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Sailing Vessel Growltiger, is a Morgan OI 511, circa 1976, Hull #38 of 75 total 51 Morgans designed by Charley Morgan. Since her purchase in 1996, Growltiger has been extensively refitted. A survivor of Hurricane Hugo, she was the large Morgan ketch on top of the pile of boats at Isle of Palms in Charleston, South Carolina. An excellent sailor, over the past eight years,she has traveled up and down the Eastern Seaboard from Charleston, SC to Newport, RI, and Bermuda. From June 2005 to January 2006, she completed two transatlantics, finishing the Altantic Circuit in Antiqua. She is currently doing extensive travel in both the Windward and Leeward Islands, and the Northern Caribbean. During transaltantic passage she supported research in conjuction with the Oceanography Department of Old Dominion University. Growltiger's progress can be followed on YOTREPS reports daily as WCX8757.