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Morgan 321

We’ve Taken The Ship

June 20, 2008

New Boat, New Boat! It’s completely official- the deal is done on the Morgan 323. All the paperwork, insurance, survey’s, etc. – even going to the DMV twice because they just have a thing about wasting everybody’s time. The boat is resting comfortably in our slip in Gulfport. Now the fun begins. We’ve already had the cushions Stanley Steemer’ed, steemed cleaned and sanitized ($400), which seemed pricey, but they are two sided and were in dire need of a scrubbin’. Cannonball and I have gone through about every storage compartment and sorted the junk from the good stuff. In the process a few things were found that need to be fixed or changed immediately -

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All Systems Go For The Morgan

June 2, 2008

The sea trial/survey went well on Saturday. Surveyor found no big surprises, just minor “normal” boat repairs. Boat seemed sound and motor ran o.k. Passengers aboard were the Broker, Surveyor, Owner, Cannonball, Rumhead and the Admiral. The actual sea trial took place out in the Gulf for about 20 minutes or so. Wind was only about [...]

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Sea Trial Saturday On The New PyratSail Boat

May 29, 2008

Things are coming together on our possible new boat, a 1980 Morgan 32′ or model 323. We’ve passed the underwater/scuba survey, initiated the title search, secured financing and made arrangements for the full survey and sea trial for this Saturday at 9:00 a.m. This is all a first for me, as every one of our other boats [...]

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