Moorings 60 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Ketch

LOA

59.92' · 18.26 m

Disp.

60,000 lbs · 27,216 kg

First year

1980

The Moorings 60, built by Morgan Yachts (under the stewardship of Catalina Yachts) and designed by the celebrated naval architect Carl Schumacher, remains one of the most significant flagship monohulls in the history of the North American charter industry. Commissioned specifically to serve as the "Queen of the Fleet" for The Moorings’ crewed charter operations in the late 1980s, the vessel was engineered to bridge the gap between highcapacity commercial service and the performance pedigree of a Schumacher design. Unlike the massproduced cruisers of the era, the Moorings 60 utilized a sophisticated hull form that reflected Schumacher's success with racing designs like the Express series, offering a level of seakindliness and speed rarely seen in 60foot charter vessels. According to the Carl Schumacher Design archives, the boat was a departure from the traditional heavydisplacement "Out Island" philosophy previously associated with the Morgan name, moving instead toward a modern, moderatedisplacement performance cruiser.