I knew a couple with a MacGregor26 -- They'd named their dog Mac:
Mac is on the left and my First Mate is Skipper (on the right)
The owners Glenn and Joanne did what you propose Even Kiehl. IF memory serves me, they have a couple hundred watts of solar above the outboard, and I'm not certain what is over the cockpit. It's been years and I didn't take a picture after they took off the mast.
They used their boat in much the same way you propose.
Good luck. And continued success in your boating life.
This is Gypsy off Bahia Honda in the Florida Keys: (before they removed her mast)