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The MacGregor Yacht Corporation was a manufacturer of sailing yachts, located in Costa Mesa California. ==History== MacGregor Yacht Co. was founded by Roger MacGregor as part of a Stanford University MBA class project in the early 1960s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HISTORY OF THE TRAILERABLE SAILBOAT INDUSTRY )〕 The company was in business until early 2013, having been succeeded by Tattoo Yachts. MacGregor produced primarily small, trailerable sailing yachts, from a catamaran to pocket cruisers, up to water ballasted trailerable sizes. MacGregor has also built a catamaran, and a yacht. The final model produced was the MacGregor 26M, a trailerable sailboat, which is now under production as the Tattoo 26.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.popyachts.com/Page/Site-Post-List/103/The-Tattoo-26-Picks-Up-Where-the-Popular-MacGregor-Left-Off.html )〕 The 26M had the ability to mount up to a outboard motor. At least two large one-off yachts were built (c) 1987 - one for Mr. MacGregor's daughter (now the owner of Tattoo yachts) and a second for a private party in Connecticut, USA. Enigma (MACS0024L687), 72 LOA 12.5 beam 9.5 draft was donated by first owner to the University of Texas (years of use???) thence sold at auction to a private party in Florida, USA. MacGregor was known for using innovative features to provide stability while maintaining light weight and easy trailerability. The swing keel was one of the innovations used on MacGregor's smaller boats, and water ballast was another. The model 26M weighs only dry, of which is permanent ballast. When in the water it can take on an additional of water ballast, stored in tanks below the waterline. This allows the 26M to be self-righting; if rolled 90 degrees, the weight of the ballast will quickly flip the boat back upright. MacGregor manufactured over 36,000 yachts during its lifetime. While most of these were the smaller pocket cruisers and larger trailerable models, it also made about 100 of the M-65 model during its 8 year production run, making it the most successful luxury yacht ever made. Roger MacGregor retired in 2013, closing the Costa Mesa factory and ending production. Simultaneously, his daughter Laura MacGregor Sharp incorporated Tattoo Yachts in Stuart, Florida. Tattoo yachts purchased the tooling for the MacGregor 26M, and began producing the Tattoo 26, which is the same boat with minor modifications. Tattoo inherited the dealer network and parts supply chain from MacGregor, and has successfully entered full production, completing a transition and factory move with a six month interruption to boat availability to dealers. Tattoo is currently designing an entirely new 22 foot design as well. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MacGregor Yacht Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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