MORGAN 46 (SCHEEL)
Masthead Ketch • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1979
Dimensions
- LOA
- 46 ft
- LWL
- 39.25 ft
- Beam
- 13.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 6 ft
- Displacement
- 30,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 3,810 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.74 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 14.5
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 222
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 12.7%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 876 sq ft
- I
- 50.75 ft
- J
- 18.75 ft
- P
- 43.25 ft
- E
- 13 ft
- PY
- 26.5 ft
- EY
- 9 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1979
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkins
- Engine Type
- Diesel
Also sold as MORGAN CUSTOM 46.
The designer, Henry Scheel, was also the builder of the original molds for this yacht at his company in Maine in the early 1970's. (Sheel had collaborated with Charles Morgan on a number of the earlier Morgan's.)
The molds later came into the possession of Morgan Yachts, where they were used for a number of years with various modifications to build a number of models similar to the one shown here.
The Morgan nomenclature is especially confusing in the 45-46 foot range. Names were reused for entirely different models.
Boats very similar to this one were sold as the MORGAN 45/46 (SCHEEL) the MORGAN 461, MORGAN 462, MORGAN 463 and possibly others.
(There is at least one other MORGAN 46, (usually referred to as MORGAN 454-5, designed by Nelson/Marek and also built by Morgan Yachts.)
Available as sloop or ketch.
(See MORGAN 462 for other details.)
Thanks to Skip Gundlach for sharing his knowledge of Morgan's of this generation.
Designer
- Henry Scheel (1911–1993)
Builder
- Morgan Yachts (1963–1992)