new Moody 45 DSe

[Koeketiene]

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You cant stay the same for ever

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Nonsense /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif If a design works, don't mess with it.

Very few original ideas actually catch on.

 

[phanakapan]

I think it's ugly. Yuk.

But I like the idea of being in charge of the galley AND the helm And the navigation-


oh hang on I am anyway...

 

[ShipsWoofy]

needs another mast..

helm must get a cricked neck after any time, surely a catamaran type high chair to peep over the saloon would be better than hanging to the rail. A boat like this is not going to spend her time on her chines?

Don't like the open transom, don't like open transoms. don't mind gates, but not a big void of frantic arm waving looking for purchase before you take a swim.

otherwise, I quite like the idea. But I like fishers, so go figure...

 

[wotayottie]

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The sales blurb says

"This latest model has a totally new look for the brand,"

Well it would wouldn't it, its an Elan, so it is going to look different to anything previously designed as a Moody.
The only thing that is the same is the name.
Or am I being picky!

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No your not in reality . OK its Hanse not Elan - but its stopped being a boat and started being a brand. I dont want to buy a brand - I can produce my own marketing bullshit. Instead I want a boat built by British craftsmen.

 

[bazobeleza]

British craftsmen? Aren't they all Polish now. The good british craftsmen are probably now all retired or dead and with the college courses replacing apprenticeships, will never be replaced save for a few artisans who we'll never be able to afford.

If this boat is ever built it will probably be outsourced to taiwan or some such place.

 

[Whitelighter]

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Instead I want a boat built by British craftsmen.

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Well, you're sh!t out of luck there.

Even when Moody where owned by the Moody family don't kid yourself they were built in a shed round the back of the yard at Swanick. We bought 2 in the 90's, and as good as they were they were still mass produced - at the time by Plymouth Marine Projects. Hulls, joinery etc all done on a C&C machine befor being put together like a jigsaw.

Well made - yes. Crafted? Not on your life.

 

[Duffer]

It looks like the illegitimate love-child of a Wally and a Princess - and that is being kind. There is no place for patio doors on a sailing monohull. Maybe with the increase in the cost of diesel we will see more motorboats take out their large heavy engines to create more room and nail a mast to the deck! At least it should reduce their wash. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif And that Dufour is hideous - thankfully I haven't seen one before.

 

[Seven Spades]

Don't you get it, it's not aimed at us, it is aimed at female yotties.

The unique concept is one of being able to watch what is on the gas instead of paying attention to where one is going.

 

[Sans Bateau]

Design influence from here:

Design idea

Must be /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[wotayottie]

Not completely true jezbanks. Very nearly bought a Southerly a couple of years ago, and went round the yard several times. No doubt at all that they employed craftsmen - the woodwork was better even than the Swedish boats.

Mind you they were British craftsmen - tools fasteners etc dropped all over the floor and the place a bit untidy to be polite.

 

[Skents]

It is totally hideous and so is your underestimation of "female yotties". I suppose you think the only reason Ellen MacArthur made it round the world so fast was she didn't have any blokes on board to cook for.

Not sure what sort of women you've sailed with but with that sort of attitude you'd probably be lucky to find any females who'd want to go on a boat with you.

There are women (and guys) who can happily sail, cook and appreciate a fine looking vessel all at the same time!

 

[EdEssery]

Hanse also own Fjord Motor Boats. Take a look at the Fjord 40 - seem familiar?

The similarity is a bit odd given the designers are different.

Ed

 

[Seven Spades]

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It is totally hideous and so is your underestimation of "female yotties". I suppose you think the only reason Ellen MacArthur made it round the world so fast was she didn't have any blokes on board to cook for.

Not sure what sort of women you've sailed with but with that sort of attitude you'd probably be lucky to find any females who'd want to go on a boat with you.

There are women (and guys) who can happily sail, cook and appreciate a fine looking vessel all at the same time!

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Get a life if you haven't got a sense of humour go and find something better to do. Anyone with half a brain can see my post was tongue in cheek.

 

[Skents]

Perhaps I missed the point because I don't have half a brain.

 

[paul]

Elan. Don't you mean Hanse?