MORGAN 383/384

MORGAN 383/384 photo

Sailboat Specifications


Hull Type:
Fin with rudder on skeg
Rigging Type:
Masthead Sloop
LOA:
38.33 ft / 11.68 m
LWL:
30.50 ft / 9.30 m
Beam:
12.00 ft / 3.66 m
S.A. (reported):
682.00 ft2 / 63.36 m2
Draft (max):
5.00 ft / 1.52 m
Displacement:
18,000 lb / 8,165 kg
Ballast:
6,800 lb / 3,084 kg
S.A./Disp.:
15.95
Bal./Disp.:
37.78
Disp./Len.:
283.22
Construction:
FG w/ balsa deck & airex topsides
First Built:
1982
# Built:
200
Builder:
Morgan Yachts (USA)
Designer:
Ted Brewer

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make:
Perkins
Model:
4-108
Type:
Diesel

Sailboat Calculations

S.A./Disp.:
15.95
Bal./Disp.:
37.78
Disp./Len.:
283.22
Comfort Ratio:
30.94
Capsize Screening Formula:
1.83
S#:
1.79

Rig and Sail Particulars

I:
50.00 ft / 15.24 m
J:
16.25 ft / 4.95 m
P:
42.50 ft / 12.95 m
E:
13.00 ft / 3.96 m
S.A. Fore:
406.25 ft2 / 37.74 m2
S.A. Main:
276.25 ft2 / 25.66 m2
S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles)
682.50 ft2 / 63.41 m2
S.A./Disp. (calc.):
15.96
Est. Forestay Len.:
52.57 ft / 16.02 m

Notes

In 1982, the MORGAN 382 was renamed the MORGAN 383. It featured a taller rig, shorter boom and modified rudder. Some time later it became the 384, with mostly cosmetic changes. About 100 of each of these later models were built.
See MORGAN 382.

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