Morris 29x

[us7070]

the morris is prettier than the alerion

 

[monsoon]

I think they Morris looks cool however I would swing towards either an Essense 33 or Black Pepper Code 0

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Well.. Yeah! What do those cost? We're talking one percenters now.

Do you have any idea what an M29x will cost? They're all targeted for that 1%.

pfffftttt... if you think the 29 is 'spensive, try the M42.

Though at least the M42 really is pretty.

 

[fastyacht]

Our neighbor had a couple different Morris Yachts. I couldn't tell them apart from a distance until I could see how many portlights were in the coachroof. They were pretty pretty. But one day, I saw something really beautiful and I had to chase it down. It turned out to be a "Friendship" built on the other side of the world -- but designed by a Protégé of Ted Hood...I thought it was drop dead gorgeous.

 

[monsoon]

Yes, the Friendship line are beautiful, if a bit over the top.

And, of course, you need to budget for a full time varnish elf for these boats. No letting your teak go grey.

 

[Veeger]

The Morris 29 is a classic, great looking, traditional New England daysailer. The 29x is a poor attempt to make it into something it's not. Sure, soup it up with a prod and asso, give it a carbon stick, it still won't have planing capability and will only dig a bigger hole in the water. Meanwhile, you've paid a LOT more for a M 29x than you would have for the stock M29...

 

[unShirley]

The Morris 29 is a classic, great looking, traditional New England daysailer. The 29x is a poor attempt to make it into something it's not. Sure, soup it up with a prod and asso, give it a carbon stick, it still won't have planing capability and will only dig a bigger hole in the water. Meanwhile, you've paid a LOT more for a M 29x than you would have for the stock M29...

The Spinnaker in the rendering looks symmetrical to me.

Thinking about making some changes in life and sailing. Wife thinks the Morris 29X would be a great boat for us with electric drive. Think it would be a good PHRF & daysailer for the SF bay and when we move down south keeping it in long beach after they boy goes to college.

 

[Arcas]

I've actually sailed a Morris 29 - they're great little boats. The interior varnish work and overall quality is top-notch. You do have to pay for it, though.

 

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

The Morris 29 is a classic, great looking, traditional New England daysailer. The 29x is a poor attempt to make it into something it's not. Sure, soup it up with a prod and asso, give it a carbon stick, it still won't have planing capability and will only dig a bigger hole in the water. Meanwhile, you've paid a LOT more for a M 29x than you would have for the stock M29...

FYI, all the M Series boats have carbon rigs from Hall Spars.

But I agree that it's not likely to be worth the extra money.

 

[Bull City]

The Morris 29 is a classic, great looking, traditional New England daysailer. The 29x is a poor attempt to make it into something it's not. Sure, soup it up with a prod and asso, give it a carbon stick, it still won't have planing capability and will only dig a bigger hole in the water. Meanwhile, you've paid a LOT more for a M 29x than you would have for the stock M29...

+1

 

[Veeger]

Carbon rig, yes, but the X is MORE carbon rig, which will equate to more $$$.

UnShirley: Photos on their site show asso spinnaker, but maybe you define that differently?

Hey, don't get me wrong, I've considered it more than once for myself rather than trying to go custom. But the short l.w.l. and small cockpit are deal killers.

(before you suggest it: the 36 has too high freeboard and a wheel--Ix-nay!) Oh, and too short a l.w.l. again

 

[TwoLegged]

The Morris 29 is a classic, great looking, traditional New England daysailer. The 29x is a poor attempt to make it into something it's not. Sure, soup it up with a prod and asso, give it a carbon stick, it still won't have planing capability and will only dig a bigger hole in the water. Meanwhile, you've paid a LOT more for a M 29x than you would have for the stock M29...

Seems to me that one of things you pay for with those Morris M-series boats is that classic look. Overhang, low freeboard, wood on deck. Looks great with cream-coloured sails. Gentlemen in blazers optional; wicker picnic hampers compulsory.
But that M29X spoils the aesthetics. Black mast, prod, and grey techno-sails all look great on a modernist sportboat, but they wreck the looks of a classic.

 

[Veeger]

2 Leg, I totally agree with you about the mixing of aesthetics. I'm actually a bit surprised that Morris would so that. Your comment regarding the new CEO would help explain it but it smells a bit of desperation. Sales at all costs, damn the long cultivated Morris brand! ( that was SOoo 20th century.....)

 

[TBone]

Aesthetic mix is likely responding to the marketplace.

The 1% doesn't necessarily have good taste...but may know what they want.

 

[TwoLegged]

Aesthetic mix is likely responding to the marketplace.

The 1% doesn't necessarily have good taste...but may know what they want.

I'm not so sure about Morris Yachts's reading of its market.
In 2013, they made a big fanfare of announcing the new M46. Lots of fancy renderings, writeups all across the 1%-Yachting press. 18 months on, there is no sign of a single hull being built. Their webpages still only show renderings.

I found an interesting interview with Cuyler Morris from 2013. It seems to say that they are focused on their service yards.

 

[JL92S]

I think racy classics look good, j class is a good example. I wonder if a good daysailer alternative could be a modified 6 or 8 metre. Failing that a rustler 24 would be jolly nice

 

[tprice]

The Morris is undeniably an attractive attempt but somehow misses the mark, being "cute" instead of having a real meter boat or Scandinavian look.. They are also inordinately expensive catering to the "gentlemans daysailor" (gag...) crowd.

Far better, it seems to me is the new Rustler 33

But....personally, my favorite (and I have one) of this type is the BB 10 meter. You can probably get 2 for the price of the Morris and have a faster, better looking boat from Denmark. http://www.borresen.com/bb10meter/

 

[Black Jack]

The Morris is undeniably an attractive attempt but somehow misses the mark, being "cute" instead of having a real meter boat or Scandinavian look.. They are also inordinately expensive catering to the "gentlemans daysailor" (gag...) crowd.

Far better, it seems to me is the new Rustler 33

does this main sheet post of the Rustler 33 bother anybody else? In my world I would have some blood shins on a spirited ride. Moreover In this video review it looks like the coxswain has a leg that fell asleep and now has to sit in weather.

 

[USA190520]

Do any of these have slide out coffee tables to display your trophies on?