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Moody Halberdier 36 |
Brief details
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Builder |
Moodys/Marine Construction, Plymouth, and others |
The Halberdier was
designed as a true motor-sailer, with genuine sailing performance
as well as a semi-enclosed wheelhouse and fairly powerful engine.
Although most Halberdiers were ketch rigged, a sloop rig was an
option. |
LOA |
36' 1" |
Sail area |
standard ketch rig 890 sq ft, sloop rig 703 sq ft main and genoa |
LWL |
28' 0" |
Rig |
Sloop or ketch |
Beam |
11' 1" |
Cabins |
Forecabin, saloon & aft cabin |
Draught |
5' 0" |
Berths |
6 |
Displacement |
20,383 lbs |
Engine |
originally usually a Perkins diesel |
Ballast |
7,710 lbs |
BHP |
usually 35 |
Keel type |
Long keel with external iron ballast keel |
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The Halberdier 36 was designed for Moodys
by Alan Hill, and was the first all-GRP yacht built by the
yard. A total of 29 were moulded by Marcon (Marine Construction
Ltd., Plymouth), and finished by Moodys, between 1967 and
1973. At that point Moodys stopped building the class, but
mouldings were still available, and an unknown number of further
boats were built, finished by other builders, over the next
ten or fifteen years.
Most Halberdiers originally had 35 hp Perkins engines, but some will by now have been replaced by now with a variety of alternatives. Most
Halberdiers were ketches, with the sailplan as shown on the
drawing at left.
Despite the wheelhouse and 'motor sailer' tag, the Halberdier is a genuine
sailing yacht, with a classic long keel hull form and a powerful
rig. Most of the photos here are of an immaculately restored and updated example - the only major change to the original specification being altering the aft cabin to provide a double berth.
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