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Moody 47 |
Brief details |
Builder |
A H Moody & Son Ltd, Southampton |
The Moody 47 is a largish production cruiser from Moody Yachts, designed to be be sailed easily by two people. All the sail controls are led to the cockpit and in-mast furling was part of the standard rig. Accomodation was aimed at owners rather than charter companies, hence the number of berths was no more than on many smaller Moodys. There were some choices of layouts for the forward cabin area. |
LOA |
46' 6" |
Sail area |
1,325 sq ft main and genoa |
LWL |
38' 9" |
Rig |
Sloop |
Beam |
14' 8" |
Cabins |
2 cabins plus saloon |
Draught |
6' 9" or 5' 3" |
Berths |
usually 6 excluding saloon |
Displacement |
27,500 lbs |
Engine |
Thornycroft diesel |
Ballast |
11,000 lbs |
BHP |
60 or 66 |
Keel type |
Deep or shallow iron fin keels with rudder on half skeg. |
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The Moody 47 was designed by Bill Dixon in 1981/82, and was moulded and fitted out by Moodys themselves at Southampton, although they had already started subcontracting the build and fit-out of a number of smaller yacht designs to Marine Projects Ltd. at Plymouth.
The hull design remained in production till 1989, although various internal layout changes were made, as well as alterations to the transom and a slight increase in overall length: these variants were called the Moody 471 and Moody Culverneer. In total 31 of these Moody 47/471/Culverneers were built between 1982 and 1989. Essentially the same hulls were then used for the Moody Marksman 47 and 50 designs, of which a further six were built by Moodys from 1988 to 1991.
Options included spray protection from a stainless steel framed windscreen, or another option of a GRP doghouse with stainless steel edged windows and complete cockpit tent. In-mast furling was standard. The example illustrated is a widely travelled 1986 example, with slightly tired interior. |
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