Morgan Out Island | TheaterFire

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wychimp@reddit

Some of the ugliest boats out there

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Rednmrfer@reddit

All boats are pretty when you're on them. That said, I used to have a freedom 28. She wasn't exactly pretty herself.

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Alternative_Farm_815@reddit

Have you seen the OI Pilot House? It’s my fault for having eyes

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wychimp@reddit

A pilot house…on a 33’ deck stepped boat…wild https://preview.redd.it/y80dxd2vgzqf1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bb10a3583482021595892c622abbb97a3a33274

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Alternative_Farm_815@reddit

Not deck stepped. Loose footed main too!

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sailingtroy@reddit

"Gentlemen don't sail to windward."

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bryangcrane@reddit

Ton of room in those pigs, though. :-)

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VerStannen@reddit

I’ve never seen one, but boy you ain’t wrong! https://preview.redd.it/6xa86bdfczqf1.jpeg?width=924&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7033e5efac25b3a3639c5356abb33043b5bcf3e3

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worktogethernow@reddit

I guess I don't have an eye for what makes a boat pretty. I like this boat.

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VerStannen@reddit

I don’t think it looks terribly bad. It has everything that makes a good cruiser, except the actual sailing performance part.

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yelruh00@reddit

It looks like a sailboat was attached to another sailboat

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yottyboy@reddit

Built for comfort. We had the ketch version. Leeway was insane.

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Arthur-Dent7x6@reddit

Goes nearly as fast sideways as it does forwards.

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TheBirdmann@reddit

I visit my liveaboard buddy on his often and it’s really a cozy boat if well maintained, but they’re all aging and many not very gracefully from the ones I’ve seen for sale.

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overthehillhat@reddit

Looked enuf like a beer keg from the stern that : My friend called his :: ''On Tap'' With a big Wooden Barrel Tap in the center 1970's

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MrRourkeYourHost@reddit

I like big beams and I cannot lie.

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jackdog20@reddit

If you could fully restore one with all the modern equipment, new motor, new interior, hard canopy, solar panels, air conditioning, this would be the boat for me.

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Spent a week on one of those with the Boy Scouts cruising the northern Florida keys, it was awesome. We caught 30+ fish on it while sailing, anchored in the keys at night. Fell in love with sailing and want to get back one day.

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otherwayaround1zil@reddit

Were you out of Sea Base? I also went there on High Adventure, and I think we were on a Morgan. Unfortunately, we barely had any wind on the whole trip, but it was still a blast. I grew up sailing and miss it now.

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jackdog20@reddit

Yes Sea Base, coral reef sailing adventure, we had 2 Morgans with our group and it was a blast. I could see myself buying one someday, cruising the Caribbean for a few months.

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texasrigger@reddit

Never seen one that didn't have bad chainplates. I'm in the process of making chainplates for a 415 ketch right now.

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TheLesserWeeviI@reddit

THICC

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worktogethernow@reddit

Woooo. The line drawings don't show off the beam like that.

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Strict-Air2434@reddit

OI41? Tractor

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annoyed-genx@reddit

I was recently tempted by one in Brunswick...but it needed so much cosmetic work...I still talk myself out of it a few times a week

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FredIsAThing@reddit

I cruised on one of those for a week the other year. Quite roomy.

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madstinknsick@reddit

Damn thats phat

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AppropriateBunch147@reddit

It’ll creak in ya

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Substantial_Cable_51@reddit

I remember the out islands having terrible issues with blisters and general quality issues in the fiberglass layup

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mathworksmostly@reddit

Greased brick

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robbor123@reddit

4 knot shitbox.

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msrivette@reddit

Girthy!

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Ybor_Rooster@reddit

Thems be child birfin' hips!

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fartgoblin6969@reddit

my family had this boat when i was growing up, ugly as hell but great memories on it on the great lakes. i think they sold it for like $20k in 1997 when they finally got rid of it due to divorce. IIRC the deck had a balsa core and it needed to be redone which affected the price, i think it had water intrusion and was mush.

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Far-Advantage4299@reddit

I don’t want none, unless it’s got beam hun! Aka she is thicccck!

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squishyPup@reddit

The position of the rubrail, portlights, and toerail are a little odd, but I always loved that low and heavy shape, especially on the transom.

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IncidentUnnecessary@reddit

I was so in love with this boat as a kid or maybe it was the 51' - was that the one with the center cockpit? Total fantasy boat!

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