OI 41 CB

[Boonzajer]

I have a Morgan OI 414. Did a trip to Africa, ship performed well. However, will not sail to windward - hardly any keel. I have been told that some Morgan OI 41´s were originally fitted with a lifting CB. Does anyone know of this arrangement and more specifically know of the possibility to retrofit a CB?Thanks,Robert, s/v Behemoth

 

[Capt. MARS]

There was an earlier 41 Morgan with a centerboard, but it was not an Out Island. You can see line drawings of them on the Morgan 41 Page under Other Morgan Designs. You can compare the differences between three different 41 footers, Morgan 41, Morgan 41 Out Island and Morgan 41 Classic.Regards,Mary

 

[buddy sharpton]

board

The "other" Morgan 41 refered to was a ketch and all did a centerboard. The Out Island 41s did come with and without a centerboard- most did for just the reason you say. Still not the best windward ability of the "regular" slimmer Morgan centerboarders, or the fin keel 27s and tonner boats. The centerboard trunk was a fiberglass unit glassed in before the internal lead castings were lowered into a marble dust and polyester mush to be anchored in the hull. You would have to fabricate the trunk, drill out , hammer out a channel between the dactings and cglass in a new one. And make a board. I did all of this to put a super NACA section bigger board in my Morgan 22. A bit of work but I did it. So could you. There are obsolete shop drawings available from Warrin at Catalina/Morgan yachts showing the propellor stuffing box, 3/4" hollow tube and ss. cable rig Morgan used- all available bits.

 

[dduelin]

No Out Island 41's ever had a centerboard

No production OI41 ever had a centerboard. The story I heard is that Charlie Morgan talked about it with some of the charter fleet buyers interested in the new design he was completing in early 1971 and they did not want the maintenance issues. That new design became the Out Island 41. I heard that from the horse's mouth.  The OI51 came with a centerboard on models I believe built prior to model year 1979 - the "511". The 512 deleted the centerboard. A smaller point is that the "other" Morgan 41 was a yawl and not a ketch. The yawl rig was favored for a time early in Morgan Yacht corporate history (1964 to 1970) under the racing handicapping rule of the time so many boats built during the 60's had them. Ketch rigs have larger mizzens and step the mizzen mast forward of the rudder post. Dave Doolin1969 M30 Angel's Wing