Moody 31 Mk II

Accommodation

The accommodation offers up to six berths in two cabins and saloon. Teak and teak faced joinery with teak and holly style flooring to saloon and carpets to cabins and navigation area.

Forward cabin with V berth and infill creating a double with storage above and below, hanging locker to port and dressing table with shelved locker above to starboard side. Opening hatch to foredeck. Door to saloon with settee berths port and starboard with stowage above and below. Drop leaf table with bottle stowage to centre. Opening hatch to deck. Navigation area aft to port with seat, chart stowage and drawers beneath. L shaped galley opposite to starboard side with Gimballed Bainbridge Neptune4500 two ring gas cooker with oven and grill, Refrigerated cool box, stainless steel sink with hot and cold pressurised mixer tap and generous stowage.  Aft cabin to starboard with large double berth, double hanging locker and additional shelved locker. 2 x Opening portlights to cockpit. Heads compartment aft to port with Jabsco sea toilet. Vanity unit with hot and cold water supply with pull-out shower. Wet hanging locker. Full interior lighting. Curtains. 

Mechanical Systems

Located abaft the companionway. Volvo Penta 2003, three cylinder, 28hp diesel engine.  Electric start. Fresh water cooled via heat exchanger. Shaft drive to two blade fixed propeller. Single lever engine control. Maximum speed approx. 6 knots. Cruising speed approx. 5 knots. 

Alternator charging to 2 x 12 volt batteries (domestic 2024)

12 volt switch panel

Sails, Spars and Rigging

Masthead rigged sloop. Silver anodised deck stepped aluminium mast and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging (2024). Terylene running rigging (2024). Slab reefing to mainsail. Furlex 200S roller furling headsail. Spinnaker pole.

• Mainsail-good-2008
• Furling Genoa -good - 2008
• Storm Jib - 1987
• Cruising Chute - 1987
• Old Main and genoa - 1987

Deck Equipment

• Manual anchor windlass
• Plough 35lb anchor with chain and warp 
• Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, alloy stanchions and guard wires 
• Sprayhood 
• Sailcover
• Cockpit dodgers
• Various warps and fenders
• Boat hook
• Lewmar 30 sheet winches x 2
• Lewmar 7 mast winches x 2
• Lewmar 8 mast winch
• Lewmar 6 mast winch

Navigation Equipment

• Plastimo Contest 130 bulkhead steering compass (2012)
• B&G Vulcan 9 GPS/Chart plotter (2023)
• Garmin Steadyfast heading sensor
• Standard Horizon VHF Radio  with AIS receive (2023)
• Raymarine Autopilot (2014)
• B&G Triton II Log/speed
• B&G Depth sounder (transducers are Raymarine, with Raymarine itc-5 to convert to NMEA2000forB&G Tritons 2s)
• B&G Wind speed and direction indicators
• Full navigation lights (2024)
• Clock and barometer (2024)
• Radar reflector

Safety Equipment

• Manual bilge pump
• Fire extinguishers (expiry dates unknown)
• Fire blanket
• Lifebuoy with floating light
• Floating line
• Jackstays
• Fog horn
• Danbuoy

Construction

Built by Marine Projects (Plymouth) Ltd in 1987 to a design by Bill Dixon. White GRP hull with blue style stripes. White GRP superstructure with moulded-in, non-slip to decks and cockpit. Cast iron bilge keels. Tiller steering to skeg hung rudder. Alloy toe rail. Teak coach roof grab rails. Self draining cockpit and anchor well. Self draining gas locker

Comments

The Moody 31 Mk II is a quality family cruiser with good performance and comfortable accommodation sleeping six below deck. This particular bilge keel example is presented in great order and benefits from replacement standing rigging in March 2024 and new B&G navigation equipment in  2023. Viewing by appointment through Howard Ford Marine Sales.

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.