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Originally Posted by niel12
Has anyone experience of Morgan sail boats i havea 41 on view but i am uncertain?
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Is it an OutIsland? It makes a huge difference. I don't know if Morgan made more than one 41, but his OutIsland series was heavily compromised for huge living space and
shallow draft. Many of his other boats were good sailboats. I have cruised a little on a friend's OutIsland 41
sloop version. It's sail area to
displacement is 13, which some people consider in the motorsailor range. My
Cal 40 has the same sail area and displaces 11,000 lbs less. The
draft is 4 feet, I've read it was designed for the
Bahamas where you need less than 5 feet
draft to go everywhere. I used to make a point of watching the wake, it angled obviously to windward when sailing closehauled, the
boat just slid sideways in the
water when going to windward.
On the liveability side, it is 3 feet wider than my boat,
center cockpit with full sized
bed in the aft owners
cabin with tons of
storage space, two heads. I thought the narrow little
ports made the
cabin too dark though. Big
engine room, lots of tankage. Didn't like the inaccessible through hulls behind the tankage on the far side of the
engine. Though you could access them through the
cockpit locker if you found someone that weighed maybe 70 lbs.
John