The Morgan Out Island 41 is a family of American sailboats that was designed by Charley Morgan for cruising and first built in 1971.
Production
The design was built by Morgan Yachts in the United States starting in 1970 and running until 1991, with more than 1,450 completed, but it is now out of production.
The series become one of the most commercially successful yacht designs in this size range. Nearly half of the production was purchased by yacht charter operators.
Design
The Morgan Out Island 41 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a masthead sloop or optional ketch rig with aluminum spars, a raked stem, a conventional transom, a center cockpit equipped with a ship's wheel for steering and a fixed long or fin keel.
There are many variations in layout, but the basic design has sleeping accommodation for seven people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an "L"-shaped settee, with a folding table and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth. The aft cabin is accessible from the main cabin or from the center cockpit directly, via its own companionway. The passageway between the aft cabin and the main cabin has a workbench on the port side and double doors to access the engine room on starboard. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the forward companionway ladder. The galley is "L"-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner alcohol-fired stove, a icebox and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side and has a second icebox below it. There are two heads, one in the bow cabin on the starboard side and one on the starboard side in the aft cabin, both with showers. The below deck trim is teak.
Ventilation is provided by a total of 14 opening ports, two opening ports on the transom, aft cabin, bow cabin and galley hatches. Light for the engine room is provided by a cockpit floor prism port light.
For sailing the design is equipped with full-length perforated toe-rails that can be used for jib sheeting. The cockpit sheeting winches are two-speed. There are halyard winches on the main mast and the mizzen mast. Both masts are provided with topping lifts. The bow is fitted with an anchor roller.
Variants
Out Island 41
This masthead sloop model was introduced in 1971, with 1,000 boats completed. It has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard long keel. A stub keel and retractable centerboard model was also produced in small numbers. The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines 4-108 diesel engine of . Later boats produced were powered by a Westerbeke model 4-107 diesel or a Perkins 4-154 diesel. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 192 and a Portsmouth Yardstick of 87.0. Out Island 41 Ketch This ketch-rigged model was introduced in 1972. It has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard long keel. The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines diesel engine of . The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . Out Island 415 This masthead sloop model was introduced in 1975 and built until 1981, with 300 boats completed. It features a "walk-though" interior and could be ordered with an optional tall rig for sailing in areas with lighter winds. It has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard long keel. The boat is fitted with a British Perkins diesel engine. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . Out Island 415 Ketch This ketch-rigged model was introduced in 1977. It has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard long keel. The boat is fitted with a British Perkins diesel engine. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . Out Island 416 This cutter or ketch-rigged model was introduced in 1981 to replace the 415 in production and was produced until 1985. It features a taller mast with increased sail area over earlier models. It has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard long keel. The boat is fitted with a British Perkins 4-154 diesel engine of . Out Island 41 Classic (Morgan Classic 41)