Have you insured your Mac26 with Haven Knox Johnson?

Have you considered their standard exclusion clause 5m as follows:-

“IN ADDITION WHERE THE MAXIMUM DESIGNED SPEED OF THE VESSEL OR HER BOAT(S) EXCEEDS 17 KNOTS (20 M.P.H.) no claim shall be allowed in respect of loss, damage, liability or expense arising from such Vessel or boat(s) being left unattended off an exposed beach or shore.”

I don’t know what the rationale is for this exclusion only applying to certain speed boats and not to others but logic is not always to the fore in these matters.

To those that remember this 26x, i moored my 26x at Wisbech marina last week and there in the opposite berth was Spetsai,she still looking good

Although fibreglass, both these vessels looked stunning lying in their births at Excel. Admittedly, I could possibly fault a little slop in the rudder linkages and water ballast was ambitious, to say the least, for vessels of this size. Myself and my wife Yvonne, agonised, as we talked to the MacGregor salesman. We asked if he were in our position which one he'd go for. "Without hesitation the Clipper!" he said ... but of course he would, that was 55,000 compared to the more reasonable 36,000 for the Cutter.

Just thought I'd post to say how much I enjoyed reading Mark Stevenson's article in this month's Magazine.

It made for a very funny read and I could identify with some of his mistakes along the way having just made some enormous bloopers during my practical course. :oops:

Hope your ex crew is now on speaking terms again Mark :D

I need to replace the clear plastic insert for the saloon table in my 26X and no longer have the original as a template.

The recess seems to be just on 80cm x 60cm (odd that it's metric??) with a thickness of 3mm (approx?).