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SOLD

T40422

Moody S31

Lying

currently afloat Cornwall

Builder

Moody Yachts (Marine Projects, Plymouth)

Year

1997

Price

£38,000

LOA

31' 9"

Sail area

516 sq ft main and genoa

Brief details

LWL

26' 6"

Rig

Sloop

This Moody S31 has an good double aft cabin, and the inventory includes Eberspacher heating, radar etc. She is one of the later and more modern production designs for Moody by Bill Dixon, aiming at better sailing performance than many earlier Moody models, and with good accommodation within a modest overall length. We sold this yacht to her present owner in 2018, and she is now back on the market. She has had recent new canvaswork including a full "camper" cockpit enclosure and has just had a replacement of the Saildrive seal.

Beam

10' 10"

Cabins

2 plus saloon

Draught

5' 6"

Berths

6

Displacement

10,218 lbs

Engine

Volvo MD2020 diesel

Ballast

3,250 lbs

BHP

19

Keel type

Iron fin keel with rudder on partial skeg
Sailplan

While the Moody name traditionally indicated a fairly spacious but not especially fast cruiser, a few of their later designs were aimed at buyers wanting a bit more performance, and were clearly aimed at competing with the French designs becoming popular in the UK at the time. The Moody S31 was one of these later Moodys. With more draught than the previous Moody 31 model, as well as a longer waterline length and broader beam, she offered both more speed under sail and substantially more accommodation volume, including a large aft cabin.

The Moody S31 was designed by Bill Dixon, and was sold with either fin or bilge keels and masthead or fractional rig. This example is a fin keel masthead rig yacht. As with all the "production" Moodys, the yachts were built and fitted out for Moodys by Marine Projects in Plymouth, who now operate as Princess Yachts. 145 Moody S31s were built in total, compared to over 300 of the older, smaller Moody 31s Mk I and II.

'Yachting Monthly' used boat tested the Moody S31 in 2012 and wrote "....the S31 has a sense of space that belies her 31 ft length" and "....sails well and exudes competence ...... all in all a lovely airy, able boat".
Ashore - Moody S31 for sale
Moody S31 for sale
Moored July 2022
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Moody S31
Owner's photo
Forecabin
Moody S31 for sale
Accommodation plan
Saloon aft
Chart table
Saloon table
Aft cabin
Heads
Moored July 2022
Deck
Deck aft
Cockpit
Cockpit forward
Stern view

Inventory:

Engine details

Volvo Penta MD2020 3-cylinder diesel, freshwater cooled, run approx 1,100 hours

Fuel tank capacity

90 litres

Propeller

Three bladed on Saildrive. New prop 2020, Saildrive seal replaced April 2022

Batteries

2 x Trojan 30HXS 130AH deep-cycle batteries new 2015, plus separate engine start battery new 2021

Battery charging/electrics

Engine alternator and shorepower battery charger

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Sloop rig, Selden alloy spars and spinnaker pole, S/S standing rigging replaced 2012

Mainsail

Kemp Sails, slab reefing with three slabs - two reefs from cockpit.

Genoa

Kemp Sails roller genoa, new sacrifical strip 2019

Genoa furling

Furlex with winch at cockpit for reefing line

Spinnaker

Cruising chute, appears unused

Primary winches

2 x Lewmar 30ST self-tailing

Secondary winches

2 x Lewmar 8 on coachroof

Bower anchor

25 lb Plough type with 30 metres 8mm chain

Kedge anchors

 

Anchor windlass

*

New and unfitted as yet - Lofrans X2 electric windlass - available by separate negotiation

Steering

Whitlock wheel

Autopilot

Raymarine SPX5 Smartpilot with wheel drive installed 2013

Steering compass

Whitlock on binnacle

Warps & fenders

6 warps and 10 fenders

Miscellaneous

Cockpit sprayhood, dodgers, cockpit cushions

Navigation Equipment and instruments

Radar

Raymarine RL70C 7" colour screen at chart table

GPS/Chartplotter

Raymarine RL70C, also Raymarine Dragonfly 5" with EU charting at helm - new 2018

Log/speed

Autohelm Tridata

Depth sounder

Autohelm Tridata

Windspeed/direction

Raymarine i60

VHF radio

McMurdo with DSC

Safety/emergency equipment

Liferaft

Seago 4-man canister - new 2021

Lifebuoy

Horseshoe with danbuoy and floating light

Radar reflector

Mast mounted

Bilge pumps

Manual pump

Interior

Cabin layout

Forecabin, saloon, heads and aft cabin

Cabin heating

Eberspacher blown hot-air diesel heating

Berths

6

Water tank capacity

180 litres - hot and cold pressurised water

Cooker

Plastimo Neptune 2500 two-burner, grill and oven

Coolbox

Coolbox with Supercool refrigeration

Heads

Jabsco Compact - new 2019

 

Miscellaneous

 

Dinghy

Seago 2.4M inflatable - new 2017

Outboard

Mercury 3.5 4-stroke - new 2017
These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available.

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