Moody 44 and 46 and 47 opinions.

Ive had my Moody 44 1996 for 13 years now very comfortable and reasonably quick. Lots of space inside and good stowage been out in some strong winds and no worries at all. comes with a MD22 diesel which was used in london taxi cabs good engine but a bit smokey on start up. Its apparently a design fault well documented.

Maurice
 
I've had my 1997 44 for a little over 3 years and very pleased with her. As Maurice says, comfortable and quick although my shoal draft version makes some horrendous leeway in light airs when on the wind. Very smooth and easy to sail well. We (2 adults and 1 child) live on board in the Med and she's very good for this.
Not done any bluewater sailing but would have no qualms about heading offshore.
You probably know there were several internal layout options so make sure the boat you get has the right set up for you.
Feel free to ask if you have any specific questions.
 
After sailing from UK to Malta in 2006/7 and back in 2009, I sold my shoal keel1995 Moody 44 in Feb 2010 to a couple who were planning to go offshore and bluewater.

This is their website/blog and is very comprehensive, up to the point where they left the boat in the Gulf Of Mexico in 2016, where she sank in a hurricane and, despite attempts to recover, she was an insurance write off.

June 2011 – Page 2 – The Owl and the Pussycat

to

November 2016 – The Owl and the Pussycat

So 5 years of bluewater cruising, including a Panama Canal transit. Pretty sure any repairs and maintenance are fairly well documented.
 
Richard10002 said:
After sailing from UK to Malta in 2006/7 and back in 2009, I sold my shoal keel1995 Moody 44 in Feb 2010 to a couple who were planning to go offshore and bluewater.

This is their website/blog and is very comprehensive, up to the point where they left the boat in the Gulf Of Mexico in 2016, where she sank in a hurricane and, despite attempts to recover, she was an insurance write off.

June 2011 – Page 2 – The Owl and the Pussycat

to

November 2016 – The Owl and the Pussycat

So 5 years of bluewater cruising, including a Panama Canal transit. Pretty sure any repairs and maintenance are fairly well documented.
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Woo! what a tale!
 
I have sold all of those models and they have all either gone on to, or had just completed, serious offshore voyages.

We also lived aboard and raised two children on our own Moody 38 in the Med, then latterly Caribbean to New York and back.

Great boat. Even took it "the wrong way" from St Lucia to Barbados to pick up a US Visa. Steep Atlantic seas and high winds but we outsailed the more modern 45ft production yacht sailing in company with us by a large margin and were more comfortable.

Those that are around at the moment will probably need some updating and repair, but well worth doing imho. Teak decks can sometimes be an issue, but I have seen a few that have replaced worn teak with composite decks and it has worked well for a reasonable outlay. (Compared to re-decking in teak)
 
jonic said:
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Those that are around at the moment will probably need some updating and repair, but well worth doing imho. Teak decks can sometimes be an issue, but I have seen a few that have replaced worn teak with composite decks and it has worked well for a reasonable outlay. (Compared to re-decking in teak)
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John, what do you mean by composite decks? PCV Flexiteek type? Or something completely different like SeaCork?
 
Tradewinds said:
John, what do you mean by composite decks? PCV Flexiteek type? Or something completely different like SeaCork?
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Yes, the PVC type. The newer versions are much improved with excellent colour and textures, indistinguishable from real teak unless very close up - and even then it can be very hard to tell.

We are also starting to see this on larger +55ft yachts as the costs of re-decking in teak are now very high. A client had a quote recently of £80-£100k for a re-deck in teak on a larger yacht. Composite was less than half. A lot of the initial cost is removing the existing deck, mast, rigging and all the deck fittings, then re-bedding everything around the new deck. Composite is cheaper than teak and shortens the re-fitting time substantially as it is laid in large sections.

It is now also becoming a factory fit option on some new yachts, as teak is seen in some circles as unsustainable and not particularly eco-friendly for fitting to yachts!
 
jonic said:
Yes, the PVC type. The newer versions are much improved with excellent colour and textures, indistinguishable from real teak unless very close up - and even then it can be very hard to tell.

We are also starting to see this on larger +55ft yachts as the costs of re-decking in teak are now very high. A client had a quote recently of £80-£100k for a re-deck in teak on a larger yacht. Composite was less than half. A lot of the initial cost is removing the existing deck, mast, rigging and all the deck fittings, then re-bedding everything around the new deck. Composite is cheaper than teak and shortens the re-fitting time substantially as it is laid in large sections.

It is now also becoming a factory fit option on some new yachts, as teak is seen in some circles as unsustainable and not particularly eco-friendly for fitting to yachts!
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Interesting - but the main thing that puts me off is that composite is even hotter to walk on than teak - or at least that’s what a very honest salesman told me a couple of years ago.
 
RupertW said:
Interesting - but the main thing that puts me off is that composite is even hotter to walk on than teak - or at least that’s what a very honest salesman told me a couple of years ago.
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Yes, that can certainly be true, but I understand the newer versions have better properties in this regard.
 
We just sold our Moody 44 shoal keel in Sydney. We had her for 3 years and sailed from Greenock, UK to Sydney, Australia as a family of 4 in that time. I would happily choose this boat again, it was the ideal size and handled storms well. I would load it with less kit and take fewer sails, spares and kids toys, but the boat itself was almost ideal, though it could do with more 'garage' space. The bigger boats tend to be considerably more expensive.
 
MAURICE said:
Ive had my Moody 44 1996 for 13 years now very comfortable and reasonably quick. Lots of space inside and good stowage been out in some strong winds and no worries at all. comes with a MD22 diesel which was used in london taxi cabs good engine but a bit smokey on start up. Its apparently a design fault well documented.

Maurice
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After getting water in the engine I re-conned the top of my MD22 and discovered the valve stem seals were a very different design. Lots of smoke before - practically none after changing the seals
 
jonic said:
Yes, the PVC type. The newer versions are much improved with excellent colour and textures, indistinguishable from real teak unless very close up - and even then it can be very hard to tell.

We are also starting to see this on larger +55ft yachts as the costs of re-decking in teak are now very high. A client had a quote recently of £80-£100k for a re-deck in teak on a larger yacht. Composite was less than half. A lot of the initial cost is removing the existing deck, mast, rigging and all the deck fittings, then re-bedding everything around the new deck. Composite is cheaper than teak and shortens the re-fitting time substantially as it is laid in large sections.

It is now also becoming a factory fit option on some new yachts, as teak is seen in some circles as unsustainable and not particularly eco-friendly for fitting to yachts!
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RupertW said:
Interesting - but the main thing that puts me off is that composite is even hotter to walk on than teak - or at least that’s what a very honest salesman told me a couple of years ago.
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Yes we have had factory fitted Flexiteak on our Moody from new - after 4 years just needs occasional clean and sand in spots . Having seen both Jongert and Halberg teak decks not very attractive unless a large budget IMHO . I don’t think it’s that hot compared to teak but that might be just in uk and channel !
 
Hoolie said:
After getting water in the engine I re-conned the top of my MD22 and discovered the valve stem seals were a very different design. Lots of smoke before - practically none after changing the seals
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Mate had a 46ft, the turbo MD22 needed to be run hard otherwise it carboned up. It was easy enough to clean out however.
 
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