Morgan 46 Ketch
Description
The Morgan 46 Ketch (also known as the Morgan 462 in some references) is a classic center-cockpit bluewater cruiser designed by Henry Scheel and built by Morgan Yachts in Largo, Florida, from 1978 to 1983 as a versatile, family-oriented offshore performer blending heavy-displacement stability with moderate speed for trade-wind passages or Caribbean charters, featuring a spoon bow, skeg-hung rudder for protected steering, and a spacious teak interior with aft master stateroom, forward guest cabin, U-galley, saloon, and two heads sleeping 6–7 in a fiberglass fin-keel hull that's forgiving in heavy weather but requires diligent maintenance on chainplates and deck cores. With around 100 hulls produced (sloop and ketch variants), it earned a reputation as a "competent and comfortable" workhorse—praised for pointing well upwind in 20-knot blows and averaging 7–8 knots on reaches—though its 1960s aesthetic and aging systems make it a refit project for modern sailors, often upgraded with roller furling or repowers for continued bluewater duty.
Construction Details
| Designer | Henry A. Scheel |
|---|---|
| Builder | Morgan Yachts |
| Length | 46.000 ft |
| LOA | 46.000 ft |
| LWL | 39.250 ft |
| Beam | 13.500 ft |
| Displacement | 30000 lb |
| Ballast | 8400 lb |
| Max Draft | 6.000 ft |
| Year Built | 1979 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 50.75 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 18.75 ft |
| p | 43.25 ft |
| e | 13 ft |
| p2 | 26.50 ft |
| e2 | 9 ft |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.75 ft | 18.75 ft | 43.25 ft | 13 ft | 26.50 ft | 9 ft | - | - |
Sails
Morgan 46 Ketch - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 43.25 ft - (13183 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 13 ft - (3962 mm) |
| Leech | * 44.62 ft - (13600 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 44.72 ft - (13631 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 4.5 in - (114 mm) |
| Area | * 288.978 ft² |
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Morgan 46 Ketch - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 43.28 ft - (13192 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 25.5 ft - (7772 mm) |
| Leech | * 36.67 ft - (11177 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 115 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 21.56 ft - (6571 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12 ° |
| Area | * 466.55 ft² |
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Morgan 46 Ketch - GENOA
| Luff | * 51.4 ft - (15667 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 30.85 ft - (9403 mm) |
| Leech | * 47.87 ft - (14591 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 150 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 28.13 ft - (8574 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 4 ° |
| Area | * 722.93 ft² |
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Morgan 46 Ketch - ASYMMETRICAL
| Luff | * 51.4 ft - (15667 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 30.94 ft - (9431 mm) |
| Leech | * 47.29 ft - (14414 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 1192.74 ft² |
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Morgan 46 Ketch - MIZZEN
| Luff | * 26.5 ft - (8077 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 9 ft - (2743 mm) |
| Leech-AftHdBd | * 27.69 ft - (8440 mm) |
| Tack Ang | * 88 ° |
| Diag (clew/head) | * 27.69 ft - (8440 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 3.5 in - (89 mm) |
| Area (no Roach) | * 122.408 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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