A visitor from afar.

[Mipcar]

On the hardstand out our Marina, In Victoria Australia. I'm assuming it was sailed here.
Can anyone identify the type?

It's name is "Dirty Dottie"

Had a furling mainsail of a type I've not seen before. Bit like a vertically mounted headsail furler attached externally to the mast.






Mychael

[msl]

The mainsail rig could be a CDI furler. Check Cruisin Design's (CDI) website - they have it mentioned there. I sailed on a ketch in the Bahamas that was rigged in such a way.

[Valiente]

Now there's an old shoe for you!

I don't like mainsail furling for a number of reasons, but I like the boat. Probably because it looks even slower than ours!

[knothead]

It looks very much like a Morgan Out Island.

[billangiep]

I believe Knothead is spot on...Morgan 41'

[Mipcar]

Thanks guys. Note all the containers strapped to the side. a Duplicate set on the port side. Don't know if they are fuel or water.
What year would that boat be if it is a Morgan41?

Mychael

[CaptainForce]

Mychael, I looks to me to be about a 1979. You can probably get the month and year of manufacture from the number stamped on the upper right of the transom that begins with MRY.... We've been living on Morgan Out Islands since 1973. 'not a high performance boat, but a tough and comfortable "truck". 'take care and joy, Aythya crew

[Mipcar]

Yeah I actually saw some serial numbers in that place. Hull numbers were not compulsory in Australia back in those yrs. In fact even my 1984 boat does not have any.

Mychael

[MedSailor]

Curious. It is a Morgan Out Islander Sloop (they had ketch rigs as well) circa 1980 yes? What is particularly curious to me is the davit+swim step arrangement. A good friend of mine used to have a 1980 Morgan out island sloop and custom fabricated up exactly that setup. The only reason I don't think it is his old boat is that I'm pretty sure he had IN mast roller furling for his mainsail. Maybe it is and I'm remembering it wrong. There can't really be many custom swim step/davit arrangements like that.

If you see the owners ask them if they purchased the boat in the Seattle area and if it was once named "Liberty."

BTW, which marina is that? St. Kilda, Sandringham?

MedSailor

[Mipcar]

No, actually at my Marina. "Yaringa" In Westernport bay which is the smaller of the two Victorian bays.

St.Kilda & Sandringham are both in Port Philip Bay which is strangely enough west of Westernport Bay lol.

Mychael