Seller's Description
I’ve got a 1974 Morgan 27 for sale. Ready to sleep on and sail, it will just need some interior work. It will need the cabin sole removed and replaced. You can see the cabin sole in the photo of the main cabin. I already got started on taking it out but I have not finished yet. I will continue working at that until it sells, but right now I have some other things to do, so I am selling it as is. There is also a minor leak at one of the windows (you can unscrew it and repair it), and around the mast (just needs to be re taped or a boot put on). The engine runs, but pumps water into the boat. It overheated one time and blew something, but I have a whole other replacement engine for it (the exact same engine), and it just needs to be put in and fired up. I will also work on putting the engine in until it sells, but the more work I get done, the higher the price will go. The engine in it can be used for parts for the running one. It can run with an outboard on the back right now . I currently have one on it, but I will need to keep it when it sells. I took out the teak and holly flooring to get at the cabin sole, and I am restoring it because there was a diesel spill on it in the past. This is a very fast and rare racing boat.
Both engines are an A 40 M Ferryman Diesel (the one in it needs to be replaced with the one at my house) Hydraulic transmission (much easier and better to shift then a normal transmission) I have a custom steel cradle for it, and a cradle trailer for the cradle. Has a Harken MkVI roller furler
Sails: 3 Genoa sails made out of Dacron 1 Mainsail made out of Dacron 1 Storm Jib, and 1 Storm trisail, both made of Dacron 1 Spinnaker (I also have the spinnaker pole) made out of nylon .75 oz
Stored at the 1000 Islands Iroquois Marina right now, and is still in the water, right on the St. Lawrence River
Specs
- Designer
- Charles Morgan
- Builder
- Morgan Yachts
- Associations
- ?
- # Built
- ?
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Fin
- Rudder
- Spade
- Construction
- FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 27′ 0″ / 8.2 m
- Waterline Length
- 25′ 0″ / 7.6 m
- Beam
- 9′ 10″ / 3 m
- Draft
- 4′ 5″ / 1.4 m
- Displacement
- 7,000 lb / 3,175 kg
- Ballast
- 3,300 lb / 1,497 kg (Lead)
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Sloop
- Reported Sail Area
- 373′² / 34.7 m²
- Total Sail Area
- 372′² / 34.6 m²
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- 155′² / 14.4 m²
- P
- 31′ 0″ / 9.5 m
- E
- 10′ 0″ / 3.1 m
- Air Draft
- 40′ 5″ / 12.3 m
Foresail
- Sail Area
- 217′² / 20.2 m²
- I
- 37′ 0″ / 11.3 m
- J
- 11′ 8″ / 3.6 m
- Forestay Length
- 38′ 9″ / 11.8 m
Auxilary Power
- Make
- Universal
- Model
- Atomic 4
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- Gas
- Fuel Capacity
- 14 gal / 53 l
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- 15 gal / 57 l
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- ?
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
8.0 kn
Classic: 6.7 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
-
16.3
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
-
47.2
>40: stiffer, more 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
-
200.0
100-200: light
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
-
19.8
<20: lightweight racing 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
-
2.1
>2.0: better suited for coastal cruising
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
Atomic 4 inboard was an option.
When Morgan retired this design, the tooling was passed on to a series of different builders including Chrysler, (CHRYSLER 27) and TMI (TMI 27).
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