Morris 34

Greetings, Sailing Friends and Family! From Gust Stringos

Bluebird will once again be competing in the Bermuda 1-2 Race. Gust
sailed for Newport over Memorial Day Weekend, then left for Bermuda
singlehanded on June 3. He will return double-handed on June
16. Jan will join me in Newport for the return cruise to Maine- because of
all of the snow days, she doesn't get out of school until at least June 20!

Maine Gov. John E. Baldacci recently signed into law a provision that ensures non-resident boaters will pay less in sales tax on boat purchases in the state.

The new law, which takes effect Aug. 1, significantly reduces the amount of Maine sales tax that will need to be paid by non-residents who choose to purchase and keep a boat in Maine, the Maine Marine Trades Association reports.

Local boy gone to the big city, Charlie Strout has introduced and Apple has accepted his Sailboat App. The the entire Morris Yachts lineup is featured - check it out and download -
http://www.sevenshadow.com/sailboatsapp

Cuyler Morris, President of Morris Yachts and Bill Gladstone of North U are proud to announce an exclusive partnership to benefit all owners and new customers of Morris Yachts. Starting immediately, when you buy a Morris yacht, every new owner will receive three days of private instruction from a North U Coach. Each customized program will be designed by North U to match the needs, skills and requests of each individual owner. For current owners, North U coaches can be hired on a per diem basis.

Cuyler Morris, President of Morris Yachts confirmed today that Morris had won the contract over several other prestigious yards to build 4 Leadership 44 training vessels.

The new 44-foot David Pedrick-designed vessels will replace the decades old Luders sailing craft. Morris will begin the construction by the end of this year. Morris was selected over Hinckley, Tartan, Goetz and Pearson.

Dieter Lobner reports for Soundings on his recent sail with Cuyler Morris aboard Firefly a Morris 45 recently purchased by Bob Strong - a power boater turned sailor.

Read full story - http://www.soundingsonline.com/boat-shop/on-sailboats

Morris Yachts will host the fifth annual Morris Boat Show at their service yard in Northeast Harbor, Maine, July 17-19. Open to the public, this event will showcase dozens of Morris Yachts on the docks and in the sheds.

This year the show will feature full line up of M-Series yachts. The new flagship M52 and the new M29 join the M36 (59 hulls sold to date) and the M42 (18 hulls sold to date).

Cuyler Morris President of Morris Yachts is pleased to report that despite the global gloom and doom, Morris Yachts turned in a strong September and October.

Cuyler Morris President of Morris Yachts announced today that launch of Circe, the custom Morris 57 will be celebrated at the Morris Service yard in Northeast Harbor on Thursday, August 28th. The construction of this stellar yacht was the collaboration of New England’s finest marine establishments – the boat was designed by Fontaine Design Group, of Portsmouth, RI; the hull, deck and structural bulkheads were constructed by Goetz Custom Boats, of Bristol RI and the interior, paint and rigging was completed by Morris Yachts. Construction of the hull tooling began in November 2006 at Goetz. The hull was delivered to Morris on August 2007 and the deck arrived in November 2007.