You can do worse than call "Keys Boatworks"Â which is actually a boatyard with two boat-lifts. Talk to owner Mike or his wife Sharon. Located on the Gulf side...
There are several types out there and the shrinkfast is one of them, I personally just kept watching on ebay and got one for about 600. Some of the marinas...
Capt. Mike, We have a 5W PowerFilm flexible solar panel that keeps our 130Ah battery charged. It deploys easily and plugs into an accessory plug (automotive...
Hi Sterling, Photos would be fantastic. Thanks for the input. Dimitri From: morganowners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:morganowners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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Flying Pig Float Plan We're going from Sandy Hook, NJ, to Miami, preferably in one jump. Barring last minute warnings against it, we're leaving Wednesday Oct....
hi Morgan sailors, FYI--subject sailboat listing has 11 photos, an interior that was stripped and no sails. Its Volvo diesel reportedly worked last year. ...
Some of you know that since Hurricane Ike (no electricity) at our Marina, my bilge has been filling up about every 5 days. Now, I'm not a mechanic... So I'm...
Servicing Your Stuffing Box by Don Casey If your boat has inboard power, odds are it is fitted with a stuffing box to provide a watertight seal for the...
... Some of you know that since Hurricane Ike (no electricity) at our Marina, my bilge has been filling up about every 5 days. Now, I'm not a mechanic... So...
I replace my stuffing box packing all the time with the boat in the water. I separate the lock nut from the stuffing box and back the stuffing box away from...
In theory the shaft log hole is not suppose to be so much bigger than the shaft that a decent pump can't stay ahead if the rubber hose fails. That same...
Now I understand Tom. I had thought the idea was to have the rag outside the stuffing box and try a little slight of hand; dig out packing with water gusping...
Any 41 Classic or OI owners heading to The Boat Show. My Wife and I will be there Sat. to do some "tent" shopping and research. Maybe we can throw a few down...
I am there too. SV Dadidoc 1984 Morgan 416 Mike Barnes 610-547-0225 is my cell. Have a slip at Port Annapolis Marina in Back Creek - Could host a small...
This is the beginning of a series of posts on our passage to Miami from Sandy Hook, NJ. If you'd like to see them in real time, you can subscribe to the...
Miami Passage - Day 2, October 3 Hello from the Atlantic Ocean, 37*14'N, 74*42'W. As we left you, we were beating our way Southwest at the lower end of...
I am a St. Augustine, FL, resident, and I am being ordered to Ft. Walton Beach. FL, for a year or less. Since I will be traveling frequently and spending...
... wrote: So, I am interested in a boat that can be sailed by a single hand, yet not so small as to make living aboard 4-5 days a week a drag/3 weeks a month...
Lee, I now live in Roatan Honduras and have lived on my Morgan 36 OI for the last 15 years, she is a great live aboard and properly rigged is an easy single...
Lee- I think that a 33 is the ideal size because of the shallow draft/good sailing characteristics/ generous interior size---- it is a full keel boat so it...
Hi Lee;    I have a 1967 Morgan 34 and we have lived on it for 10 months and traveled from CT to St Augustine and back. The early Morgans are heavily...
Lee, I have had a Morgan 321 for 10 years, Unfortunately due to wife's tendency to get skin Cancers we have hardly used the boat. It is an excellent sailing...
Having had an O/I 41 for 26 years, lived on it for 11, then an O/I33 for 3 yrs, then a Bayfield 29 for 2 yrs and now a Sundowner 30 tug, the 33 is the best...
Miami Passage - Day 3, October 4 Hello from the Atlantic Ocean, 35*17'N, 75*19''W. We left you as we were tacking toward Cape Hatteras, the graveyard of the...
We have a Morgan 28 O/I (Out Island). It is spacious for a 28 footer -- standing headroom everywhere except the passage between the forward and center portions...
Miami Passage - Day 4, October 5 - Happy 60th Birthday, Amy! Hello from the Atlantic Ocean, 33*54'N, 77*20'W. We left you as we were about to enter the...
Miami Passage - Day 6, October 7 Hello from Charleston Harbor, opposite MegaDock! As we left you last night, we'd just released a sailfish and changed over to...
Miami Passage - Day 5, October 6 Hello from the Atlantic Ocean, 32*51'N, 79*17'W. We left you as we were about to cross the Frying Pan Shoals - well, sorta, as...
Miami Passage - Day 6, completed - October 12 When we left you, we were rolling up to the City Marina, about 7 hours into our 6th day, to take on some fuel in...