Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1982
A 1982 Morgan-designed masthead sloop built for comfort, featuring a heavy ballast-to-displacement ratio for a stable ride
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Lady K Sailing
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 27 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.95 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
172 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
18.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
59% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
Compared with 1656 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
What the fleet has seen
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Moorings 50 is a 15.3-meter masthead sloop designed by Morgan and built by Morgan Yachts from 1982 to the present. It features a fin keel with a spade rudder, a 4.5-meter beam, and a 1.8-meter draft, displacing 12,519 kg.
The living fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
The record
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.
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