SkitchNYC wrote:

.... my brother is now the proud owner
of a 1972 Morgan 28, which he will cruise singlehandedly next year first
north
for the summer and then south to the Bahamas starting in the spring.

Good choice. How is he outfitting it, what's the approx budget? What engine?
Inquiring minds want to know. I like the older Morgans, the 28 is a pretty
good
sailing boat and with it's shoal draft, is an outstanding smallish cruiser
for the
Southeast, Gulf, and Bahamas.

It is solid and sound and had a Perkins diesel put in in the early 90s. The
bow pulpit needs major work and some things need updating, like old-style
seacock, fix centerboard pivot and crazed hatches, etc. Budget is very low,
as this is just a kid who doesn't know what to do with his life and will spend
a little time wandering in a sailboat. The boat was owned by an old guy who
took it to the Bahamas every year but died recently and we got it from his
daughter. It still has his old log books (including an entry about when he hit
a high tension wire leading to the engine replacement). So it is kept pretty
well with a lot of little tricks already put in for singlehanding.


There seems to be a big price differential between the M28 and the M30,
bigger than
the size or capability difference. I wonder if it's due to the boats looks. I
really like the M34 which is just a stretched 30, and seems to go for the
same $$.
Might cost a bit more to keep.

Don't know too much about other Morgans, as we were shopping by price and not
looking only at Morgans. We did, however, look at an OI 28. It had more in
the way of accomodations, but was a butt ugly little boat, and slow as a snail
I am sure.

A while
ago I asked Bob for help in locating a boat for him, but predictably Bob
suggested one of the boats he is selling at an asking price of about double
its
worth. Thanks for the help, Boobs.

And you expected different?

Not really.