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The MacGregor 65 is designed by Roger Macgregor and built in the US by the MacGregor 65 Corporation, Costa Mesa, California. The MacGregor was designed to be a very well built, very fast, low profile racer/cruiser. They are built in solid fiberglass for exceptional strength and seaworthiness as opposed to being built with a cored hull with balsa or foam. Hence even though she is very fast she is also very strong. About 100 MacGregor 65's were built. In 1992 the hull design and construction were beefed up substantially with with increased hull thickness and added stringers & bulkheads. This is hull number 92, built in 1994, with increased hull thickness, and added stringers and bulkheads. She carries an American Bureau of Shipping A1 rating. A copy of the ABS certificate for this vessel is available.
The MacGregor 65 design is that of a fast, low profile, pilothouse, cutter for cruising and racing in open water. She accomplishes the design goal in spades. She is strikingly beautiful, a real head turner in any harbor, can sail at over 15-20 knots (25 knots recorded max), and with her 150 HP turbo charged diesel can motor at over 10 knots. The cutter rig allowing for sailing with the headsail and/or staysail, allows for great sail plan flexibility and ease of handling. The large mainsail is fully battened and uses Harken ballbearing "Battcars" for easy raising and lowering of the main, even in a blow. Robust aluminum davits are secured to the stern, enabling her to carry a loaded dingy and outboard at sea.
Inside she is spacious and modern in decor with generous use of open space, lexan, and mirrors to enhance space and light. The cabin soles are carpeted and the bulkheads are fabric covered to enhance comfort and quietness underway. She has three private sleeping cabins, (each accommodating 2 people), a spacious saloon (which can convert to two more berths), dual steering stations (inside & outside), large galley and two private heads. The separate engine room is in the stern,
away from the living spaces. Hence engine noise and any odors are absolutely minimal in the living spaces as well as in the cockpit. The engine room is large and well ventilated.
Some of her noteworthy design features and equipment include: the long, narrow hull for speed, (LWL is 63 ft), cutter rig, hydraulic backstays & vang, 32,000 lb displacement, 12,000 lbs ballast, clean, modern interior, 3-4 cabins with sleeping for 6-8 people, reverse transom, inside and outside steering stations, Micro Commander engine controls, 65' bridge clearance, shallow 6' draft (wing keel), 150 HP Mercury, Turbo-charged diesel, 6.5 kw Phasor genset, feathering Max-Prop, fuel 250 gals, water 225 gals, OML water maker, Heart AC/DC monitoring & control, Lewmar windlass, Auto-helm radar, Interphase forward looking sonar, Icom 150 watt SSB, Pactor email modem, etc.
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