Great moody 44 going for a song

[Daydream believer]

But it's just the sort of boat that I would take pride in owning and sailing, it looks to have been used and maintained carefully and even if it cost £30k instead of £20k to bring to your standard it's still going to cost a small fraction of a new equivalent.

But it will never be a new equivalent, it will always be an old project boat someone has done up

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Nice boat for the money.
Ketch rig not very popular these days.
With twin stack packs I could live with it.

Like many folks here, I'm war bulge so will have to be the next life.

 

[RivalRedwing]

Its likely to be solid, with a nice encapsulated keel and a recent engine, yes there will be some costs along the way most of which are evident and can be budgeted for. The biggest ongoing cost will likely be the annual berthing cost for a 44' boat if staying on the south coast.

 

[benjenbav]

IMHO that is a beautiful yacht. I hope it finds a good new home.

Reading the ad in March 2025 I was mildly worried about the broker’s ‘back to the future’ comment:

“Beautiful Classic Yacht. Just had a full back to hull antifoul in May 2025.”

 

[benjenbav]

It’s likely to be solid, with a nice encapsulated keel and a recent engine, yes there will be some costs along the way most of which are evident and can be budgeted for. The biggest ongoing cost will likely be the annual berthing cost for a 44' boat if staying on the south coast.

I agree. Once you factor in £10k/year to park in a UK south coast marina it’s not going to appeal so much to the budget-driven sailor.

 

[Supertramp]

But it will never be a new equivalent, it will always be an old project boat someone has done up

That debate continues in many threads.

This particular boat offers a classic hull design and rig. Plus when you do your own boat up you have a great knowledge of how everything works which is useful offshore.

It might not win the how many berths in under 12m competition but it will turn heads and give its owner much pride.

I hope it finds a good home.

 

[Stemar]

I bet that the first trip to Cherbourg & the sight of land for the first time, will be a memory you will never forget. Mine was Ostend in 1970 & I can remember it like yesterday.

So many great memories. I'm glad to have done the Cherbourg trip but, done right, it's pretty boring. If it's exciting, you're either racing or doing it wrong, in my book.

Some of the best were pretty low on the adventure scale - apéritif while watching the sun set in Newtown Creek, for example.

I got bitten by the Sea Fever - I couldn't get the tall ship but - you know how it goes. My Dad was a Yorkshireman, and an accountant to boot, so I'd been brought up to "never a borrower or a lender be", but a loan to buy that boat was the best breach of regulations I ever committed

 

[Wansworth]

Apparently the owner of the Moody is 80 and wants to sell his family all grown up probably have their own boats and have little interest in their fathers craft .At some point it has to be disposed of probably at a really low price.Butwho might be the future owner.With so many yachts of that size are much newer more spacious etc .Is the future owner a diy man but still with funds to maintain the boat in a marina etc.Could the future owner be planning to buy and live aboard on a mooring or set sail for distant shores on a shoestring.Do wealthy yachtsmen take on old boats?

 

[ashtead]

I would be asking about current berthing costs and if the berth could be transferred to any new owner. Looks a lovely boat for a retired islander if so . I can imagine many hours of fettling though and budget needed.

 

[steve yates]

But it will never be a new equivalent, it will always be an old project boat someone has done up

But it won’t have cost a minimum of a quarter of a million pounds!!
It will be a very well built, strong, beautiful ocean going yacht thats someone has done up, and an absolute bargain when all the spending is done.

 

[RunAgroundHard]

... beautiful ocean going yacht ...

Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and all that. I think it is an ugly looking boat, inside and out, and I wonder just how appealing this style of boat would be. It looks awkward.