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A couple of us plan to meet 9:30 Friday morning for breakfast at Grump's Cafe, located next door to the Annapolis West Marine: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grump's+Cafe/@38.9486311,-76.4924346,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xb88b30c50ca57e05!8m2!3d38.9486614!4d-76.4924977 If that works for...

Great news Jim! Love it when things turn out easier than expected.

Last year I made a plan to meet for breakfast with Jim and Bonnie Cleary before hitting the docks. They also invited along a few other friends, and we had a bit of an impromptu Morgan 38 meetup. Come to find out later that there were also a few more Morganeers in attendance that we missed...

Seems like a great job for a 3D printer, if anyone had the specs. I would probably order a spare if someone ever went to the effort of getting a run together. Truly an inspired bit of design in a boat that also has a few head scratchers (looking at you, keel holding tank).

The trip was great, everyone enjoyed the Bahamas very much :) Hopefully we can get together and tell stories sometime. Are you coming to the boat show this year? I've been thinking of starting a thread to see if we can plan another Morganeer get together. Next time I'm down at the marina I'll...

I know you don't like Raymarine so I won't plug it too hard. But FWIW our Raymarine linear mechanical drive has worked beautifully and the unit fits nicely on a mounting block to starboard of the quadrant.

Thanks Warren, enjoyable read and great pics. Congrats on completing the circumnavigation!

Agree that something just feels wrong about that close juxtaposition of blackwater hose and electrical panel. But upon reflection I agree with Warren that the vertical orientation and lack of pressure is such that it should not be a problem. And ease of access is a pretty big plus when it comes...

Saw some discussion of dodgers on another thread, so thought I would post our solution to this perennial question. Ripple came to us with no dodger, and for the Chesapeake we prefer not having one. We need every breath of breeze we can get into the cockpit during the sweltering summers, and seas...

When upgrading our insurance to come south this winter, we were flat out rejected by BoatUS (and everyone else) due to the age of the boat. It seems if you already have them they will grandfather you in? But would not consider a new-to-them boat of this age. Ended up finding a smaller outfit out...

Beautiful work as always Jim!

Very interesting Coy. Happy to trade info. I'll be interested especially in your experience with the new prop.

I won't be able to see it until the chain is out, but I could swear that the bulkhead is already tabbed to the hull. But even so this is likely the fail point, and redoing it is top on my list!

@Lantzalot those old ones are long gone, sorry! I think butyl tape is potentially the right way to go. My Ocean 60s were bedded with 5200 last year and are already leaking. Was done by the shop that did our decks so could just be poor workmanship, though I will say they did a very nice job on...

1) In the aft locker section there is about a foot or a little more between the V-berth bulkhead and the divider. Plenty of space for what we've got in there, though the rope section is coiled on a peg hung near the top to make sure the chain can sit as low as possible. With that set up, 150' of...

Part of the pull of Chat & Chill is of course all the kids. We have made a bunch of friends on the way through the Exumas, but there is nowhere else with quite the critical mass that George Town has. Not sure the call of "better spearfishing" in the Raggeds will make up for the loss of all this...

Maine is calling us too! Not sure when we will get there again, but if by chance it happens this summer will let you know.

Hi Paul, The ladder is working great - that was my first project when we got back down to the Bahamas. Was able to get the windlass working again thankfully. Peace of mind as we wait out a 30+ kt blow here off of Chat & Chill. Kaliks and good company certainly do help the time pass quickly. I...

Greetings from Emerald Bay, Exuma. We have now done all of Eleuthera and most of the Exumas, and are taking a little break at the nice marina here and entertaining some visitors. Ripple continues to perform like a champ, only minor issues thankfully and the biggest of those (windlass not...

Very cool, congrats on finally making it back to the Pacific!