Thanks. Have not seen an Eclipse in person but from photos online they look like a boat that would work. Moodys in general have an excellent reputation.
Op did not want teak. That example has half a forest of it, unless it is imitation. I would suggest that forward of the raised areas would be a bit restricted due to the flush deck. Score 2/10
There is no teak.
So we can assume that all that brown stuff is all fase teak look alike then. Better I suppose
Misses with the teak decks but certainly points for outside the box.
Do you know what the ad means by wood core construction?
It normally means strip planked then Glassed on both sides. Spirit build their yachts this way along with others : strip planked hull
Been looking at the Nauticats. Could work but even the 42 the draft is just slightly more than I would consider ideal. 1.95M would bounce except at high tide getting in and out of my mooring and could also be problematic at spots in the US ICW. Also the mast height of 65'7" is just outside US bridge specs of 64'. Would be very limiting on the US east coast. This happened to my friend that purchased a Boreal. Was just a couple of feet too tall for the US bridge specs which leaves you out of all the US east coast except right around the harbor area.
Thanks. Seriously considered a strip planked boat in the past. Has some significant advantages while eliminating most of the rot and other problems with standard wood construction. However I did meet a guy in the yard a couple of years ago with a beautiful strip planked boat that had a leak near the keel that went undetected for some time and ended up having to replace over a square meter of bottom plus a significant area around it for feathering in the new wood.
Just realised the current owners have a blog with tons of info including pictures of the construction. Sailaround Blog & Web – Annika & Björn S/V Moon
Thanks. Had looked at the Moody you linked to and tired was my exact thought. But as you say buy for $100k, invest $50k and it could be functionally like new.
Have seen that video. Not too uncommon to heel boats to fit under a bridge but that move takes it to a whole new level.
Nice boat but teak decks and a good bit over what I want to spend
Marginally higher component count and you are locked into the saildrive maker for parts, but they are no more prone to failure than any other gearbox. The only catastrophic failure unique to them is diaphragm failure but I've never read about one failing and saildrives must have been fitted to tens of thousands of boats over 5 decades. What I am aware of is people changing diaphragms either at the manufacturer's recommended or some other arbitrary interval and finding that however cosmetically ropey the outer diaphragm may be the inner is invariably fine. Other than changing the anode and lube oil as needed there is no maintenance, given there isn't a cutless bearing or stern gland to faff around with arguably there is less maintenance.
