Moody 33 Mk1 Centre cockpit

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1978 model. Any ideas on value as a 'slightly distressed sale'? A similar one in the states is up for $20k over here I have seen everything from about mid £20k upwards to over £40k!

Chap has been living aboard for a couple of years but still manages to get out of the marina occasionally. There's a new engine and a lot of kit on the boat ( a hell of a lot of kit ) TV, cooker, fridge, reasonable sails with spinnaker, roller genoa, roller boom main.

Centre cockpit has a rigid doghouse with sliding sunroof and soft windows and canvas side panels with privacy covers which make for comfortable indoor steering and live aboard.
 
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capnsensible said:
Absolutely fantastic brilliant boats, snap her up!!!

I may be just a tad biased.
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No thanks. but it is genuine enquiry, a good friend of mine has been living aboard for a couple of years, stuck in a marina and wants to get back ashore for a bit of a more conventional lifestyle.

Guess we'll have to get a website up, polish her up some and present her at her best.
 
It seems a reasonable buy at 20k - I have a 1979 mk2 which was neglected and I paid just under 18k - it started at 26.5k! I had to fit a new engine etc to get it up tp scratch. The mk2 has a better layout in my opinion but the mk1 still fetches good money if well maintained and updated
 
nimbusgb said:
1978 model. Any ideas on value as a 'slightly distressed sale'? A similar one in the states is up for $20k over here I have seen everything from about mid £20k upwards to over £40k!

Chap has been living aboard for a couple of years but still manages to get out of the marina occasionally. There's a new engine and a lot of kit on the boat ( a hell of a lot of kit ) TV, cooker, fridge, reasonable sails with spinnaker, roller genoa, roller boom main.

Centre cockpit has a rigid doghouse with sliding sunroof and soft windows and canvas side panels with privacy covers which make for comfortable indoor steering and live aboard.
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Mines a 1975 hull number 14, was owned by Brian Navin, wrote the Baltic pilot books fro Imray sailed her for over 25 years, I've got her now and been slowly upgrading her. just sailed around UK, no problems at all, safe secure boat. I'm not a sailer, and found it easy sailing. Best Moody you'll ever purchase.
 
I'm a little biased too! When I was looking early last year asking prices were £22k upwards but all negotiable. I found quite a lot of variation in original fit out which affected my perceived value. For what it's worth I prefer the layout of mk1 over mk2. Engine condition will obviously affect value but many of the original Thornycrofts are still running well, mine included.
 
Mine is the original Perkins 4108, still running perfectly well. She's up for sale, make me an offer.....
Had her valued for sale in Inverness last year, was told up top 33k as she has been fitted out for world travel.
Insurance value is set at 36.5k for total loss.
In all honesty I'd be looking for offers over 24K mark but you would need to see what your getting. go onto yahoo groups and visit boatingdreams, see the pictures.
I have just sialed her up the east coast to orkney and shetland, then down the west coast to Ireland, a fantastic trip, in everything from a sunny day to a f10, and she never missed a beat, I did, several times, but she didn't.
 
nimbusgb said:
Engine has < 250 hours on it. It's brand new.
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That's a big plus. Spend as much time as you have available cleaning her up, decluttering, depersonalising, etc. as much as possible. Then make a website with moonfruit or similar with loads of photos and good descriptions. Link to this site from ads on Apollo Duck & Boats & Outboards. Price it lower than all the other ones for sale that are in a similar condition/level of equipment on the market at the same time and it will probably sell in a relatively short space of time. It's what I did with my last boat and it sold in less than 2 weeks...
 
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