FL West Coast Morgan Owners Group is Forming

Junab Ali, owner of the beautifully restored 1982 Out Island 416 Sleeper asks:

A couple of fellas have expressed an interest in forming a Florida West Coast Morgan Owners Association. We were wondering if there is any interest in holding a Florida West Coast Morgan Rendezvous once or twice a year. Would you mind posting this on your website with my email address? Maybe I’ll get some nibbles.

Add Pelican to the list. Contact us here at morgan416@gmail.com, or get in touch with Junab directly at jali@tampabay.rr.com

2009 Morgan Invasion

Morgan
INVASION
2009 Rendezvous

The 24th Annual Morgan Invasion will be hosted
-- are you ready for this ??? --
by the
St Petersburg Yacht Club at Pass-A-Grille
May 8 - May 10

Here’s the plan:
raft and party at Pass-A-Grille on Friday
race in the Gulf and party at Pass-A-Grille on Saturday
breakfast and depart on Sunday

www.spyc.org

Notice of Race

Rules: The race will sort of be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing and the Sailing Instructions. For example, protests are very very discouraged.

Eligibility: Open to any self-righting sailboat built or designed by Charley Morgan. Boats must have, or be eligible for, a current PHRF rating www.westfloridaphrf.org . PHRF certificates can be delivered or sent to the St Petersburg Yacht Club Sailing Secretary, SailingSecretary@spyc.org or the event chair, GloriaDavis@tampabay.rr.com Boats that do not have PHRF certificates will be assigned a rating by the Race Committee

Fees: Entry fees include Saturday racing, docking/rafting at Pass-A-Grille, one Awards Dinner ticket, a 2009 Morgan Invasion pennant and complimentary coffee and rolls on Sunday morning.
$50.00 for entry forms received prior to Friday April 23
$70.00 April 24 through May 5
$80.00 May 6 through May 7

Registration
Entry forms are available at www.spyc.org Send completed forms to:
St Petersburg Yacht Club, 11 Central Ave St Petersburg Fl 33701 ATTN Morgan Invasion

Schedule:

Friday, May 8
Boats arrive at Pass-A-Grille. Docking/rafting is free for all entrants.
Registration - - - - - - - - - - - 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Buffet dinner - - - - - - - - - - 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ($25.00, reservations required)

Saturday, May 9
Hearty breakfast- - - - - - - - 7:00 am – 8:30 am ($8.00, reservations required)
Skippers meeting- - - - - - - 9:00 am
Box lunches available - - - 9:00 am
Begin departing docks - - - 9:30 am
Lunch for non-racers - - - 12:00 am ($8.00, BBQ, dogs & burgers, (reservations encouraged)
First Warning - - - - - - - - - - 11:00 am
Returning boats- - - - - - - - - ~4:00 pm
Dinner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6:30 pm – followed by:
Our Honored Guest - - - - Charley Morgan
Awards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Charley and our Commodore, Bob Johnson ($25.00 – reservations required)
Each entrant receives one dinner ticket

Sunday, May 10
Coffee & rolls - - - - - - - - - - 7:00 am – (complimentary)
Boats begin departing - - - - 9:00 am

Classes: and any divisions will be determined by the number of vessels in length/model categories and/or WFPHRF ratings.

Venue: Gulf of Mexico west of Pass-A-Grille

Courses: will be described in the sailing instructions

Penalty System. RRS 44.2 is modified to one tack and one gybe satisfies the rule.

Sailing Instructions: available May 1 on the SPYC website www.spyc.org and at the skippers meeting.

Radio Communication. Race Committee will begin broadcasting at 9:00am on the channels listed in the sailing instructions. Weather conditions, course selection, count-down and infractions will be broadcast

Scoring: The Low-Point Scoring System, RRS Appendix A will be used

Awards:

For additional information contact:

Gloria Davis, GloriaDavis@tampabay.rr.com or Phyllis Eades, SailingSecretary@spyc.org

2009 Projects List

PELICAN MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES

Engine:
1. Repair Transmission
2. Replace Impeller
3. Inspect and Replace rubber hoses

Hull
1. Clean and paint bottom
2. inspect and lubricate through hull fittings
3. Non skid deck paint
4. Replace remaining plastic port lights with stainless ports from New Found Metals
5. Polish hull sides and whale stripe

Masthead
1. Replace VHF antenna, rewire if necessary
2. replace masthead light with LED anchor light
3. replace front deck light

Dinghy
1. Repair fractured dinghy

Electronics
1. New hydraulic auto helm

Below Decks
1. New Aft mattress
2. mount microwave in the galley

That should just about do it for 2009.