Moody 27

[weaver_fish]

Moody 27 with bilge keels... do they got to windward well? I am an ex-racer doing the family thing, so have never sailed a bilge keeler but know that some models are better than others in this respect.

Any (knowledgeable) comments about the boats?

 

[Skyva_2]

Not so well as a fin keeler but why not ask on the Moody Owners site? Despite being existing owners you would get a good steer and lots more info.

Moody Owners

 

[ColinHuggins]

There's an owner of a twin-keeled Sadler 29 who will pop up at any moment and enthuse about his boat's performance - he regularly stuffs the opposition in club racing.

In my experience of hundreds of charters and quite a few boats owned, bilge keelers don't sail well to windward, period. Just look at the built-in disadvantage of shallow draft alone: how do you think a Sigma 33 would perform with a 3ft keel?

The best I've sailed was a Seawolf 30 (the 26 is good too): designed by David Feltham who was obsessed with achieving a good windward performance. Guess what: we did come home with the chocolates, tho we often lost it downwind: too much surface area. Irate competitors would walk along the pontoon and prod underneath with a boathook to check on the underwater shape - you get a very good allowance on PY if you have two keels,

There was a thread earlier about buying boats that size which ran on to mention Portmouth Yardsticks. If performance matters when compiling a shortlist I would always look at established handicaps.

However, the performance of the Moody 27 is descrbed as "excellent" in one guidebook. Sounds encouraging!

 

[Aja]

Article in this month's PBO about twin keelers.

£3.50 from your nearest newsagent....

Donald

 

[Whitelighter]

Can't speak for the 27, but our old '91 Moody 31 bilge keeler always pointed pretty well and was good going to windward.

 

[SimonD]

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an ex-racer doing the family thing

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This may, or may not, be an example of conflicting constraints, but don't forget the "family thing". Depending on children and their ages, they'll love drying out on a sandy beach....

 

[tyce]

hi,
i thought about the moody 27 but the py handicap points towards them being very slow
i have raced and owned a hunter horizon 272 twin keeler and they really do race well and are competitive, another frequenter in our races was a sadler 26 twin keel which also went very well and had the edge on pointing due to huge foresail

 

[weaver_fish]

[ QUOTE ]
Article in this month's PBO about twin keelers.

£3.50 from your nearest newsagent....

Donald

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Ah yes indeed, and the point of the article was that some bilge keelers are fine and others are s**t - hence my specific question about the Moody 27! A friend with a Hunter Horizon 26 is very impressed... I was wondering whether to Moody was comparable.

 

[gandy]

If you have a chance, look at a Moody 28. For the extra foot of length, there's loads more space below.