Seller's Description
This 1980 Morgan 461 is a rare find in the current market. This beauty has been continuously upgraded by her current owners who are only selling because they have determined that they cant complete their long-planned cruise on a sailboat.
She is well equipped for northern and southern latitude sailing with a full enclosure and both a winter cover and a full Caribbean shade system included. Some cosmetics remain to be dealt with, but all of the priority improvements have been made in the last few years, including a full bottom job in 2024, new propeller, dry shaft seal, shaft coupling, new sails, new roller furling system, complete new standing rigging, new windward sheeting traveler system and new stainless steel handrails to name a few
This boat has been sailed extensively from NH along the entire Maine coast and islands, nearly to the Canadian border. She loves to sit on her Rocna 55# at anchor with her long chain rode and has ridden out many a storm without a hitch. The secondary anchor, a Fortress 37 and rode, are carried on the bow as well and they work beautifully as a stern anchor in those tight locations when one is needed. A dedicated sail track on the mast accommodates a storm trysail and she has a matching storm jib as well.
Full service records are available at time of inspection, covering the last 8 years. Her engine has been rigorously maintained with some of the work outlined below: -new high pressure fuel pump -all new high and low pressure fuel lines -all hoses replaced with new -new raw water pump -new fresh water (antifreeze) pump -full acid wash cleaning of the raw water system including the Bowman heat exchanger and oil cooler. -transmission replaced with a low hour used unit and installed with a new pressure plate. -all new motor mounts
Equipped with over 1000 watts of solar panels and a 525 amp hour AGM battery, she handles all her LED lighting system (including new LED anchor light) along with refrigeration and freezer, toaster oven and even a TV, with rarely a need to run the engine to produce power.
Equipment: The plan has always been to make the trip south and upgrades and preparations have always been made with that in mind. There is an extensive list of spares on board that have always provided the sellers with peace of mind on those trips to remote areas. The spares and an extensive collection of equipment manuals will serve her next owner well and save them a lot of time and money should they ever be needed.
Specs
- Designer
- Henry Scheel
- Builder
- Morgan Yachts
- Association
- Morgan 46 Facebook page
- # Built
- 162
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Fin
- Rudder
- Skeg
- Construction
- FG w/plywood in deck
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 45′ 11″ / 14 m
- Waterline Length
- 39′ 2″ / 12 m
- Beam
- 13′ 5″ / 4.1 m
- Draft
- 5′ 6″ / 1.7 m
- Displacement
- 33,000 lb / 14,969 kg
- Ballast
- 8,400 lb / 3,810 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
- 56′ 5″ / 17.2 m
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
- 4-154
- HP
- 62
- Fuel Type
- Diesel
- Fuel Capacity
- 175 gal / 662 l
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- 195 gal / 738 l
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- 3
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
9.4 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
-
13.6
<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
-
25.5
<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
-
243.9
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
-
38.2
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
Updated Morgan 45. A collaboration between Morgan Yachts and Moorings. Scheel designed the hull (see Scheel 45). The deck and interior were designed by Moorings.
The first 12 boats off the line were designated as MOORINGS 46. The next 35 were MORGAN 461. There are 114 MORGAN 462’s (And finally one built was designated 463).
The 462 had 3,000 lbs less displacement (as well as some other design changes not related to the information above).
The ketch rig above was optional. Sloop rig was standard.
Deep draft option: 6.0’/1.83m
Similar versions were called MORGAN 46, MORGAN CUSTOM 46, MORGAN 463 among others.
Also purchased and/or sold through THE MOORINGS charter company.
Sloop or ketch.
(Images are from a brochure for the MORGAN 462)
Thanks to Skip Gundlach for clarifying a number issues with Morgan’s of this generation and ‘billmania’ for other corrections.
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