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Morgan 34 Used Boat Review

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By today's standards, the Morgan 34 is a small boat, comparable in accommodations to a lot of 30-footers. When the boat was designed, she was as big as most other boats of her overall length. In profile, the boat has a sweeping, moderately concave sheer. The ends of the boat are beautifully balanced: the bow profile is a slight convex curve, the overhanging counter aft is slightly concave. Esthetically, hull shapes of this period from the best designers are still hard to beat.

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As I approach twenty years of surveying boats, most issues that I encounter are repetitive. The root causes for these repeat problems usually involve safety issues that could have been prevented...

Rendez-Voile: Quebec Sailors Launch Their Own Show

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For many years now, the large and active Quebec sailing community has felt somewhat let down by the annual Montreal Boat Show, which gives little attention to sail-specific activities (booths, vendors,...

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This is the last of a three-part series describing the planning and installation of an inboard diesel engine in my previously engine-free Cape Dory 36. In Part I I described project...

A Better Bridle Plate

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In the midst of discussing bridles, snubbers, and rigging multiple anchors, ten years ago we introduced the idea of an improved bridle plate—see “Adjustable Bridle and Chain Hook." Now we have...

Pearson 37 and 37-2 Used Boat Review

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Raising Sail in the Digital Age: Attracting the Next Generation of Sailboat Buyers

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In the process of our ongoing investigation on the effect of time and wind gusts on anchor setting and holding capacity, we performed limited testing at short scope and couldnt help but notice that holding capacity at short scope varied greatly. When recovering the test anchors, some anchors would lift out of the bottom while we were pulling the dinghy over to them, while others required heroic efforts even when the rode was nearly vertical.
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Morgan 34 Used Boat Review

By today's standards, the Morgan 34 is a small boat, comparable in accommodations to a lot of 30-footers. When the boat was designed, she was as big as most other boats of her overall length. In profile, the boat has a sweeping, moderately concave sheer. The ends of the boat are beautifully balanced: the bow profile is a slight convex curve, the overhanging counter aft is slightly concave. Esthetically, hull shapes of this period from the best designers are still hard to beat.