We recently had the chance to help a couple sail to the Bahama’s and learn about their new 46′ Outbound Sailboat. We left from South Florida in the evening and arrived in  the Berry Islands the next evening. We spent the next couple of days practicing docking, sailing and doing man overboard drills. Of course we watched several beautiful sunsets, enjoyed the beautiful scenery and the wonderful people of the Bahamas.

The Boat was a dream to sail. It easily made 8 knots with the sails slightly reefed in less than 15 knots of wind and had a comfortable motion when we were motor sailing upwind in the gulfstream in 2-5 foot seas. We did our MOB drills in 25 Knots with the main triple reefed and the solent (staysail) on its 3rd reef and were comfortably moving at 5 knots. The boat came about with no problem and happily sailed closehauled back to our anchorage when we were done. The sails and running rigging are laid out very well and easy to use, and the electric winch was an added bonus that made life eaiser but was not necessary to sail the boat. The layout inside was very liveable, and the construction throughout was done very well.

We love our Morgan but someday…maybe…Please Margie…. can we get a shiny new boat?