Morgan Yachts Out Island 41

The Morgan Yachts OUT ISLAND 41 is a masthead sloop designed by Charles Morgan Jr., built from 1971 to the present, and known as one of the most popular production boats of its size. It features a long keel, measures 12.6 meters LOA with a 4.2-meter beam, 1.3-meter draft, and displaces 12,247 kg. The design saw numerous modifications, leading to variations in dimensions and interior layouts, and was often rigged as a sloop or ketch. Early models typically used Perkins 4-108 or Westerbeke 4-107 engines, later switching to Perkins 4-154, and after Catalina's acquisition of Morgan Yachts, the OUT ISLAND 41 CLASSIC was produced with Yanmar diesel engines. Aboard *KYAN II*, a ketch-rigged OUT ISLAND 41, the crew installed a SeaWater Pro reverse osmosis water maker, mounting the pump, motor, and membrane within six feet of each other and using PEX piping for the pressurized system.2:28 They replaced aging teak handrails with stainless steel grab bars, securing them with 7/16-inch threaded stainless steel inserts and 1/4-28 stainless bolts for a 5,000-pound holding capacity.7:01 During shakedown cruises on the Chesapeake Bay, *KYAN II* navigated 15-knot headwinds and demonstrated a two-line snubber system for anchoring, with a distance alarm set at 37 feet to monitor for drag in 10 feet of water.17:23 Docking the 41.5-foot, 27,000-pound ketch in a 50-by-16-foot slip involved approaching at two knots and alternating in and out of gear to manage drift in a 10–15 knot crosswind.24:44