Seller's Description
Designed for comfortable Blue Water cruising, “Gypsy Soul” is a veteran long distance cruising boat. She will take you anywhere you want to go, and more comfortably than you can imagine. Three cabins, two heads and a large salon and galley. The huge center cockpit seats about 10. Lots of ports and hatches let the breeze through. “Gypsy Soul” has had the same owner for over 20 years and she has seen many adventures.
Equipment: Standard Horizon VHF w/DSC and AIS receiver Garmin chart plotter w/depth, wind and speed Simrad autopilot, 2016 Simrad 12” MFD 2016 plotter Ham radio - Kenwood tranceiver, SWR, automatic tuner, backstay antenna Practor llE modem 22” flat screen TV Furuno radar, not operational Amec AIS Transponder, 2018 EPIRB, 406 MHz Navionics charts for US, Caribbean and Central America 600 AH AGM house batteries Heart 2kw 110V AC and 1KW inverter 100 amp alternator w/Balmar smart regulator 2ea solar panels, 150 watt total Link 2000 dual battery bank monitor/charge controller Onan MDJE 7.5kw generator, 2000 hrs Force 10 2burner propane stove w/oven, 2018 Well insulated ice box Full battened mainsail, Tides track and dutchman furling system, 2017 150% Genoa on Forespar roller furler Staysail with adjustable sheet lead position Mizzen staysail Mizzen Spinnaker pole 2ea Lewmar 55 2 speed cockpit winches 2ea Lewmar 2 speed halyard winches on mast 2ea Lewmar single speed mizzen halyard winches on mizzen mast Single speed reefing winch on main boom Double lifelines Solent stay w/Highfield lever Autostream variable and reversing pitch 3 blade propeller Ideal vertical electric windlass 65# Bruce anchor w/200’ 3/8” chain 44# Bruce anchor w/200’ 3/4” rode and 50’ 3/8” chain Fortress stern anchor w/200’ rope and chain Bimini top Dodger Full enclosure Cockpit cushions, 2022 Bow thruster - Sidepower w/joystick at helm, 2018 9.5’ Carib RIB 2006 dinghy Suzuki 2.5hp 2022 outboard Switlik 6man life raft Hooka dive compressor Pressure saltwater washdown system Lifesling MOB system Spare autopilot Spare engine parts Spare Avon Redcrest dinghy w/motor mount (in lazarette) Washing machine Bottom job Dec. 2019 Lavac manual head in forward head Raritan electric head w/Lectra San in aft head Shower in each head 2ea Electric bilge pumps Manual bilge pump Paper charts for West Coast CA to Panama and Western Caribbean to FL Halon fire extinguisher system in engine room Air Conditioning - all wiring, thru hull fittings and ducting are installed. New a/c compressor is needed.
Specs
- Designer
- Henry Scheel
- Builder
- Morgan Yachts
- Associations
- ?
- # Built
- ?
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Fin
- Rudder
- Skeg
- Construction
- FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 45′ 11″ / 14 m
- Waterline Length
- 39′ 2″ / 12 m
- Beam
- 12′ 11″ / 4 m
- Draft
- 4′ 11″ / 1.5 m
- Displacement
- 30,000 lb / 13,608 kg
- Ballast
- 3,810 lb / 1,728 kg (Lead)
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Ketch
- Reported Sail Area
- 876′² / 81.4 m²
- Total Sail Area
- 757′² / 70.3 m²
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- 281′² / 26.1 m²
- P
- 43′ 2″ / 13.2 m
- E
- 12′ 11″ / 4 m
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- 476′² / 44.2 m²
- I
- 50′ 9″ / 15.5 m
- J
- 18′ 9″ / 5.7 m
- Forestay Length
- 54′ 1″ / 16.5 m
Mizzen
- PY
- 26′ 6″ / 8.1 m
- EY
- 8′ 11″ / 2.7 m
Auxilary Power
- Make
- Perkins
- Model
- ?
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- Diesel
- Fuel Capacity
- ?
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- ?
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- ?
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
9.7 kn
Classic: 8.39 kn
Hull Speed
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
14.5
<16: under powered
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
-
12.7
<40: less stiff, less powerful
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
-
221.7
200-300: moderate
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
-
34.9
30-40: moderate bluewater cruising boat
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
-
1.7
<2.0: better suited for ocean passages
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
Also sold as MORGAN CUSTOM 46.
The designer, Henry Scheel, was also the builder of the original molds for this yacht at his company in Maine in the early 1970’s. (Sheel had collaborated with Charles Morgan on a number of the earlier Morgan’s.)
The molds later came into the possession of Morgan Yachts, where they were used for a number of years with various modifications to build a number of models similar to the one shown here.
The Morgan nomenclature is especially confusing in the 45-46 foot range. Names were reused for entirely different models.
Boats very similar to this one were sold as the MORGAN 45/46 (SCHEEL) the MORGAN 461, MORGAN 462, MORGAN 463 and possibly others.
(There is at least one other MORGAN 46, (usually referred to as MORGAN 454-5, designed by Nelson/Marek and also built by Morgan Yachts.)
Available as sloop or ketch.
(See MORGAN 462 for other details.)
Thanks to Skip Gundlach for sharing his knowledge of Morgan’s of this generation.
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