I am falling in love with this Moody 54DS for a few very great reasons: * After decades of sailing my shoulder tendons are not in great shape and yet this boat is geared up for single-person handling * It is ok that the sail-to-keel distance is higher because you need space for the cabin. Stability and safety takes precedence once you reach certain age * If you do not like catamarans as I do but need comfort this is it!
They are nice, I’ve been on one. One problem i noticed... the cockpit bench locker drains right into said locker every time you open it. There are little design issues like that around the boat that need to be solved, but it’s still a pretty nice boat. Maybe in a few years it’ll be refined to perfection.
I kept waiting for the camera to tilt down and, you know, actually show the engine room you were talking about. Or did that violate the NDA Moody had you sign?
5:50 "There's a big VIP Cabin below the salon which i will show you." - Proceeds to never actually show a cabin besides the master cabin in the front. xD
Floating Hotel is right. Look at that monster heel over and those shallow fiddles in the saloon! I wouldn't take that for anything other than Coastal cruising through the BVI's.
For a mooching around the Med the 45DS. For the ARC & Carribean or maybe South Pacific Islands, then this 54DS But for the real stuff (and a cheaper option) my money would be much more likely to be on a Garcia 45. But I loooove the open areas of the Moody DS without having the limited berthing opportunities of a cat. Just wish she was more of a blue water boat.
+YaniT991 Do you think she would handle a 60 knot caning in the Biscay or crossing the Atlantic/Pacific or is this boat not quite there? Would be interested in your opinion plse.
what was the performace of the vessel?? Can i ask if the engine is under the saloon, did you start it and was there noise? I dont think you should call these tests mate, maybe call them overviews because there is no testing.
What's the price range of one of these? What would be a comparable size multihull in terms of interior size and what would be the price range of that? I wonder if a 50 feet multihull would offer more space at less buck and keep your seacondo stable at all times...
arctic?! son, you need license from northern Canada to drop a phrase like it is arctic. looks like a balmy "around 0" temperatures . . thats summer time up here
Well call me old fashioned but some handholds might have been a nice touch.... I'm not following the "you need a old-school full-keeled cave or else you'll die in the perfect storm" school of thought but simply crafting an IKEA-esque multihull interior onto a monohull is ridiculous in this new line of Moodys - even in slightly adverse weather I can see kids knocking their teeth out at the beautifully cubic interior followed by their nanny sliding over the vast expanses of slippery hardwood floor while the owners trophy wife is flying around in the open... lets call it stairway and Daddy is desperately trying to grab some hold of something while his microwave popcorn is getting ready.... It does have potential for comedy though..... I really don't think being able to fly completely unhindered through the whole length of the interior from bow to stern in a perfectly straight line is something desirable in a boat.....
True enogh, but, sailed only in optimum conditions on short hops ...... huh? Feel me? Helluva boat. No cicrcumnavigator to be sure. Average sailor doesn't sail much. This is their boat.
Sorry Sebastian but I have to disagree, they may have edited it in Greifswald but the introduction is clearly Laboe, and most the on water action is in Kiel Fjord with Friedrichsort Lighthouse clearly shown and some action in the outer fjord between Laboe ( you see the Naval Memorial in the background ) and Strande and the Olympic centre...... So welcome to Kiel !!! ha ha ha....
Every round-the-world race boat for 20+ years has had a spade rudder and they don't break. A balanced or semi-balanced spade has less stress on it than the old skeg plus non-balanced technology.
Lol. Clearly never done any real sailing on a Cat. Sail like shit and basically cant go upwind. The motion can be really shit in choppy sea. Shallow draft is pretty much only useful for the Bahamas and even then its marginal. Living space I'll give you although.
Just terrible. Lousy camera angle on ER. We most learn that it's cold out. There is the suggestion that she is heavu on the helm. Is she? I;m sure Moody could remedy that.
This is only a Moody in name, it used to be an English family owned business - had made sailboats for a 150 years - then it was sold to the Germans, which unfortunately shows. Ugly boat that doesn't know if it should be a sailboat or a Catamaran and that - thanks to it's spade rudder and galley only suitable at the docks - ill suited for blue water sailing. To summarize then, yet another overpriced dock queen.
2005 Moody was sold to the "Premier Marina Ltd.", who didnt know, what to do with. 2007 the name was sold to Hanse. They started with a 29-Footer in '93 and 14 years later they start to bought the debris of the british history in yacht-building. Its not our foult, that Britain ruins his Middle class economy. The boat looks great. A while ago i sailed a few Hanses and all behaved well, but i have to admit, i have never sailed a Moody.
kaputier *English history in yacht building, not British. The Scots and the Welsh have no yacht building tradition, the English do - Moody used to be part of that long standing English tradition of boat building.
