NEXT BOAT is the last Ocean Series 45 built and was commissioned by a repeat Morris customer who wanted an exquisite boat that would excel both racing short and single handed and also comfortably cruising.  Working closing with the team at Morris during the build, the owner optimized the boat for sailing ability with a custom Jim Taylor designed keel and rudder as well as a taller than standard Hall Spars carbon mast and a custom cockpit with more protection under way and a custom larger wheel from Edson to allow fingertip control sitting on the coaming.  

On deck she is set up for off shore sailing and below is finished in varnished cherry with the heirloom quality craftsmanship Morris is known for.  The raised salon design provides a large, open interior with great visibility and lots of light.  Immaculately maintained by her original owner, she looks and sails beautifully.

The Ocean Series 45 was designed by Chuck Paine and Tom Morris as an extension of Chuck’s Bermuda Series designs and was inspired by the successful Ocean Series 48.   Originally commissioned for a repeat customer who wanted a boat like the 48 but planned on sailing and racing either singlehanded or double handed, the 45 is very similar to the 48 but with almost a third less displacement everything is easier from pushing the boat off a dock to handling the loads underway.  With a very comfortable two cabin, one head layout, lots of light below and abundant storage she is both comfortable to cruise on and exhilarating to sail.

Construction:

Hull:

• Composite laminate of E-glass, Corecell closed cell foam and Kevlar with Hydrex vinylester resin
• Four continuous carbon fiber reinforced longitudinal stringers stiffen the hull in addition to structural bulkheads glassed to the hull
• Four acrylic fixed hull ports
• Externally bolted custom Jim Taylor designed lead keel
• Custom Jim Taylor designed deep balanced spade rudder with carbon fiber post and skin over closed cell foam infused with epoxy resin
• Reverse transom with boarding ladder and integrated steps up to cockpit
• Storage for gasoline in dedicated locker in transom
• Hull Awlgripped Kingston Grey with double Aristo Blue boot stripe with gold cove stripe

Deck:

• Composite laminate of E-glass, Corecell closed cell foam with Hydrex vinylester resin
• High density foam utilized where high load deck hardware is mounted
• Deck Awlgripped with Snow White with Oyster White non-skid
• Stainless steel bow and stern rails and stanchions and double uncoated lifelines with gates port and starboard in through stern rail
• Varnished teak toe rails, handrails and coamings
• Custom bowsprit with fitting for headstay and tack for code 0
• Stainless steel custom chocks integrated into toe rail for bow, stern and spring lines
• Herreshoff style stainless steel bow, stern and midship cleats (two midship cleats each side, one for each spring line)
• Removable carbon bow sprit with storage on trunk cabin
• Stainless single roller anchor stem fitting
• (8) stainless steel opening overhead hatches
• (7) stainless steel opening portlights
• (3) large fixed forward pilothouse laminated low E glass portlights
• (4) Large fixed side pilothouse laminated low-E glass portlights.  Side portlights incorporate bend in middle to increase strength
• (2) dorades with stainless steel guards provide fresh air below
• Forepeak locker with flush deck fiberglass hatch with access to chain storage
• Outboard motor mount on stern rail
• Mount for propane grill on stern rail with connection to propane tanks
• Carbon fiber post mounted to stern rail with mounts for radome, satellite dome and crane for dinghy motor

Cockpit:

• Edson steering pedestal with engine controls and Ritchie 6” compass
• 74” Edson Ultra-Light racing systems wheel with elkhide cover
• Varnished teak coaming cap
• Varnished teak cockpit seat backs on forward cockpit seats
• Varnished teak companionway trim with acrylic drop boards and teak framed screen
• Low profile dodger with stainless steel frame (new 2025)
• Cockpit seat hatches for access to large sail locker, lazarette and propane locker

Accommodations:

NEXT BOAT’s raised salon provides an open, light interior with an easy connection to the cockpit.   Walking down the few easy steps from the cockpit one arrives in the raised salon area with views to the outside through the large side and forward windows.  Immediately to port there is a private aft cabin with a double berth.   Opposite to starboard is a large head with separate shower stall and wet locker, convenient to the companionway.   Forward of the aft cabin and head is the U-shaped dinette to port and the nav station opposite to starboard.  

A step down from the raised salon is the galley to port with a settee and pilot berth opposite to starboard for visiting the cook or a comfortable berth underway near the center of gravity.  The forward cabin with a centerline queen berth is forward.

The interior is beautifully finished with a mix of gloss and satin varnished cherry with Alaskan Cedar hull sheathing.  

• Bulkheads are strong, lightweight Decolite balsa core panels with either cherry or Pionite veneers, all fiberglassed toe the hull and deck
• Interior is designed to be secure in a knockdown with all floor boards, lift outs, drawers, etc. fitted with latches or turn buttons
• Varnished teak and basswood gloss finished cabin sole (redone 2024)
• Off white overhead with varnished cherry battens (panels are removable for access to deck and wiring above)
• Stainless steel opening overhead hatches with cherry frames and integrated retractable screens and shades and stainless steel opening portlights with screens provide abundant natural light and ventilation
• Reverse cycle air conditioning provides heating and cooling when needed
• Cherry finger rails along base of cabin sides provide secure handholds in addition to thoughtfully placed bulkheads and handrails

Aft Cabin:

• The aft cabin is fitted with a double berth with a full length shelf outboard
• A hanging locker and bureau are forward of the berth. The hanging locker has a shelf with fiddles above, stainless steel clothes rod and a white gelcoat finish with cork lining on the hull surface.
• The bureau has a countertop with a single storage locker above and two drawers and a locker below.
• One overhead hatch and two opening portlights provide ventilation.
• A fixed hull portlight is installed in the hull adding light and connection to the outside

Head:

• The large head is conveniently located at the base of the companionway steps and includes a separate shower compartment and a wet locker for foul weather gear
• Antique white Pionite bulkheads with varnished teak trim
• Granite countertop with undermounted oval stainless steel sink and teak fiddles
• Hot/cold pressurized faucet, soap dispenser and manual cold water faucet
• Cherry framed mirror on forward bulkhead
• Storage in lockers outboard in head and shower
• Vacuflush electric toilet with Snake River holding tank monitor
• Heavy duty stainless steel towel racks on inside of head door
• Opening overhead hatch over shower with shade and screen
• Shower fixture with thermostatic temperature control (automatically adjusts hot/cold mix to keep temperature constant

Dinette:

The dinette is located under the raised salon area and is elevated to provide views outside through the large raised salon windows.

• Cherry table with folding leaves and silverware and wine storage drawers below
• U-shaped settee with storage in large lockers outboard and above seat back
• Varnished cherry binocular holder on aft bulkhead
• Overboard opening hatch with cherry frame and integrated retractable screen and shade
• 12v Hella fan

Nav Station:

• Forward facing navigation station in the raised salon with opening top for chart storage
• Additional storage under bench seat and in drawers and locker under chart tabke
• Electrical panel is mounted in hinged cherry frame allowing easy access to wiring and fuses behind panel
• Shelving and lockers built for instruments and electronics

Galley

A secure U-shaped galley arrangement is installed on the port side forward of the dinette.

• The countertops are Verde Antique granite with a lightweight honeycomb core and Cherry fiddles.
• Large undermounted stainless steel sink with hot/cold pressurized faucet with pull out sprayer, manual foot pump fresh water, Seagull filtered water spigot and soap dispenser
• A wooden knife rack in installed in the galley countertop
• A stainless steel double sink is located on the aft inboard corner of the galley.
• A dry storage locker with access through the countertop is installed under the counter in the aft outboard corner
• A trash bin is attached to a swing out door in the galley below the sink
•  A stainless steel Force 10 four burner stove with thermostatically controlled oven and broiler is installed outboard
• Three drawers and locker door are positioned forward of the stove
• The fiberglass ice box is divided into separate refrigerator and freezer compartments with top loading hatches. Each compartment has its own Seafrost 12 volt DC water cooled compressor, evaporator plate system and electronic controls. Acrylic shelves and a storage system are built into the icebox
• An overhead dish storage cabinet with sliding doors is installed on the forward bulkhead above the refrigerator and freezer
• Abundant storage in lockers outboard and under counter
• Solar vent in deck above stove
• Opening overhead hatch and portlight give additional ventilation and light
• Settee opposite galley pulls out to provide comfortable single berth with pilot berth above and outboard
• Hull port above pilot berth

Forward Cabin:

The forward cabin is fitted with a centerline double berth with two large drawers and drop front below the berth and full length shelves outboard above the berth

• To starboard aft of berth is a hanging locker with shelf above
• Opposite to port is a bureau countertop with fiddles with storage locker above and drawers below
• Two overhead hatches, two dorades, four opening portlights and two hull ports provide exceptional natural light and ventilation
• Samsung flat screen TV mounted on aft bulkhead
• (2) 12v Hella fans
• 110v electrical outlets at base of berth port and starboard.
• Additional storage under berth

Mechanical:

• Yanmar 4JH4 54hp diesel engine with SD60 Saildrive
• Flex-O-Fold three bladed propeller
• Floscan engine tachometer and hour meter with fuel metering – Approximately 1370 hours shown on Flowscan but actual hours may be more as Flowscan was not original
• Alternator, motor mounts and shift/throttle cables new 2024
• Seafire automatic fire extinguisher system (2024)
• Dual Racor fuel filters with vacuum gauge for main engine
• Single Racor fuel filter with vacuum gauge for generator
• CruzPro electronic tank level displays
• 125 gallons fresh water in three stainless steel tanks with manifold
• Atlantic Marine 10 gallon water heater
• Electric fresh water pump with accumulator tank
• Manual fresh water foot pumps at galley and head sinks
• Deck wash with plumping for fresh or raw water
• All below waterline through hulls are Marlon seacocks
• Electric Vacuflush toilet plumbed with fresh water to minimize head odors
• 25 gallon polyethylene holding tank
• Sump tank for shower and forward AC condensate drain
• Sump tank for forward AC condensate drain and refrigeration drain
• Sea Frost Tradewinds air/water cooled 12v refrigeration for fridge and freezer with electronic controls
• MarineAir Vector Compact air conditioning (10K BTU unit forward and 12K BTU unit for main salon)

Electrical

• Mastervolt AC/DC electrical panel with breakers, remote battery switches, AC and DC digital meters, generator, charger and inverter controls
• Electrical panel hinged for easy access to wiring and fuses behind
• AGM house battery bank
• Optima D34M AGM engine starting battery
• Optima D34M AGM generator starting battery
• Xantrex digital echo-charge for both starting batteries
• Mastervolt Master bus system with display at nav station
• Mastervolt Whisper 8 generator
• Engine alternator (new 2024)
• Mastervolt Alpha Pro II alternator regulator
• Mastervolt automatic shore power switching
• 30 amp shore power inlet with shore cord
• ProSafe FS60 Galvanic Isolator (2024)
• Mastervolt Chargemaster Plus 12/100-3 battery charger (2024)
• Mastervolt Mass Sine 12/2000 sine wave inverter
• 12v and 110v outlets

Electronics and Navigation:

• PC computer with Planar screens in cockpit and nav station with wireless keyboard and mouse and network connections (screen in cockpit new 2024)
• Icom M504 VHF at nav station with remote mic at helm
• Icom M802 SSB radio at nav station
• Iridium sat phone
• Maretron DSM410 display tied into NMEA 2000 system
• B&G Zeus 3 9” display at nav station
• B&G H5000 instrument system with three displays in cockpit
• Garmin AIS600 AIS transceiver integrated into network
• B&G hydraulic with Simrad AP44 controller
• XM sat weather interfaced with system
• Furuno radome interfaced with computer system
• Starlink satellite internet system (2025)
• Alpine CDA-9856 AM/FM/CD stereo with separate CD changer
• Samsung flat screen TV in forward cabin with DVD player

Spars and Rigging:

• Offshore carbon fiber mast engineered to eliminate need for running backs with double carbon spreaders, painted to match deck
• Mast painted 2023
• Mast height 67’-7” to mast head, 70’-7” with antennas
• Removable mast jack for mast base
• Navtec stainless steel rod rigging – inspected 2023
• Leisurefurl aluminum furling boom painted to match deck (boom new 2023)
• Manual Navtec System 50 hydraulic system for backstay and vang with integrated Holmatro electric hydraulic pump
• Navtec hydraulic boom vang with panic release button at helm
• Removable Vectran soft inner forestay
• Harken manual headstay furler
• Floating eye jib sheet lead system
• Harken big boat traveler system mounted above companionway

Sails:

• Doyle full batten furling main (2023)
• Doyle furling jib
• A multitude of addition storm, racing and downwind sails

Winches:

• (2) Lewmar 58 three speed self-tailing aluminum primary winches
• (2) Lewmar 54 two speed self-tailing aluminum secondary winches
• (2) Lewmar 48 electric two speed self-tailing aluminum winches at companionway for main sheet, reef lines, main halyard and main furler
• (2) Lewmar 46 two speed self-tailing aluminum halyard winches on mast
• Additional foot buttons at helm to control main sheet winch

Safety:

• Winslow 6 person offshore liferaft (out of inspection)
• Emergency tiller
• Jacklines port and starboard connect to bow and stern cleats
• Whale Titan manual bilge pump in cockpit
• Whale Gusher MK3 manual bilge pump under galley sink
• Automatic main bilge pump with float switch
• Forepeak bilge pump with float switch
• Additional backup bilge pump in main bilge
• Type IV throwable PFD’s
• Xintex propane fume detector and remote valve solenoid
• Handheld fire extinguishers
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Additional Equipment:

• Lewmar Ocean V2 12v electric windlass with corded remote in forepeak locker and remote switch at helm
• 45lb Delta primary anchor with chain/rope rode
• Secondary Fortress anchor in storage bag
• Fender board
• Sunbrella covers for handrails
• Docklines
• Fenders
• Boat hook
• Extensive spares with storage trailer
• Boat and systems manuals

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.