Meet the new boy at Morgan Marine!

Posted on: 15th March 2019 15th March 2019

Morgan Marine have a new young member of staff.

Hailing from St Osyth James Stacey is here primarily as a junior yard hand, helping with general yard duties as well as undersealing and preparing customer boat hulls.

Despite his age James is a very experienced sailor having just moved out of the Spitfire Class (16ft performance catamarans) as the 2017 National Champion and 2018 inland national championship. Plus, TT winner (Overall highest number of event wins)!

James has also been with Brightlingsea Sailing Club, https://www.sailbrightlingsea.comfor the last three years and has recently been promoted to Assistant Bosun having moved across from Clacton sailing club where he spent six years. He is also heavily involved in the Vampire project – an innovative foiling project run out of Brightlingsea Sailing Club https://vampire-project.com

The list of craft he has experience on is quite impressive, with just a few listed below!
Nacra 15
Spitfire
F18
Hurricane
Vampire Project
Dart 18
Dart 16
Brightlingsea One Design (BOD)
RS Feva
RS Tera
RS 500
RS 200
Topper
Laser
Weyfarer
Firefly

The annual RYA Youth National Championships is the UKís premier youth racing event. Day 3 with winds backing to the North the racing started on the Largs Channel.
160, James Stacey, Catherine Elson, Brightlingsea, Nacra 15 Open
Images: Marc Turner / RYA
For further information contact:
Richard Aspland,
RYA Racing Communications Officer (on site)
E: richard.aspland@rya.org.uk
m: 07469 854599

For 2019, he is moving into the F18 Class (Crews and helms) but spreads his time with helping to promote sailing at events like the Alexandra Palace RYA dinghy show, a few weekends back, representing the Nacra 15 class association trying to get new sailors involved in that class.

Sadly, James will not be here at Morgan Marine forever! He will ultimately be leaving to go to Portsmouth University to study Engineering & technology, with a view to then joining the Royal Navy in an engineering role. Something we will be wishing him the very best of luck with in future. In the meantime, do stop and say hello if you see him, wrapped up against the cold, roller in hand painting a hull somewhere in the yard!

If you are on Instagram check out his page as well: james_stacey1
https://www.instagram.com/james_stacey1/?hl=en. Some great action shots on there.

Our Customers Say:

Thought I’d send you a note to say how pleased I am with the MF 1095 and all the systems that you’ve put in. The boat has done 20 hours and the engines will be serviced shortly. There have been no issues arising and all systems function properly.

Can I take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time helping me with this. It is refreshing to work with you and your organisation and receive great customer service along with outstanding attention to detail. Normally I just get stock answers because I am asking technical questions which would involve doing some work.

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Just to confirm safe receipt of my new tender and to thank you and the team for efficiently getting everything sorted!I’m delighted with the new purchase and can not wait for the summer!I am sure we will do business again in the future.

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I feel that I must say, that your never ending helpfulness, customer focus and down right hard work is very much appreciated

Thanks for all your help and the very nice work to the bow of the boat.

Thank you for the very efficient and professional service provided on the 16/3/2021 which included collection from mooring, hoist out power wash, lowering both masts and hoist on to a transporter. All done with the minimum of fuss by a very cheerful staff.

Our huge thanks to the Morgan Marine team - an amazing experience from start to finish - even the challenging delivery!

Many thanks to Morgan Marine for doing the right thing for the environment and wildlife. If only everyone would do the same.

Lovely to meet you and we would like to thank you very much for your time and expertise over the past couple of days. For us it was invaluable and certainly made the trip over very worthwhile.

Cheers for the work you guys did on my Dory. The engine runs lovely now - thanks!

Many thanks again for all for your hard work in brokering the deal and delivering the boat. All greatly appreciated. I hope restrictions ease quickly and you have a great summer.

Thanks for your continued efforts - the service and level of contact is not seen enough these days - you are the exception.

Thanks to all at Morgan Marine for your help over the last year or so. Your guidance, advice, service and support has been first class.

I'd just like to thank you for all your help over the last few years. You've always been very nice to deal with. I wish you the very best for the future.

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