Dear all,
Great to see an MG30 group.
I have just bought a 1972 MG30 however she was advertised as a 34ft Morgan Giles that had a shortened bowsprit to make her 32ft LOA. Does anyone know if this would indeed be a MG30 given these dimensions?
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Hello all,
I’m Jan Bakker from the Netherlands and olso rebuilt/furbisched my MG 30 I will sent a foto.
kind regards
Jan bakker Roosendaal Port Bruinisse
Strictly, this is not a Morgan Giles 30 subject, but the very limited space aboard Santana for electronic instrumentation, not to mention cost, has kept me away from advanced modern electronics such as chart plotters and radar, etc. I have just VHF marine radio, digital echo sounder, NavTex and Garmin GPS with a repeater dislay in the cockpit. Read more
Well, we never had an opportunity to try drying out. But we did have a magnificant month cruising to the Scilly Isles and back. It was head winds all the way there, and it took us 10 days with sojourns. Then we had 10 days in the Scillies and 10 days to get back. Read more
Hi all… this list has been very quiet of late! I will be off cruising for August – this year the English south west coast and, weather permitting, the Scilly Islands.
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Hi all… Spend a very interesting couple of days down at Teignmouth, looking up Morgan Giles things. Read more
Tony,
by the way, was it your boat that I saw a picture of, from the mast down, showing two circles in the cockpit, close to the shaft of the helm? Is that for gasbottles? One running, one spare? Maybe even the prefabricated ones from Inno-Nautic?
Nifty place, I think I am going to check if that works for me and copy that.
I would theoretical need to move the engine dash since I suspect that is “electric cables within 200 mm of the gasline”.
mvg Boudewijn
Over winter I installed Monitor self-steering gear on Santana and have now been able to test it, so far in Force 3-6 but only with very slight seas. The instruction manual implied I would need to learn how to get it to manage the boat and balance the rig etc. In practice it just worked, straight off, holding the course as close as I can, perhaps even better. Close hauled, the tell-tales on the foresail stayed parallel without the occasional lapse that I cause. It also worked well down wind goose winged. I can also tack easily without disengaging it. This is a compliment to the gear and also to the Morgan Giles 30, whose easy handling must make the gear’s task easier than with many boats.
I have added this gear to the list of resources on the MG30 website, where you can see a photo.
best wishes for the new season, Tony
hi hows tricks hope you are all well, I wonder if anyone has a copy of the sail plan of the MG 30 as I would like to check on the size of my main. I am thinking of moving the mainsheet traveler to just behind the cockpit step and would then be shortening the boom and i don’t want to this without knowing that the main is the right size.
Thanks. Kieron