light hull are unsuited
- First boat
- mixed · cheap and simple but forgiving only in light air
- Loved
- cheap to buy and own · tows behind a midsize car or SUV · fast under power and sail · launches in minutes
- Gripes
- tender and rounds up in gusts · pounds in a chop · thin, flexible hull and light build · cramped cabin with little headroom
- Survey for
- water ballast tank leaks or corrosion · cracks at the mast step and deck · rudder and transom fitting wear · tired outboard bracket and trailer
- Cross-shopped
- MacGregor 26S · Catalina 250 · Hunter 23 · O'Day 25
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