The Boat
LuRu is our "vintage" Morgan 462,, a center-cockpit cruising ketch. Morgan Yachts were designed around living aboard and going places.
Taken directly from the Good Old Boat website:
"The Morgan 462 Ketch (also known as the Out Island 462), designed by Charley Morgan and built by Morgan Yachts from 1972 to 1982 with over 100 units produced, exemplifies the heavy-displacement center-cockpit ketch archetype tailored for bluewater cruising and live-aboard comfort through its full-length skeg-hung rudder keel (4 ft 11 in draft) and divided sail plan for easy handling by short crews on tradewind routes like the Caribbean or Pacific trades. Measuring 46.5 feet LOA with a beamy 13.83-foot beam, 38-foot LWL, and substantial 30,000-pound displacement (including 10,000 pounds of encapsulated lead ballast), it deploys approximately 900 square feet of sail area in a masthead ketch rig (mainmast forward, mizzen for balance), yielding a conservative sail area/displacement ratio of 14.5 for deliberate performance—PHRF 150-180, hull speed of 8.08 knots, and exceptional comfort ratio of 39.5 with a capsize screening of 1.78—that prioritizes stability and a dry, pounding ride in 15-30 knots over speed, excelling on beam reaches with self-steering ease but lagging upwind (45-50 degrees apparent) due to its displacement/length of 266, demanding motor-sailing in light air or headwinds and early reefing to tame weather helm."