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This 1984 45 Morgan 454 is now available for cruisers and racers alike. Imagine having a very comfortable cruising sloop with 2 beautiful staterooms and 2 heads that is easy to sail with all roller furling and can also offer a good lick of speed when needed. This 454 is in very nice condition needing very little love from a new captain and will motor or sail away today. The electronics listed are all working well and the newer Yanmar diesel will push the boat at 6 knots burning less than a half a gallon an hour. The comfortable aft cockpit has a large 48 Destroyer SS wheel and engine controls to port. The below decks autopilot will easily drive the boat when you are at sea to allow the on watch crew to get out from behind the wheel. The electric windlass with remote and cockpit controls will do all the heavy lifting when at anchor and the decks are wide and comfortable for lounging when the on deck dinghy is placed in the water by the extra halyard and lifting harness. There are lots of opening and screened ports as well as opening and screened deck hatches for fresh air. There is a portable air conditioner that will come with the boat to keep the interior cool. If this sailing racing vessel is what you are looking for then look no further, your new boat is here. Please call Barry at 954-873-1800 and we will set up your personal preview. The current owners are living aboard so setting an appointment will be necessary.
Equipment: Very well equipped. Please contact us for full specs.
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.
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
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.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
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.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
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.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
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.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
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.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
Shoal draft and keel/cb versions available.
Keel/cb version draft: 4.9’ - 7.42’.
‘Racing’ version:
Disp.:2100 lbs.
Tall Rig:
I: 60.7’
J: 18.0’
P: 54.0’
E: 16.0’
In the used boat market, sometimes referred to as MORGAN 454, NELSON-MAREK 454, etc.
Morgan model names in this size range are especially confusing and inconsistent.
(This model was also advertised as the MORGAN 46, even though there was another of the same name, a cruising ketch, designed by Henry Scheel and also built by Morgan Yachts.)
This design was ‘recycled’ into a number of other models including a center cockpit version, MORGAN 43 (1985).
After the demise of Morgan Yachts, a later, significantly modified version was built by Catalina Yachts.
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