PaulCymro
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Anyone done a circuit in a BK Moody 31? That's my plan and I'd like to check I'm not being mental.
There are two of us and west to east via Bermuda and the Azores will be sort of June July Aug timeHow many are “you”.
What time of year do you want to cross West to East?
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There's a well-known photo of a Westerly 22 (bilge keel) in a Caribbean anchorage. I don't think anyone ought to be discouraged by this solid, practical keel arrangement...especially as on this passage, you're unlikely to be hard on the wind very often.
We lived aboard our Moody 33 for 21 years.Success of such projects is as much about the people doing it as the boat. The challenge in a relatively small cruiser such as yours is deciding on the level of discomfort that results from 2 people living for long periods in a very confined space.
Yes, but that is huge compared with a 31! - one of its major selling points in the day.We lived aboard our Moody 33 for 21 years.
We lived aboard our Moody 33 for 21 years.
From all I've heard, the bilge keel version is slightly less weatherly, but otherwise very similar. Mine's fin keel. For ocean crossing, mainly downwind, I doubt there would be any difference.There's a short "blog" written by 2 blokes who crossed in a M31 some time ago (not sure if fin or BK, but I cannot see any significant difference). Can't remember where it is, I'm afraid.
They did it rather quickly, I think, without spending much time in the Windies, which rather defeats the object of the exercise, to my way of thinking.
They said the most uncomfortable part of the crossing was sailing down the Bristol Channel.
Have you asked on the Moody Owner's Forum?
Anyone done a circuit in a BK Moody 31? That's my plan and I'd like to check I'm not being mental.
The difference is slight. And when crossing oceans, even going to windward you probably don't want to steer as close as she'll go; you don't need to weather the next headland, and most boats make their best VMG a bit off the wind. I'm pretty sure that's the case for the Moody 31; I'm not a racer so I've never been that interested, but she certainly slows down when sailed as close as she'll go ( I have tried to weather headlands!). So I think the difference between the two configurations is unlikely to matter even for the West-East crossing.There is a lot of not downwind sailing on a west to east crossing and a tendency of grey.....