Sadler 26 & 29 Vs Moody 27

[sabresailor]

Hi - can anyone compare these yacht's please?

Mainly interested in sailing capabilities - coastal & cross channel / Brittany sailing.

Thoughts on these appreciated.

Cheers

 

[Tranona]

All of those will do what you want - that is the market they were aimed at when new. Clearly the 29 has more room and will achieve shorter passage times, but otherwise the choice is likely to be personal - plus getting one in the best condition for your money.

 

[Laurie]

Why just those three?

Konsort, Colvic sailor 28 and 29, Moody 28 and 29, Leisure 27 and 29, Mirage 26 and 28, Mirage 2700, Cobra 850, Seawolf 26 and 30, Seamaster 925, Jaguar 27., and others.......just thinking out loud, and as Tranona has said; all will do as you specify......

 

[sabresailor]

Thanks for the list - will take a look

Cheers

Mike

 

[smeaks]

Hi - can anyone compare these yacht's please?

Mainly interested in sailing capabilities - coastal & cross channel / Brittany sailing.

Thoughts on these appreciated.

Cheers

moody 27 is fast and bullet proof in my humble and very honest opinion!

 

[sabresailor]

Just been looking at a Hunter Horizon 272 - about half the cost of a Moody - can anyone shed any light as to why - is it build quality & reputation?

Cheers

 

[Laurie]

Thanks for the list - will take a look

Cheers

Mike

Add to the lit, if you can find a goody, the Stag 28?

 

[Laurie]

The Horizon 272 and its kin are excellent boats (condition, equipment etc) that sail well, and have a good reputation. A Moody (which one?) has a name , like Westerly which seem to command a premium on the name alone. That is not in any way to criticise them as boats.....
If one was comparing a 272 with a M27, I would think of the 272 as a little sportier in it's handling, and perhaps?? slightly more basically fitted out/finished below??
These things are very subjective, and one has to decide on ones priorities, and sift through what may be prejudices built over the years, based on nothing more than.....what?

There is far more to be gained by comparing systems and quality of individual boats, sail handling systems, quality of sails, inventory and the like. How do you feel each boat is going to work for you......(I think?) For example, you may go look at a Cobra (doesn't matter which make!) and be blown away by it, the galley etc, and yet see another same model Cobra, and wonder why you are there at all!

I don't know what limits your choice but the are also older long keelers and later French boats, such as Beneteau 26, 285 (variety of keels) Jeanneaus (Fantasia to Arcadia and newer), Feelings, Kelts..... too much choice!!
Don't limit yourself by prejudices!

 

[sabresailor]

Thanks Laurie - I am very open minded! But I do want a bilge keeler (drying out in Brittany etc) - I previously owned a Sabre 27 which I loved but found it a little slow on Channel crossings - hence have been thinking of moving to something a little more 'speedy' - but still safe.

Mike

 

[Laurie]

So thats Westerlys, Moodys, Hunters Colvics, Leisures, Mirages, Sadlers, Jaguars et al (not Seamaster nor Stag) but some Jeanneaus were availble as TK as was a variant of the 285*. The Kelt 850/Feeling 29 (same boat) lie flush on a grounding plate...or...or.. going way up cost barrier, as newer, the stunning RM yachts, and of course American (Legend, built over here) Hunter yachts...?

Really, most boat designs (??) are safe, I cannot think of any that are inherently dangerous (that'll start a new thread!!), it's how we prepare and use them; and you having channel crossings under you belt will know that better than many, I'll warrant!

-I love looking for boats!! Happy hunting!!

*Correction: the Beneteau 285 was available as a lift keel with twin rudders for drying out......

 

[Tranona]

Have a look at the past 3 issues of PBO as there has been a review of just about all the bilge keel boats on the market from 1960s onwards. For performance the later types of boats (Sadler, Hunter, Moody, later Westerlys such as Merlin, Griffon, Konsort, later Feltham designs such as Cobras) sail better with deeper, better shaped keels. As Laurie says, they are all capable and worth looking at a range to get a feel for what you like and don't like. some boats like the small Moodys, Sadler 29 and Konsort, for example tend to command higher prices reflecting their popularity.