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The Morgan 24/25, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Charles Morgan as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1965. [1] [2] [3]The design concept was originally conceived by Morgan as a boat with a length overall (LOA) of under 24.50 ft (7.47 m), to be marketed as the Morgan 24.
His intended customer was retirees moving to Florida, who would want a small, inexpensive boat that could be kept at home in a garage on a boat trailer. [1] [2] The first design produced was the Clark Mills designed Com-Pac 16 in 1972, followed by another Clark Mills design, the Com-Pac 23 in 1978. The Com-Pac 16 was originally marketed as "The ...
Island Packet Yachts is an American builder of blue-water cruising sailing and motor yachts, based out of Largo, Florida.The incorporated name for the company is Traditional Watercraft, Inc. Production facilities are located on five acres of ground with 52,000 square feet (4,800 m 2) of covered manufacturing space in central Pinellas County.
Morgan was born in Chicago November 1929 and raised in Florida. [3] Morgan built the yacht Brisote and completed a St. Petersburg, Florida to Havana, Cuba race with Bruce Bidwell. [ 3 ] Morgan attended the University of Tampa [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and took a job with Johnson Sails, located at the Jean Street Shipyard on the Hillsborough River . [ 3 ]
Santa Cruz boats are made to order so the roughly $600,000 base price of a Santa Cruz 52 can climb to well over $1 million; even ten-year-old Santa Cruz 52's are fetching a half million dollars. The newer Santa Cruz 53 with a base price of about $850,000 is substantially a more luxiourious and heavier adaptation of the 52.
Marlow also owns and manufactures the Marlow Yachts brand consisting of long range power cruisers in the 37 to 110 foot range. The company was based in Alachua, Florida, and is now closed. The first boat design was a 25-foot (7.6 meter) long sloop, and another noted design was the Ocean racing sailboat the HC 50. [2]
For a second design Brooks and Valdes located an abandoned Ray Creekmore designed 34 ft (10 m) boat on the Miami River. It was also modified by Robbins, by adding 3 ft (0.91 m) to the middle of the boat and it became the basis for the 1977 Endeavour 37, which was produced in sloop, cutter and yawl configurations. The company sold 476 examples ...
The Chapman School of Seamanship is located near Stuart, Florida on the southeast coast of the state, 40 miles north of West Palm Beach, 110 miles north of Miami. The School's waterfront campus occupies 8 acres on the Manatee Pocket in the village of Port Salerno about 3 nautical miles from the St. Lucie Inlet which opens to the Atlantic Ocean.