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Morgan Yachts 461/462

Masthead Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1979–1984

A Scheel-designed center-cockpit ketch built for The Moorings, offering a stable, high-comfort platform for blue water

Designed by Henry Scheel.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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The Morgan Yachts 461/462, on the water

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Character

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LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 38 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 38
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

244 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 244
EasygoingPowered-up

11.8 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 11.8
TenderStiff

25% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 25%

A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.

  • Heavier than ~88% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~91% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2177 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

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Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
25.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
11.8
Displacement / length
243.6
Comfort ratio
38.5
Capsize screening
1.69
Hull speed
8.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1893
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
FG w/plywood in deck
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1979–1984
Units built
162
Designer
Henry Scheel
Builder
Morgan Yachts

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Moody 4614.06 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Bill Dixon-designed cutter with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for comfortable, stable blue-water cruising
Tayana 47 CC14.33 mSame hull family0.2 m longerA Robert Perry-designed center cockpit cutter built for offshore comfort with a high sail area to displacement ratio
Malo Yachts 45/4614.20 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 14-metre blue-water cruiser that evolved from the M45 to the M46, featuring a 39% ballast ratio for offshore stability
Kelly-Peterson 4614.10 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Doug Peterson-designed cutter built for long-range comfort with a skeg-mounted rudder and a high displacement-to-length ratio
Liberty 45813.96 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterAn extended iteration of the Peterson 44 hull featuring a unique deck and coach roof configuration on a cutter rig
Amel Santorin 4614.00 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA 14-metre blue-water cruiser built from 1989 to 1997 as the successor to the Maramu 46

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