"An Introduction to the Morgan Sailboat". ^ a b Hopkins, Charles (August 31, 2006).^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Goebel, Cindy (September 2002).^ "Well-known yacht designer Charley Morgan will speak Monday evening at the Matheson Museum".Morgan later designed the Com-pac 35 under contract for Hutchins Yachts. Heritage Yachts sold the tooling for their line of Morgan Trawlers to Chris-Craft and Morgan began working for Chris-Craft, doing design work on their trawler line. Ownership transferred to Catalina Yachts. The company was forced into bankruptcy and Morgan found Heritage Yacht Corporation in 1975, producing trawlers and sailing yachts. Beatrice Foods sold the company to Catalina Yachts in 1984 and sold a redesigned Morgan Out Island 41 from 1986 to 1993. Catalina continued manufacturing a few models, including the Out Island 41, before the Morgan name was retired. Morgan acted as skipper during the defender selection trials but lost to Intrepid.Īfter Morgan left the company was passed from one corporate entity to another, until it came into the hands of Catalina Yachts in 1984. Ownership of Morgan Yacht was sold to Beatrice Foods in 1968, providing funds for Morgan to design and build the wooden 12-meter yacht Heritage to compete for selection as defender of the America's Cup. Morgan's involvement in the company ended in 1972. In response to customer feedback while operating Morgan Yacht, Morgan designed the shallow draft Morgan Out Island 41, "the most popular boat over 40 feet overall ever built." First built in 1971 the spacious boat became popular with charter companies, becoming "the standard charter boat." The Out Island 33 was designed and first produced in mid-1971 as part of the Morgan Out Island series. The Morgan 41 designed by Morgan, his most popular design, became a standard in the sailing charter industry for its strength, simplicity, and space belowdecks. This was followed by the Morgan 24, 30, 41, and 45. The company's first model was the Morgan 34 built in fiberglass. Early models included the Tiger Cub and fiberglass sloop Morgan 34. Morgan asked Bidwell to join the business, delivering the first yacht in 1965. Morgan suffered the misfortune of falling ill with tuberculosis, delaying production. Petersburg, Florida, 1965 after graduating high school and starting his own sail company. Unable to find a builder to manufacture the Tiger Cub, a smaller version of Paper Tiger, Morgan founded the Morgan Yacht Corporation St. The "famously successful" Paper Tiger won the SORC Southern Ocean Racing Conference in 19. In 1960 Jack Powell commissioned Morgan to build the 40 foot centerboard fiberglass yawl Paper Tiger. After successfully appealing disqualification due to a lack of engine, he entered the Havana race and took second in Brisote's division. In 1957, Morgan, along with Charlie Hunt, designed and built Brisote, a 31-foot plywood yawl. While making sails Morgan met yacht designer George Luzier, who got him interested in designing boats. In 1952 he founded Morgan Racing Sails in Tampa, FL. Morgan attended the University of Tampa and took a job with Johnson Sails, located at the Jean Street Shipyard on the Hillsborough River. Petersburg, Florida to Havana, Cuba race with Bruce Bidwell. Morgan built the yacht Brisote and completed a St. Morgan was born in Chicago in 1929 and raised in Florida.
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