Moody 28 Twin Keel
Masthead Sloop · Twin keels · 1985–1987
A Bill Dixon and Angus Primrose-designed masthead sloop featuring twin keels for shallow-water cruising
Designed by Bill Dixon & Angus Primrose, built by Marine Products Ltd.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Twin Keel
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Shoal draftDraws 1.07 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 20Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.11Bluewater
LightD/L 241Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 15.8Powered-up
TenderBallast 41%Stiff
A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.
- Draws less than ~89% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2026 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
40.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.8
Displacement / length
240.8
Comfort ratio
20.1
Capsize screening
2.11
Hull speed
6.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
834
Hull
Hull type
Twin Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1985–1987
Units built
70
Designer
Bill Dixon, Angus Primrose
Builder
Marine Products Ltd, Moody Yachts (A. H. Moody, Sons)
Boats like this, on the water
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Watkins Yachts 278.23 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA masthead sloop with a skeg-hung rudder, offered in rare pilot house and keel-centerboard configurations
Bristol Yachts 288.53 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthAn IOR Half Ton racer with reduced stern overhang, serving as the performance-oriented predecessor to the Bristol 29.9
Pearson Yachts 27 (Triton 27)8.23 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA Doug Peterson-influenced masthead sloop built from US Yachts molds, offering a light-displacement cruiser profile
Catalina Yachts 278.18 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA prolific masthead sloop with 6,662 hulls built, offering a stable, high-volume platform for coastal cruising
Puma 277.95 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA Ron Holland-designed masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for performance-oriented coastal cruising
Colvic Ltd. Sailor 268.21 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA twin-keeled masthead sloop with hulls molded by Colvic and finished by various yards, including Atlanta Marine
The family
Related models
The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.
Moody 27A Bill Dixon-designed masthead sloop featuring a fin keel and transom-hung rudder, built for coastal cruising stabilityMoody 34A 1980s mid-sized cruiser with a 40% ballast ratio, designed for stability and predictable handling in coastal watersMoody 31 MKIA compact 9.37-metre cruiser with a 37% ballast ratio, built over a short three-year production window in the mid-1980sMoody 31 MKIIA 1985-1991 masthead sloop with a rudder on a skeg, offering a 37% ballast ratio for coastal stabilityMoody 38A 1990s masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, balanced for predictable handling and coastal cruising
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