With some sadness and excitement for our next adventure, we are selling our beautiful 1990 44' Morgan center cockpit, Magnolia. She has taken us from the Bahamas to Maine for the past four years. She sails well and won a few races back in her early years. Systems and electronics have been updated since we bought her. Brand new Mack mainsail, well-maintained Yanmar engine in a separate engine room, solar with Outback controller, 8kw Westerbeke generator, Cruise RO watermaker, Revere liferaft, and Raymarine electronics. Two staterooms and two heads. Centerline standard queen berth with high-density foam mattress, Ultraleather settees, very good storage, and a mini bathtub! She also has some good canvas! Currently, the boat is near Annapolis. Please Read more [...]

At the September 2013 Annapolis Seven Seas Cruising Association Gam one of the vendors was displaying a mock-up of what looks like a new idea in enclosure design and materials.  Considering it is a different concept I thought it was worth noting.  Canvas Creations in Annapolis has introduced a new hard top enclosure made of Starboard.  The window panels are a firm acrylic, not a soft vinyl, held between edges of Stamoid.  The panels slide on and off tracks.  The forward panel flips up.  A second track for shades or screens can be added.  Handholds made of Starboard are also available. I don't have a personal interest in this design and I am not in the market for an enclosure since we had ours redone.  Just thought that it was a different Read more [...]