I have a dream. It's a recurring dream. I've been cruising my boat for years at five knots, under sail and under power - five knots no matter which way the wind blows or how hard I press on the throttle. In a heartbeat.
Conventional wisdom says that a motorsailer is a boat that does neither thing well.
MacGregor feels that this is a boat that breaks that mold, that this is both a true sailboat and a true powerboat. The snotty conditions on test day would really tell us. When Needed My heart beat fast as I parked the car. Flags were snapping like assault weapons this October afternoon, and foam was streaking the bay flecked by 18-25 knot puffs from the northwest. Art Rieders of Havencraft in Sudbury, Massachusetts, showed me aboard.