Morgan Yachts 30

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The Morgan Yachts 30, on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Shoal draftDraws 1.07 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32

CoastalBluewater

At 1.69 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.69

LightHeavy

332 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 332

EasygoingPowered-up

15.6 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.6

TenderStiff

43% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 43%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

Heavier than ~88% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 462 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Morgan Yachts 30, as the fleet has seen it

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The Morgan Yachts 30 is a Masthead Sloop designed by Charles Morgan Jr. and built by Morgan Yachts between 1968 and 1971. It measures 9.1 meters LOA, with a 2.8-meter beam, 2.2-meter draft, and displaces 4762 kg. The model has a Keel/CB and spade rudder hull. Aboard *Salt & Tar*, a Morgan 30 required an in-water rudder repair after striking a submerged tree, bending the rudder shaft.10:32 The crew removed the rudder by catching it in a dry bag, straightened the shaft with heat and a mallet, and fabricated new G10 bushings.15:52 They reinstalled the rudder using life jackets for buoyancy and applied AquaShield grease to the shaft and bushings.16:12 The Morgan 30 has a similar kit-form variant, the KK30, and an updated version, the MORGAN CLASSIC 300, which features a different interior and a taller rig. A separate design, the MORGAN 30-2, was introduced in 1972.

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

42.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

15.6

Displacement / length

332.4

Comfort ratio

32.4

Capsize screening

1.69

Hull speed

6.6 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

799

Hull

Hull type

Keel/CB & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

1968–1971

Units built

320

Designer

Charles Morgan Jr

Builder

Morgan Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Morgan Yachts 30-2A masthead sloop designed by Charles Morgan Jr. that shares no design lineage with the earlier 1968 model of the same name Morgan Yachts 28A Charles Morgan-designed masthead sloop featuring a keel-centerboard configuration for versatile shoal-water access Morgan Yachts Out Island 30A shoal-draft masthead sloop with a long keel, designed by Charles Morgan Jr. for stable, comfortable coastal cruising Morgan Yachts 33A Charles Morgan Jr. design featuring a fin keel and spade rudder, built for performance in a classic masthead sloop rig Morgan Yachts 34The first production yacht from Charles Morgan Jr., this masthead sloop features a keel-centerboard hull for versatile draft Morgan Yachts 26A 1969 masthead sloop with a spade rudder and a 44% ballast ratio for a stiff, responsive feel in shoal waters

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