46' Morgan 461

Update March 2025; a new bimini and dodger have been installed.

This 1980 Morgan 461 is a rare find in the current market. This beauty has been continuously upgraded by her current owners who are only selling because they have determined that they cant complete their long-planned cruise on a sailboat.

She is well equipped for northern and southern latitude sailing with a full enclosure and both a winter cover and a full Caribbean shade system included. The 3 cabin layout with V-berth forward, Mid cabin bunk room and aft master cabin along with a convertible settee in the main salon easily accommodates a crew of 8 both below and in the cockpit.

Some cosmetics remain to be dealt with, but all of the priority improvements have been made in the last few years, including a full bottom job in 2024, new propeller, dry shaft seal, shaft coupling, new sails, new roller furling system, complete new standing rigging, new windward sheeting traveler system and new stainless steel handrails to name a few.

This boat has been sailed extensively from NH along the entire Maine coast and islands, nearly to the Canadian border. She loves to sit on her Rocna 55# at anchor with her long chain rode and has ridden out many a storm without a hitch. The secondary anchor, a Fortress 37 and rode, are carried on the bow as well and they work beautifully as a stern anchor in those tight locations when one is needed. A dedicated sail track on the mast accommodates a storm trysail and she has a matching storm jib as well.

Equipped with over 1000 watts of solar panels and a 525 amp hour AGM battery, she handles her all LED lighting system (including new LED anchor light) along with refrigeration and freezer, toaster oven and even a TV, with rarely a need to run the engine to produce power.

There is an extensive list of spares on board that have always provided the sellers with peace of mind on those trips to remote areas. The spares and an extensive collection of equipment manuals will serve her next owner well.

Equipment Listing:
-Tankage: 85 gls fuel, 265 gls water in two tanks, 40gls waste in two tanks
-Perkins 4-154 with 1425 hours, rebuilt by prior owner.
Current owners service records are available at time of inspection, covering the last 8 years. Her engine has been rigorously maintained with some of the work outlined below:
-new high pressure fuel pump
-all new high and low pressure fuel lines
-all hoses replaced with new,
-all Bowman HX endcaps replaced with new
-new raw water pump
-new fresh water (antifreeze) pump
-full acid wash cleaning of the raw water system including the Bowman heat exchanger and oil cooler.
-transmission replaced with a low hour used unit and installed with a new pressure plate.
-all new motor mounts
-All LED lighting
-Jabsco toilet(2022) in forward head, Vacuflush toilet in aft head with tub and shower.
-Hot and cold pressure water to both heads, galley and exterior shower on stern
-Raritan 12 GL Hot water heater, both engine and electric powered
-Pressure salt water washdown to bow and galley. New Johnson pump 2024.
-Barlow 32 Self Tailing main winches
-Raymarine E80 GPS Chartplotter, Radar, ST 60 autopilot, with 2023 ST 60 masthead wind package
-Ground tackle consisting of Ideal ACW windlass, Rocna 25 (55#) main anchor with 150 3/8 chain and 150 nylon rode (new 2023), Secondary Fortress 37 anchor with 10 3/8 chain and 200 nylon anchor rode (new 2023)
-2017 new Balmar 812 alternator (65watt)
-2018 new VHF cable and VHF antenna to masthead
-2018 Uniden Cell phone booster on masthead
-2018 Hurth transmission replaced with low hour used unit and new drive plate
-2019 New AQ22 1.25 propeller shaft, New Lasdrop Dry Shaft Seal with 2 spares on shaft, new Chesapeake 3 Blade propeller
-new engine fresh water (antifreeze) pump
-2019 new lazy jack system
-2020 rebuilt Glacier Bay cold plate refrigeration with new motor, control and solenoids
-2020 Victron 2 bank battery monitoring system with Bluetooth
-2020 new lifelines
-2020 new motor mounts
-2020 Ideal ACW 12V windlass with dedicated Group 31 completely rebuilt with new SST shaft, bushings from Ideal
-2021 replaced 5 x 105 AGM batteries in house bank
-2022 replaced mechanical fuel pump on engine
-2022 Harken MK 4 roller furler and new headstay
-2022 Harken Mainsail Roller system
-2022 Quantum Offshore Mainail and 145% Genoa, annually maintained by local Quantum sailloft
-2022 full cockpit enclosure installed
-2022 replaced old PV panels with (2) New PV panels Q CELLS 480 Watt Mono Duo Cell Bifacial Solar panels
-2023 Danforth Constellation Compass
-2023 Harken big boat windward sheeting traveler and 6:1 Harken Carbo block mainsheet system
- May 2024: two fresh coats of bottom pain, two zincs on shaft with one propeller nut zinc, new Windex, new raymarine ST60 wind machine, new LED masthead light with strobe and automated anchor light, new coaxial cable from mast to helm station for VHF, New stainless steel handrails on deck, rebedded aft cabin hatch cover, new solar vents in both heads and new plexiglass hatches for same.

-June 2024, full oil and filter change at 1294 hours, fuel filter on engine changed, new impeller on raw water pump installed, new drain line from Forward head sink to new bronze seacock, new drain line from aft Head sink to seacock. Recertified 2 aluminum propane tanks.
-November 2024, full oil and filter change at 1415 hours