About Us
Morning Star is the sailboat in the picture to the left. It is an Orion 27 Mark II made by Pacific Seacraft. We bought her new in July, 1987. She is not big but is a well built boat that can cruise anywhere.
Here are some pictures of her when she was new.
Her specs are as follows:
- LOA 30' 11"
- LOD 27' 4"
- LWL 22' 2"
- Beam 9' 3"
- Draft 4' 0"
- Displacement 10,000 pounds
- Ballast 3,800 pounds
- Sail Area Cutter 508 sq. ft.
- Headroom 6' 2"
- Mast Clearance 40' 11"
She was designed by Henry Mohrschladt one of the original owners of Pacific Seacraft. Morning Star was made in Santa Ana, California and was put in the water for the first time in Newport Beach, California at the end of June of 1987.
Our names are Dick, Dawn, and Nicole. We lived aboard Morning Star for six years. In that time, we made two trips from San Diego to the west coast of Mexico. On the first trip, Nicole was only three years old. On the second, she was in Grades 1 and 2. We are now in the Puget Sound area and will be here exploring the Pacific Northwest. We are not currently living aboard. Nicole is going to school so we do our cruising in the summer.
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