REF: S0016

Make: Moody 36

Type: Centre Cockpit

Rig: Sloop

YEAR: 1998

KEEL: Fin

LYING: Solent, UK

PRICE: £95,000 VAT paid

DIMENSIONS: LOA: 11.2m LWL: 9.24m Beam: 3.73m Draft: 1.75m Displacement: 8180kg

BUILDERS: Designed by Bill Dixon, built by Marine Projects (Plymouth) Ltd.

CONSTRUCTION: The hull and deck are constructed from GRP. Teak decks, teak internal joinery.

STEERING: Wheel steering (with emergency tiller).

KEEL: Cast iron fin keel.

SPARS/RIG: Sloop rig, Selden spars with all control lines leading to cockpit. Fully-battened Hood mainsail with car slider on mast. Cockpit controlled single line reefing to reefs 1 and 2, double line for reef 3. Kemp mainsail stack and cover system with lazyjacks. Furlex foresail roller reefing. Hood genoa with foam-filled luff, cruising shute with snuffler, all blocks and sheets. Two genoa halyards plus spinnaker halyard. Main halyard and topping lift. Selden rod kicker, adjustable genoa cars on tracks with control lines. Mainsheet mounted on adjustable track at rear of cockpit.

SAILS: Hood fully-battened mainsail, Hood furling genoa with foam luff, cruising shute with snuffler.

ACCOMMODATION: Seven berths in three cabins, 1 head, 1 shower.

General: Three cabin layout with a twin berth cabin forward, a single passage cabin and spacious owner's stateroom aft. Plus main saloon, galley, navigation station and heads.

Forward cabin: 2 single 'V' berths with infill to convert to double with stowage under and ship's side locker units above. Hanging locker to port and storage lockers to starboard. Opening hatch overhead. Heating outlet.

Saloon: U-shaped settee to port with stowage behind and under, second settee opposite to starboard with stowage behind, dining table with folding leaves opening to full settee width and with drawer storage under. Ship's side-locker units to both sides above settees. Heating outlet. Inter-connected water tanks under settees, fresh water capacity 340 litres/75 gallons.

Galley: Twin stainless steel sinks with worktop-matching covers (1 reversible with chopping board under) and storage cupboards under. Hot and cold pressurised water mixer tap with adjustable spray on pull-out flexible hose. Large refrigerated ice box, Calor gas 2-burner cooker, oven and grill. Pan storage under. Ship's side-locker units behind and above. Concealed refuse bin and storage cupboard opposite.

Navigation area: Forward-facing navigation desk with storage under, instrument panels over. Wet hanging space aft of chart table seat, stowage under seat. Drawer storage, chart table light, holding tank pump (for pump-out at sea).

Heads compartment: Access from saloon plus en-suite access from aft cabin. Pressurised hot and cold water, wash-hand basin with mixer tap and adjustable spray head on pull-out flexible hose. Marine toilet with commode lid to form shower seat. Fixed thermostatically-controlled shower, shower curtains and shower floor pump-out. Mirrors. Holding tank (with under-floor diverter for toilet discharge to either sea or holding tank). Heating outlet. Access to engine bay, port side.

Starboard passage cabin: Passage berth with stowage under and ship's side locker units above. Access to engine bay, starboard side.

Aft cabin: Large central double berth, hanging locker plus stowage lockers to port and starboard. Vanity unit with mirror over, en-suite access to toilet compartment. Heating outlet.

MOTOR: Volvo MD 2040 40hp 3-cylinder inboard diesel with sail-drive and 3-bladed propeller. Cockpit-mounted Volvo instrument panel with warning lights and rev counter with engine hour meter. Engine hours are currently 645 and the log reads 3,400 knots as at August 2006.

ELECTRICS: 3 x 105 amp hour batteries (new 2004) in two banks, charged by engine alternator. Shore power via Smart 240v battery charger in engine bay.

TANKAGE: Fuel: 227 litres. Water: 340 litres.

EQUIPMENT:

Deck: Centre cockpit. Whitlock wheel steering on binnacle, wheel cover. Spray hood and full cockpit tent. 2 x Lewmar 48 (over size) 2-speed S/T genoa winches. 1 x Lewmar 40 (over size) 2-speed S/T halyard winch to starboard coachroof. 1 x Lewmar 30 (over size) 2-speed S/T halyard winch to port coachroof and 1 x Lewmar 30 (over size) 2-speed S/T winch for genoa furling line. 2 x winch handle pockets. Spinlock rope clutches on all lines. Halyard bags for all lines. Binnacle mounted folding teak cockpit table with mug holder. Cockpit cushions. Lifeline harness anchor points. Perspex sliding hatch cover with single perspex washboard. Standard washboard lock plus additional Stazo hatch lock. Bow locker with Simpson Lawrence Horizon Express electric windlass and chain storage. 35lb CQR anchor with 55 metres of chain, colour markers every 5 metres. GPS antenna, Navtex antenna. Outboard engine bracket, 2 x lazarette lockers to stern, separate gas locker with 2 x 4.5kg Propane gas bottles. Transom boarding steps and swim ladder. Ensign and staff.

Navigation/Instrumentation: Binnacle steering compass. Icom M601 DSC VHF radio with second station at steering binnacle. Raytheon RLC70 colour chart plotter and radar display using C-Map charts, fully intergrated with other instrumentation. Autohelm ST50 GPS display, Autohelm ST50 depth/speed/wind instruments over hatch. Autopilot ST7000 control head with hydraulic direct drive to steering quadrant. Navtex NASA Target Pro-plus weather information system. Mast-mounted Raytheon Radome radar scanner. Masthead: Hawk Windex on VHF aerial. Autohelm wind direction and anemometer head, radar reflector. Tricolour and white lights at masthead, steaming light, deck lights. Deck level: green/red bow and white stern navigation lights. Main electrical switch/breaker panel for both ship and shore power supplies. Guages for fuel and domestic water. Eberspacher heating control. Separate "Aux" and "starter" battery bank isolator switches in cupboard opposite nav station.

Safety: ML Lifeguard 6-person life raft in container mounted on pushpit (3-year service cycle, next service due August 2007). Webbing jackstays, Dan buoy with flag and light. 2 x horseshoe lifebuoys with floating lights. Offshore flare pack. Whale manual bilge pump with handle. Automatic GTFE 1000 Halon Replacement Clean Agent fire extinguisher in engine bay (new in 2004, expires end 2009).

General: Various mooring warps and fenders. Full boat length over-deck winter cover (used "mast-up" and over boom). Holding tank, Eberspacher heating system D5L with 4 x outlets. 227 litre/50 gallon aluminium diesel tank. Engine calorifier for hot water with 240v immersion heater. Boat hooks.

OWNERS COMMENTS:
Midnight Lady was first commissioned in February 1998, she has never been chartered or used commercially. She is comprehensively equipped and has been extremely well maintained since new. She is VAT paid, CE compliant and has all the necessary paperwork, including Moody 36 Owners Manual and Operating Manual for all equipment. She is registered on the UK Small Ships Register (SSR No: 99471). The Moody 36 is easily managed by two people, is predictable and very manoeuverable under power, she sails superbly and offers an excellent combination of seaworthiness, fast passage making and spacious comfortable accommodation. She was last anti-fowled in May 2006, the hull and sail-drive anodes were replaced August 2006.