History of the Morgan Out Island 33
Below you will find a brief history of our vessel as best we can put it together. If you are a Morgan Out Island owner or recognize the hull number and have more information we would be thrilled to hear from you. Please go to our contact page and let us know. If you have a site that shows the history of your Morgan Out Island we would love to see it as well.
Vessel Background and History
- 1979 Morgan Out Island 332 Sailing Sloop
- IMO Hull Number – MRY02337M79B-333
- Hull [USGS Documentation] No. 599460 Net 12
- Manufacture – Morgan Marine, Largo, Florida: Main Plan; Morgan Yatch, 7200 Bryan Dairy Road, Largo, FL 33543 [813-544-6681]
- LOA – 33′
- LWL – 27’6″
- Draft [Tirant d’eau] – 3’9″
- Beam – 11’10”
- Displacement – 14,500 lbs
- Net Registered Tonnage – 12 tons
- Sail Area – 525 Square Feet
- Hull Speed – [1.34] [27.5] = 7.02 kn
- Vertical Clearance – 48’9″ [with 30″ antenna] Stated 46’3″
- Water Capacity – 50 U.S. Gallons [30 gallon v-birth / 20 gallon bunk starboard]
- Engine – Perkins 4-108 50HP [Serial # ED22195U611945D]
1979 – 1995
Little is known about the history of our boat prior during this time. We can find no records but can assume the owners name and information from a 1995 vessel survey that was completed, which we have now converted into a pdf file. We were told that extensive log books existed and very detailed records about all the vessels voyages were kept until an angry wife through everything away around 2004.
- Owner -Unknown
- Christened Name – s/v Chablis
- Home Port – unknown (Chesapeake Bay Area)
1995 – 2004
As far as we can tell, the boat traveled extensively throughout the Bahama islands. We recovered a very very old GPS which still had track and route data that could be downloaded and we were able to pinpoint the waypoint locations.
- Possible Owners – David Salinger / Don Fletcher / J Guy St. Pierre
- USGS Documentation No. 599460 Net 12 appears on paperwork
- Christened Name – s/v Hopewell
- Home Port – Palm City, Florida
- Destination Ports –
2004 – 2006
At this time it seems to owner for many years had taken ill and was not able to travel on her much and it sat in the marina from this point until we purchased her and had her delivered to us in Alabama. Not much was done during this time, no maintenance of any kind as far as we can tell. It did ride out two hurricanes anchored out with many of the other vessels from this marina and suffered no damage during either storm.
- Owner – David Salinger
- Christened Name – s/v LAUGHALOT
- Home Port – New Port Richey, FL
2006 -2007
The boat was finally sold to a broker close to the marina (as a personal boat of the broker), which also (reportedly) had health issues and had to sell the boat. The new owner was told there was not a thing wrong with it (proof from the survey) and kept it one month before she decided to sell it herself.
- Owner – Margo Robison
- Christened Name – s/v LAUGHALOT
- Home Port – New Port Richey, FL
2007 -2008
The boat was purchased by the current owners in May and delivered to the Gulf Coast of Alabama by a delivery Captain from the New Port Richie Florida area. It was determined at that time that the heat exchanger needed to be replaced and the main head gasket on the Perkins also needed to be replaced at some point. The sail from Tampa to Orange Beach was an uneventful one and she sailed beautify according to the delivery Captain. The next 12 months were spent in the slip doing cleaning and general maintenance and enjoying long weekends on the boat (see coastal). We decided to sell her in 2008 to someone who could spent more time with her than the schedule we now have to keep. It is a great boat and we hope the new owner will be as happy with her as we were.
- Owner – Scott and Deborah Fillmer
- Christened Name – s/v LAUGHALOT / s/v Island Zephyr
- Home Port – Bear Point Marina, Orange Beach (Gulf Coast of Alabama)
Survey Value
The 2004 survey is posted here (download 2004 survey in pdf) lists the value at $33,000 and a replacement value of $125,000. Additional photos will also be placed on the website at http://www.scottfillmer.com/tag/morgan. The NADA guide value is also listed between $20,100 and $22,600 in standard used condition (which is the case here).
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