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Originally Posted by Jeff_H
In my humble opinion, by no stretch of the imagination is a Morgan OI 41 a particularly good "Blue water boat". From my experience with the OI series, they fail on all counts in terms of build quality, motion comfort, stability, sailing ability, ease of handling, interior, robustness and deck layout.
Respectfully,
Jeff
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I recall Don Street writing about an experience he had delivering an OI 41 from Downeast to the Carib. I'm going to paraphrase this as I cannot warranty a perfect quote.
[She got us there, but with no elan or comfort. After arrival, my crew and I, discussed her ability's. She goes down wind beautifully, upwind she still goes downwind beautifully. Upwind, even motorsailing with the engine beating a steady tatto, she was unable to tack through 90 degrees. We all thought she had the upwind ability of a square toed frigate that had lost her centerboard.]
Streets boat reviews were always pretty funny!
Dewey