The Moody 56 is an evergreen cruising yacht from Bill Dixon which offers great sailing and a very clever layout inside and out. Built by VT Halmatic to a very high standard, she is one of the last of her kind to launch. She has been skipped maintained and is ready to sail. BETA OF AUNE has recently had a Berthon refresh and she is gleaming.  Please go to the back of this specification to see recent shots of the yacht after this refresh.   She has also been substantially reduced in price.  

56’ Moody. Built in 2006, she was the last one ever built and as such comes with all the extras. BETA OF AUNE was built at Halmatic and not Marine Projects like her predecessors, the build standard, quality and finish set new benchmarks, and as such the retail value of the ‘new’ 56 was significantly higher than any previous 56. Every box ticked on the spec means she is ready for extended cruising around the world. Generous accommodation and living space with a cabin fore and aft and side cabins to allow for passage making with children and guests. Very few yachts of this size offer the versatility of a Moody 56.  She has been skipper maintained since launch.

Overall Measured Length: 59’11” inc. 7” anchor, 1’ B/R and 3’3” davits; beam 15’9”

RCD Status: The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A – “Ocean”

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

·         Hand laid GRP construction with isophthalic gelcoat backed by initial lay up of powder bound mat and isophthalic resin.

·         Balsa cored sandwich construction for increased panel stiffness and optimum weight distribution.

·         Hull stiffened by bonded in bulkheads, plus frames and stringers.

·         Underwater sections from stern to keel, further stiffened by utilizing an aramid (kevlar) laminate to increase impact resistance.

·         Transom includes powered hinge down transom door/swim platform.

·         Swept teak laid ring plus fore and aft coachroof areas.

·         Deck stiffened with balsa core, with plywood backing pads in way of deck fittings.

·         Deck edge incorporates raised bulwark with teak cap rail.

·         Inset cavita line in topsides.

·         Painted boot top, waterline and antifouling.

·         Halmatic dark blue hull.

Keel & Rudder:

·         Lead fin keel with vestigial bulb, and skeg. Bolted externally.

·         GRP semi balanced rudder mounted on half depth skeg with bronze heel fitting.

·         Rudder supported with stainless steel bar rudder stock.

Engine & Gearboxes:

·         1 x Yanmar 4JH3TXI 75hp diesel engine.

·         Kanzaki RN4 direct gearbox.

Maintenance & Performance:

·         Engine Hours: c. 820 as of 10-10-13.

·         Date of last major overhaul: June 2013.

·         Cruising Speed: 8 knots.

·         Maximum Speed: 11 knots.

Propulsion & Steering:

·         Chain/cable/wheel steering.

·         Bronze P bracket and 3-bladed folding propeller on a stainless shaft with deep sea seal.

·         Rope cutter.

·         10hp Sleipner sidepower bow thruster.

Voltage Systems:

·         24v domestic system

·         230v shore power with RCD’s and sockets throughout.

Battery Banks:

·         Domestic  4 x 12v 105Ah

·         Auxilaries 4 x 12v 105Ah

·         Engine 1 x 12v 105Ah

·         Generator 1 x 12v 105Ah

Battery Chargers:

·         Mastervolt Mass 24v 75A

·         Mastervolt Mass 12v 40a

Alternators:

·         1 x 12v 50Ah

·         1 x 24v 110Ah

Generator:

·         Fisher Panda 8000 6kW generator.

·         Generator Hours: c. 830.4.       

Other Electrical:

·         1 x BEP AC Meter on main electrical Panel

·         2 x BEP DC Meters on main electrical Panel

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

·         24v Electric pressurized water system.

·         Water heated via engine calorifier and 220v immersion heater.

Watermaker:

·         Spectra Catalina 300 watermaker.

Bilge Pumps:

·         2 x Bilge pumps.

Fuel:

·         Total capacity of 646 litres in 1 x stainless steel tank.

Fresh water:

·         Total capacity of 1,013 litres in 1 x plastic tank.

Grey/Blackwater holding tanks:

·         1 x Plastic blackwater holding tank.

·         Sea/ashore pump-out system.

·         Raymarine ST60 log, speed and depth (2006).

·         RaymarineST60 wind/speed/direction (2006).

·         Icom M603 DSC VHF.

·         KVH Tracphone

·         ST6002 autopilot with hydraulic drive and remote at pedestal.

·         E80 color chart plotter radar at chart table, GPS antenna + 4kW scanner.

·         E80 color chart plotter in cockpit.

·         ICS Nav 6.

·         Tri-colour lights.

·         SeaMe radar reflector.

·         Compass adjuster.

·         Raymarine St60 Rudder indicator on hatch garage.

Galley:

·         Twin sinks in Avonite worktop, sinks fitted with electric pump out system.

·         Large Isotherm stainless steel lined front opening refrigerator, plus separate top opening Isotherm 24v stainless steel lined freezer.

·         Smev gimballed 4-burner cooker complete with crash bar.

·         Microwave, wired to shore power circuit.

·         Extractor fan built in above cooker.

·         Generous worktop space with deeply fiddled edges.

·         Stowage lockers for food, crockery, pots and pans, plus cutlery drawers.

·         Washer/dryer.

Heads/Showers:

·         2 x Electric Vacu flush Sealand WCs.

·         2 x Showers.

·         Cockpit shower.

Heating & Ventilation:

·         Climner 16,000 BTU air-conditioning.

·         Eberspacher airtronic D5-5 outlet heating.

Entertainment:

·         Sony TV mounted in saloon with DVD player, aerial at mast and inverter.

·         Pioneer stereo.

Lighting:

·         Boom lights.

Summary of Accommodation:

·         Sleeps six guests in 3 cabins plus one passage or crew berth.

·         All interior wood in satin teak, with stone leather upholstery.

·         Teak flooring with straw berber carpets.

·         3 x Lee clothes.

Description of layout:

·         Full beam aft master cabin with centerline double, with double sprung mattress, and seating to both port and starboard.

·         Plenty of storage space and hanging lockers.

·         En-suite heads compartment, includes a WC, sink and separate shower stall.

·         Forward double guest cabin with storage space and hanging lockers, sharing a WC compartment with the starboard forward cabin which has upper and lower berths.

·         The heads compartment includes a WC, sink and separate shower stall.

·         The saloon has a C-shaped dining area to starboard and a two seater settee to port, upholstered in cream leather.

·         The U-shaped galley is aft of this.

·         Aft of the dining area is the navigation area, which leads to a single passage or crew berth.

Rig:

·         Masthead rigged cutter with white painted mast and boom with stainless steel cable wire standing rigging.

·         Diamond jumpers.

·         Triple aft swept spreader rig, keel stepped.

·         Selden aluminium spars.

·         Selden Furlex furling stays on both forestay and inner forestay for yankee and staysail.

·         Genoa sheet tracks with adjustable cars and traveller lines led aft to jamming turning blocks.

·         Genoa sheet turning blocks.

·         Staysail sheeted to self tacking track.

·         Mainsail control lines led aft through deck organisers and individual rope clutches.

·         Gas vang.

Winches:

·         2 x Lewmar ST genoa electric winches.

·         2 x Lewmar ST halyard electric winches.

·         4 x Lewmar ST control manual winches.

·         1 x Lewmar mast manual winch.

Sails:

·         North Sails in-mast furling mainsail. (Dacron, 2006).

·         North Sails furling staysail (Dacron, 2006).

·         North Sails furling genoa.

·         North Sails yankee (Dacron, 2006).

General:

·         Besenzoni PT163 passarelle (still onboard) and a custom made carbon fibre 2.5m passarelle with hand rails.

·         Pulpit.

·         Pushpit.

·         Guardrails.

·         Bathing ladder.

·         Boarding gates.

·         Mast pulpits.

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

·         Electric anchor windlass.

·         40kg Delta anchor.

·         40m chain/60m rope.

Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

·         Bimini.

·         Sprayhood.

·         Cockpit cushions.

·         Wheel and table cover.

·         Aft deck cushions.

Tender & Outboard:

·         Simpson davits.

Safety Equipment:

·         Jackstays.

·         Raymarine man overboard system with 6 x tags.

·         Horse shoe inflatable danbuoy.

·         1 x 8-person liferaft (Latest Cert: Jan 2014).

Fire-fighting equipment:

·         Automatic engine room fire extinguishing system.