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Morgan Yachts 30

Masthead Sloop · Keel/CB & Spade Rudder · 1968–1971

A masthead sloop featuring a keel-centreboard configuration, designed by Charles Morgan Jr. for versatile shoal-draft sailing

Designed by Charles Morgan Jr.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/CB & Spade Rudder

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The Morgan Yachts 30, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 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

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

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 hull features a keel/centerboard and spade rudder. Morgan Yachts also produced a kit-form version called the KK30 and an updated MORGAN CLASSIC 300 with a different interior and taller rig. A later 1972 model, the MORGAN 30-2, is an entirely different design. Charles Morgan Jr. founded Morgan Yachts in 1965, achieving commercial success with models like the Morgan Out Island 41, a full-keel, center-cockpit cruiser produced from 1970 to 1991.6:23

The living fleet

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Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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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

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Morgan Yachts 30-2A masthead sloop designed by Charles Morgan Jr. that shares no design lineage with the earlier 1968 model of the same nameMorgan Yachts 28A Charles Morgan-designed masthead sloop featuring a keel-centerboard configuration for versatile shoal-water accessMorgan Yachts Out Island 30A shoal-draught masthead sloop with a long keel, designed by Charles Morgan Jr. for stable, comfortable coastal cruisingMorgan Yachts 33A Charles Morgan Jr. design featuring a fin keel and spade rudder, built for performance in a classic masthead sloop rigMorgan Yachts 34The first production yacht from Charles Morgan Jr., this masthead sloop features a keel-centreboard hull for versatile draftMorgan 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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