1988 Morris Frances 26

Stormy, designed by Chuck Paine and built by Morris Yachts in Bass Harbor in 1987 in Maine, is a flush-deck cutter. Purchased by the current owner in 2022, Stormy underwent extensive restoration and upgrading, especially to accommodate short-handed sailing. The work took place at Yankee Marina in Yarmouth, ME where Stormy has also been stoored in a heated indoor building for the winter months. This is a true classic, and is in exceptional condition with over $100,000 invested in the restoration.

CONSTRUCTION & DETAILS

• Double-ender with tiller steering
• Solid fiberglass hull and deck with cored cabin top
• Blue hull/white whale stripe, Awlgripped in 2019
• Rudder replaced (1996)
• Bottom stripped and repainted (2023)
• All deck hardware removed and rebedded, non-skid on deck refinished (2023)
• Teak toerail removed and replaced with new teak toerail (2023)
• All teak on deck, including sliding hatch cover, removed and finished with 8 coats of varnish (2023)
• Forward Lexan hatch removed/replaced with new hatch (2023)
• Cowl vents replaced with Vetus cowl vents (2023)
• Lifelines replaced with new lifelines and removeable backrests in cockpit (2023)
• 2 Bronze mooring cleats installed on bow (2023)
• Rub strakes installed at all 4 mooring cleat chocks (2023)
• Bowsprit removed and replaced with new varnished douglas fir sprit (2023)
• Instrument panel relocated to cockpit (2023)
• Automatic bilge pump installed (2024)
• Cabin floorboards refinished (2024)

ACCOMMODATIONS

• 2 berth layout with large galley and full size chart table
• Storage in cabin lockers, under berths, under cockpit seats, and forward in bow
• Lavac head plumbed to 10 gallon holding tank in forward cabin area, upgraded by installation of macerator and overboard discharge seacock/thru-hull supplementing deck pump out (2023)
• Sink with Fynspray pump. Sink was removed sink drain re-bedded and hose clamps replaced (2023)
• Force 10 Seacook offshore cooking stove
• Insulated ice box
• Propane cabin heater (not operational)
• 2 water tanks, one under each berth, total capacity 15 gallons

ENGINE

• Volvo Penta Marine Diesel motor, model 2002 B8686H 18 HP
• Engine Hours: 495 when boat was purchased in 2022. There is no hour meter on new engine panel, but boat has been used only sparingly since 2022.
• Engine thoroughly inspected, overhauled and repainted, and hoses, belts, gaskets and clamps replaced (2023)
• Exhaust elbow inspected, and gaskets and o-rings replaced (2023)
• Stuffing box re-packed (2023)
• Manual bilge pump hose replaced (2023)
• Oil pressure guage bezel installed (2023)
• Muffler removed, pressure tested, and painted. Exhaust hose and muffler fittings replaced (2023)
• Coolant circular pump and related plumbing removed and cleaned (2023)
• Old fuel tank removed and replaced with new 12 gallon fuel tank (2023)
• Fuel guage installed (2023)
• Sea strainer replaced (2023)
• Primary fuel filter replaced with Racor (2023)

SAILS & RIGGING

• North Mainsail and sail cover (2024)
• North high-clew genoa (2025)
• New Harken Mark IV Furler (2025)
• New Inner forestay (2023)
• Self-tacking North staysail on Harken furler (2023)
• All running rigging replaced
• Installed Tides Marine sail track (2024)
• Installed rigid Harken boom vang (2024)
• Replaced cabin top mainsheet winch with Harken 20 STC winch (2024)
• Reconfigured mainsheeting system, added traveler to bridgedeck (2023)

ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION

• Raytheon ST-2000 Tiller Pilot
• New Instruments on swing-arm: Garmin GPS Chartplotter, Garmin GNX wind instruments (2023)
• New Icom IC-M330 VHF (2023)
• 2 new batteries (2024)
• Removed radome, preserved radar wiring in mast (2023)
• Replaced VHF cable (2023)
• 4 cabin lights and navigation lights
• Compass on varnished drop-board (2023)
• Masthead Windex, nav light and VHF antenna

EQUIPMENT

• Dodger with frame (not currently deployed)
• Docklines
• 3 covered fenders (2023)
• 11 LB Lewmar anchor (2023)
• Anchor rode/chain and rope (2023)
• Throwable horseshoe (2023)
• 2 fire extinguishers (2023)
• Brass kerosene lamp
• Safety equipment
• Float cushions