Lyman-Morse has been building fine yachts in Thomaston, Maine, ever since Cabot Lyman first joined forces with Roger Morse back in 1978. With experience creating and modifying boats built of various materials, backed by its own in-house fabrication facility, the firm has distinguished itself as one of the premier construction and service yards in North America. The product of a unique collaboration between Cabot, his son Drew, who is now running the business, and Kiwi designer Kevin Dibley, the new LM46 was conceived as an elegant yet simple performance boat that is easy to maintain and handle.
Design and Construction
The LM46’s core design brief called for a boat that can cruise at 10 knots under sail and power with comfortable accommodations suitable for cruising, but without heavy, complicated systems like generators, air conditioning, watermakers,