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Morris Yachts 46

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1994–2007

A stretched 46-foot cruiser featuring an enlarged lazarette locker and a skeg-mounted rudder for offshore handling

Designed by C. W. (Chuck) Paine & Associates.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 31
CoastalBluewater

1.82 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.82
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 255
EasygoingPowered-up

18.2 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.2
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Draws less than ~86% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2251 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
36.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.2
Displacement / length
255.5
Comfort ratio
31.4
Capsize screening
1.82
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1603
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1994–2007
Units built
14
Designer
C. W. (Chuck) Paine, Associates
Builder
Morris Yachts

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