WE WOULD LIKE TO SELL HER ASAP BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING IN A FEW WEEKS AND DONT HAVE THE MEANS TO BRING HER WITH US
$5,000 FIRM IS A GREAT DEAL-NO COMING DOWN
The Morgan Out Island 28 was designed to provide maximum accommodations and handling ease for cruising and is a much sought after design for Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. The 3200 lbs of ballast, wide beam and low mast combine to provide excellent stability in all wind conditions. The accommodations below rival that of much larger boats. Head room is 6' 2", there is housing, sleeping and eating room for 6 adults.
BOAT SPECS:
The MorganLOA 28.5'
Full Cabins: 1
Berths: 3
LWL 23'10"
Beam 9'6"
Draft, 3' 6"
Ballast 3200 #
Disp. 8000#
Mast Height Over Water 39' 9"
Tanks(gal) Water 40
Waste 15
Diesel 35
Horsepower: 30
TRAILER SPECS:
CUSTOM TRAILER MADE FOR 5k UP NORTH (paperwork to prove)
3-axle aluminum rims-load D tires on all six wheels
electric braking system complete w/ emergency breakaway engage
PROS:
The boat has a clear michigan title
Lots of people want to rent out the trailer for a day to move theirs so you could make and easy grand a month if your boat is in the water and you live by the coast
LOTS of space for this size boat, very comfortable and a lot of head room 6'2" -perfect for a liveaboard
A classic cruiser made in 1973, making her a SOLID factory hand laid FIBERGLASS boat in great conditon physically, no foam core
It's shoal draft & low mast open up vast areas off limits to most sailboats
Steers with a tiller bar, and has auto-pilot for cruising
The trailer is a 3-axle beauty w/ aluminum rims & load D tires on all six wheels & an electric braking system complete with emergency breakaway engage
Always has been sailed in freshwater, refurbished in 2008
Workable sails: mainsail, 125 Genoa & 150 Genoa
New cushions are made from antibacterial foam and are in really good shape
Navigation station for chart plotting
Icebox built into the galley cabinet for your cold ones
New stainless steel 2 burner gimbal-mounted alcohol stove
Stow-able propane grill mounted to the stations above deck
Hand-pump freshwater sinks in the galley and bathroom
Nice Jabsco head with option of storing or evacuating your waste into the ocean (no lake flushing please).
Folding swim ladder off the back, and plenty of fenders to protect her pirate-black paint job.
She has shore power, 110 outlets, and all lights and wiring checked/and or replaced.
CONS:
We have had this awesome sailboat sitting out of the water for close to 3 years at a storage facility in TYLER, TX and want someone to put it in the water
She needs to be gone through since she hasn't been started in awhile to ensure that she is seaworthy
For us to get her custom built trailer (made for $5k) titled she has to be lifted off her trailer probably with a crane which we can't afford currently, titling a trailer isn't a must
Altogether (trailer & boat) she weighs around 10,000 lbs so you would need a vehicle like an F250 to pull her or pay to get her towed
She went down in FRESHWATER to her nose in 2009 after a hose in the bathroom wiggled loose while she was getting cleaned, nothing serious. She was under for about 30 hours
After the hose was tightened she floated fine (people intentionally sink their boats on the coast when a hurricane is coming through so it's really not that big of a deal)
Her electrical was gone through when she was brought back up and worked fine
The ENGINE IS AN ATOMIC 4 and has not been turned over since she went down since it was freshwater she should be fine, status known for sure
(a mechanic told me that all she needs is to be flushed with Marvel Mystery Oil and it should fire up fine). She always ran smoothly, and oil stayed clean.
Front cabin could use new wall coverings and outside teak could use refinishing.