Morgan 33:
This plan is ideal for experienced sailors who want to sail frequently. You sail our Morgan 33, Bad News, for a flat rate of $2,550, with no upper limit on the number of sails, subject to the following rules:
- You can have one weekend and one weekday reservation on the books at any one time.
- On weekdays you can book full 24 hour day sails.
- As soon as one booking has been used, you can replace it with another reservation.
- Sails must be booked at least two days in advance.
Our Morgan 33 was designed and built by legendary naval
architect, ocean racer and yacht builder Charley Morgan.
Morgan launched his career with back to back wins in the
early 1960's racing his own design yacht, Paper Tiger, in
the Southern Ocean Racing Circuit competition. He formed
Morgan Yachts in 1965 and used his racing experience to
design and produce the Morgan 41 and others in a line which
quickly became one of the most popular of that era.
Our Morgan 33 is a scaled down version of the original
41. She began life as a racer out of Michigan City, but
since 1978 when Bad News was brought to Chicago, she has
seen only an occasional Wednesday night beer can race. Each
year since, however, with her low freeboard, graceful sheer
and stern overhang, she has been a proud and familiar sight
in Monroe Harbor. With a 5,500 pound keel equal to half
her displacement, she has seen much of Lake Michigan as
a trustworthy cruiser.
Last fall, at the end of the sailing season, two of our
skilled captains sailed Bad News in a 35 knot gale and 9
to 12 foot waves 18 miles to her winter home in northwest
Indiana. It was a fast and exciting cruise, and they came
back with stories of braving the treacherous storm. No doubt
we’ll be hearing those stories for some time. Bad News,
it might be noted, had no challenges from her modern higher-tech
counterparts that day.
