Morgan OI 36 Sloop
Description
The Morgan Out Island 36 Sloop, designed by Charles Morgan and produced by Morgan Yachts from 1973 to 1981 with 206 hulls built, is an iconic American center cockpit coastal cruiser celebrated for its voluminous liveaboard accommodations, shallow-draft versatility, and robust fiberglass construction ideal for family gunkholing in the Bahamas, ICW, or protected bays—featuring a masthead sloop rig on a long encapsulated lead keel with skeg-hung rudder for stable, forgiving handling (PHRF around 198) and a gentle motion in moderate seas up to 20 knots, though its full-keel design prioritizes comfort over speed (hull speed 7 knots). Owners rave about its center cockpit privacy, teak-trimmed interior with V-berth forward, U-shaped galley, saloon settees, nav station, and quarter berth sleeping up to 7 under 6'4" headroom, plus dual heads and generous tankage (60 gal fuel, 100 gal water), typically powered by a reliable Perkins 4-108 or Westerbeke diesel (40 HP) for motoring at 6-7 knots; the ketch variant is less common, but the sloop offers simpler rigging for short-handed sailing.
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 43.16 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 14.92 ft |
| p | 35.50 ft |
| e | 14.50 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43.16 ft | 14.92 ft | 35.50 ft | 14.50 ft | - | - | - | - |
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